Total Crime Rate
129.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Evesham Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 284th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Evesham Road (LE3 2BE) in the last 12 months was 129.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower than the Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields average (131.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Evesham Road (LE3 2BE), the main crime hotspot is near Harlaxton Street. Police recorded 117 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dumbleton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Compton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopefield Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hopefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hopefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlaxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Evesham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narborough Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narborough Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Narborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Narborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundhay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harlaxton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlaxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlaxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harlaxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harlaxton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Harlaxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roundhay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roundhay Road | Under investigation |
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