Crime Rates at Mountcastle Road, Leicester, LE3 2BW

Mountcastle Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 412th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mountcastle Road (LE3 2BW) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountcastle Road (LE3 2BW), the main crime hotspot is near Westleigh Road. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.