Total Crime Rate

84.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 33.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lindsay Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 471st 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 Lindsay Road (LE3 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lindsay Road (LE3 2EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Roundhay Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lindsay Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roundhay Road —
Apr 2026Robbery Foxcroft Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lindsay Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Somerville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dumbleton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roundhay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Roundhay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sybil Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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