Total Crime Rate
543.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burdet Close area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Braunstone Millfield , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 288 local areas in Blaby .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burdet Close (LE3 2TR) in the last 12 months was 543.2 per 1,000 residents and was 605.8% higher than the Braunstone Millfield average (77.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 209.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burdet Close (LE3 2TR), the main crime hotspot is near Burdet Close. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Braunstone Ravenhurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlecote Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlecote Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Midhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathaway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lubbesthorpe Bridle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burdet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burdet Close | — |
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