Total Crime Rate

147.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 147.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Main Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 253rd highest crime rate of 954 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 Main Street (LE3 3AL) in the last 12 months was 147.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% higher than the Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields average (144.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 95.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Street (LE3 3AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Herle Avenue (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Main Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odam Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odam Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Braunstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Braunstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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