Total Crime Rate
147.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
111.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Main Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 240th highest crime rate of 942 local areas in Leicester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
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 12.7% higher 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 111.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% 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 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Odam Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Odam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathaway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Odam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Avon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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