Total Crime Rate

104.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 104.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Braunstone Lane area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields , and the 372nd 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 Braunstone Lane (LE3 3DD) in the last 12 months was 104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 58.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Braunstone Lane (LE3 3DD), the main crime hotspot is near Conkers Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Braunstone Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gallards Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conkers Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heyford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Butterfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Chaplin Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilmore Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Chaplin Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gallards Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gallards Hill
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gallards Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodland Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilmore Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Cantrell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roundhill Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cantrell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cantrell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cantrell Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cranberry Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cantrell Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cantrell Road

Data Sources

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