Total Crime Rate
117.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Battenberg Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Fosse , and the 323rd 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 Battenberg Road (LE3 5HB) in the last 12 months was 117.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% lower than the Fosse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Battenberg Road (LE3 5HB), the main crime hotspot is near Tudor Road. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leicester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tyrrell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paget Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Empire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tewkesbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifford Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borlace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mantle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bonchurch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonchurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonchurch Street | Under investigation |
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