Postcode · Leicester
Crime in LE3 2DE
How much crime is recorded in LE3 2DE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Braunstone Town
- Council
- Blaby
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,411 (2024)
LE3 2DELeicester
How safe is LE3 2DE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LE3 2DE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
77
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
LE3 2DENational
Shoplifting33.08.4
Violence and sexual offences14.923.6
Anti-social behaviour5.510.7
Public order5.34.6
Other theft4.54.5
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Drugs3.32.4
Burglary1.99.1
Theft from the person1.22.1
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Other crime0.81.5
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 45% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.