Crime Rate in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden, ward

Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 wards in Harborough district and the 1935th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 168th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Harborough district average (52.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 200 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 34.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -35.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 284 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Church Street. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.