Total Crime Rate

494.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 494.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 157.6 10/10
  • Public order 83.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.8 10/10
  • Other theft 46.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.6 10/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.1 10/10
  • Other crime 13.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cobden Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Loughborough East , and the 7th highest crime rate of 553 local areas in Charnwood .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cobden Street (LE11 1AQ) in the last 12 months was 494.5 per 1,000 residents and was 160.5% higher than the Loughborough East average (189.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 256.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cobden Street (LE11 1AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Sparrow Hill. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cobden Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Aumberry Gap Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baxter Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warner Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warner Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aumberry Gap Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freehold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrack Row Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrack Row
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street
Sep 2025Public order Aumberry Gap Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rutland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Aumberry Gap Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elms Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pack Horse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pack Horse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Baxter Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henderson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B589 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Barrow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Barrow Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Barrow Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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