Total Crime Rate
123.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Russell Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Loughborough East , and the 98th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Russell Street (LE11 1BJ) in the last 12 months was 123.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.6% lower than the Loughborough East average (189.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Russell Street (LE11 1BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pinfold Gate, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sparrow Hill (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Loughborough East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moira Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hume Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gregory Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gregory Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregory Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rutland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharncliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moira Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Moira Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limetree Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Selbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rutland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Chapman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bishop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hume Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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