Total Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadow Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Loughborough East , and the 80th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
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 Meadow Lane (LE11 1JU) in the last 12 months was 145.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadow Lane (LE11 1JU), the main crime hotspot is near Sparrow Hill. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Loughborough East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rectory Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hume Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterside Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sparrow Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrow Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Adcocks Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adcocks Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadow Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hume Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hume Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromhead Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromhead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ratcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ratcliffe Road | 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 | Burder Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Chapman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baxter Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Gate | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rectory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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