Total Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poplar Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Loughborough East , and the 205th lowest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Poplar Road (LE11 2JT) in the last 12 months was 36.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% lower than the Loughborough East average (189.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poplar Road (LE11 2JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maple Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Maple Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wylie Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Road South | — |
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