Total Crime Rate
1312.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
599.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Rushes area has the highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Loughborough East , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Rushes (LE11 5BE) in the last 12 months was 1312.2 per 1,000 residents and was 592.9% higher 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 184 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 265 (≈ 599.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Rushes (LE11 5BE), the main crime hotspot is near Swan Street. Police recorded 210 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Loughborough Southfields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Gate | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenclose Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A5125 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5125 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greenclose Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limehurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenclose Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenclose Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A5125 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | George Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Rushes | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mills Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mills Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mills Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mills Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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