Total Crime Rate
141.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025North Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Barrow upon Soar , and the 89th highest crime rate of 553 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 North Street (LE12 8QA) in the last 12 months was 141.2 per 1,000 residents and was 114.6% higher than the Barrow upon Soar average (65.8 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Street (LE12 8QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaumont Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barrow upon Soar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Lime Kilns | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Derwent Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Lime Kilns | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thirlmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycliffe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bryan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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