Total Crime Rate
509.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
292.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kings Cottages area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the highest crime rate of 328 local areas in Harborough .
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 Kings Cottages (LE16 7JL) in the last 12 months was 509.0 per 1,000 residents and was 449.1% higher than the Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden average (92.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 26.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 292.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Cottages (LE16 7JL), the main crime hotspot is near Church Street. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Doddridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heygate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heygate Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowden Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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