Total Crime Rate
6.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadow Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 328 local areas in Harborough .
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 Meadow Street (LE16 7JY) in the last 12 months was 6.6 per 1,000 residents and was 92.8% lower 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 Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
In the area around Meadow Street (LE16 7JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowden Lane, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnmill Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowden Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heygate Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heygate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Doddridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pochin Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pochin Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Close | Local resolution |
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