Total Crime Rate

88.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meadow Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the 54th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Harborough .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadow Street (LE16 7JZ) in the last 12 months was 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% lower than the Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow Street (LE16 7JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowden Lane, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shropshire Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meadow Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary King'S Head Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowden Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnmill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Orchard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shropshire Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Way

Data Sources

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