Total Crime Rate
208.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025York Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the 11th highest crime rate of 330 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 York Street (LE16 7PF) in the last 12 months was 208.4 per 1,000 residents and was 118.1% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -64.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 79.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around York Street (LE16 7PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Andrew Macdonald Close (21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrew Macdonald Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Andrew Macdonald Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Market Harborough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrew Macdonald Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jordan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Andrew Macdonald Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Mill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dingley Terrace | Under investigation |
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