Total Crime Rate
4.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dunslade Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the 10th 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 Dunslade Close (LE16 8AF) in the last 12 months was 4.8 per 1,000 residents and was 94.8% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunslade Close (LE16 8AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woburn Close, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Furlongs (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Market Harborough-Little Bowden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woburn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middledale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Heights | Under investigation |
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