Total Crime Rate
78.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lathkill Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the 69th highest 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 Lathkill Street (LE16 9EN) in the last 12 months was 78.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lathkill Street (LE16 9EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gladstone Street, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bath Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Market Harborough-Welland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rookwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nithsdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patrick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patrick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Patrick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Patrick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nithsdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newcombe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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