Total Crime Rate

447.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

150.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 447.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 158.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 150.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.1 10/10
  • Public order 56.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Northampton Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 328 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 Northampton Road (LE16 9HB) in the last 12 months was 447.2 per 1,000 residents and was 382.3% higher 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 Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 56.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 150.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northampton Road (LE16 9HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Northampton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Springfield Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Springfield Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Springfield Court Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stamford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashfield Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Doddridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nithsdale Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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