Total Crime Rate
82.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Monk Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the 59th highest crime rate of 330 local areas in Harborough .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Monk Close (LE16 9HX) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 600.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Monk Close (LE16 9HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eady Drive, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rookwell Drive (6 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 | Rookwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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