Total Crime Rate

115.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 115.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lenthall Square area has the 10th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden , and the 31st 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 Lenthall Square (LE16 9LQ) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 81.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lenthall Square (LE16 9LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Stuart Road. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lenthall Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Selby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Lenthall Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Naseby Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stuart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stuart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montrose Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Road Further action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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