Total Crime Rate
206.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Loughborough Road area has the highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Birstall East & Wanlip , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Charnwood .
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 Loughborough Road (LE7 4PN) in the last 12 months was 206.3 per 1,000 residents and was 225.7% higher than the Birstall East & Wanlip average (63.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
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