Total Crime Rate
145.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scraptoft Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Thurnby & Houghton , and the 22nd 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 Scraptoft Lane (LE7 9SE) in the last 12 months was 145.5 per 1,000 residents and was 121.5% higher than the Thurnby & Houghton average (65.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scraptoft Lane (LE7 9SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Orchards (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lyncroft Leys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Comrie Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyncroft Leys | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyncroft Leys | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyncroft Leys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyncroft Leys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunbury Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eddystone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Orchards | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crief Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkwall Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Comrie Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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