Total Crime Rate
143.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Willows End area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Thurnby & Houghton , and the 20th 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 Willows End (LE7 9TT) in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 107.5% higher than the Thurnby & Houghton average (69.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 85.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 225.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willows End (LE7 9TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elliots End, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willows End (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thurnby & Houghton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corah Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willows End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Reach | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coulter Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willows End | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willows End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
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