Total Crime Rate

127.0 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 127.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.4 9/10
  • Burglary 18.5 10/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Station Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Thurnby & Houghton , and the 29th 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 Station Lane (LE7 9UF) in the last 12 months was 127.0 per 1,000 residents and was 83.3% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Station Lane (LE7 9UF), the main crime hotspot is near Lyncroft Leys. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Station Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Sunbury Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bexhill Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thurncourt Gardens —
Sep 2025Burglary Thurncourt Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thurncourt Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stocks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyncroft Leys Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Scraptoft Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyncroft Leys Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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