Total Crime Rate

27.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 27.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Edward Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bosworth , and the 122nd lowest crime rate of 330 local areas in Harborough .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edward Road (LE8 8AD) in the last 12 months was 27.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% lower than the Bosworth average (39.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edward Road (LE8 8AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Street, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gladstone Street (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Edward Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order School Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Priest Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime School Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime School Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson School Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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