Total Crime Rate
202.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Barwell , and the 16th highest crime rate of 360 local areas in Hinckley and Bosworth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (LE9 8DR) in the last 12 months was 202.9 per 1,000 residents and was 204.1% higher than the Barwell average (66.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 125.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (LE9 8DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Barracks (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Barracks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friswell Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Co-Op Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stapleton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shoesmith Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friswell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friswell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barwell Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Barwell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburn Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayrshire Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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