Postcode · Market Harborough
Crime in LE16 7BE
How much crime is recorded in LE16 7BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham
- Council
- Harborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,179 (2024)
How safe is LE16 7BE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 11.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LE16 7BE area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
11.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
21
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
LE16 7BENational
Violence and sexual offences9.223.6
Burglary5.49.1
Public order2.74.6
Anti-social behaviour2.310.7
Criminal damage and arson1.44.7
Other crime1.21.5
Other theft1.24.5
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Drugs1.02.4
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.