North West Leicestershire crime rate Interactive maps and visualisation

Overview of North West Leicestershire crime rate

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Crime levels in North West Leicestershire are rated as medium.

Securing the 10th position among 25 local boroughs in terms of crime rates, North West Leicestershire reported 9,143 incidents in 2023, within a population of 104,705. This equates to a crime rate of 87.32 per 1,000 people, showing a slight decrease of 1.61% from the previous year.

Dominant crime types include Violence and sexual offences (38.8%), Public order (10.4%), and Criminal damage and arson (9.8%), with the rarest being Possession of weapons (0.6%), Bicycle theft (0.4%), and Robbery (0.3%).

Of its 38 wards, those experiencing the highest crime rates are Snibston North (224.1), Ashby Money Hill (193.7), and Coalville West (147.7), while the safest are Hugglescote St Mary’s (41.0), Valley (North West Leicestershire) (40.4), and Ravenstone & Packington (39.3).

In North West Leicestershire, there was an increase in Anti-social behaviour by 2.05% in 2020, Other theft by 1.69% and Vehicle crime by 2.98% in 2022, along with Public order crimes rising by 2.67% in 2020 and Shoplifting by 1.93% in 2023. Violence and sexual offences also saw significant increases by 3.4% in 2020, 5.08% in 2021, and 4.91% in 2022. Conversely, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 4.1% in 2021, and in Burglary and Other theft by 1.68% and 1.7% respectively in 2020, with another decrease in Other theft by 2.12% in 2023.

North West Leicestershire crime incidents by crime type

A total of 9143 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 3549 (38.8)%
Public order – 951 (10.4)%
Criminal damage and arson – 898 (9.8)%
Anti-social behaviour – 773 (8.5)%
Vehicle crime – 751 (8.2)%
Other theft – 737 (8.1)%
Shoplifting – 454 (5.0)%
Burglary – 414 (4.5)%
Other crime – 206 (2.3)%
Drugs – 177 (1.9)%
Theft from the person – 109 (1.2)%
Possession of weapons – 56 (0.6)%
Bicycle theft – 39 (0.4)%
Robbery – 29 (0.3)%

How does North West Leicestershire compare against nearby areas ?

North West Leicestershire ranks 10th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

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Crime rates in North West Leicestershire wards

There are 38 wards within North West Leicestershire. Snibston North, Ashby Money Hill, Coalville West has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 38 wards from high crime rate to low.