Crime Statistics for Knighton Fields, Leicester, City of Leicester, 2024

There were a total of 321 street level crime incidents in Knighton Fields in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Knighton Fields, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	132
Criminal Damage Arson	39
Other Theft	29
Public Order	24
Drugs	22
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Burglary	15
Shoplifting	12
Vehicle Crime	12
Other Crime	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	3
Bicycle Theft	3
All Crime	321

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Knighton Fields. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Knighton Fields

We've taken the ten nearest places to Knighton Fields and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Knighton Fields has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Aylestone Park (0.62 miles)	347
Clarendon Park (0.62 miles)	344
Knighton	321
Knighton Fields	321
Aylestone (1.39 miles)	303
Stoneygate (0.88 miles)	248
Eyres Monsell (1.75 miles)	231
South Knighton (0.62 miles)	182
South Wigston (1.86 miles)	157
Oadby (1.96 miles)	99

Where are the most violent places near Knighton Fields?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Knighton Fields and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Aylestone Park	145
Knighton	132
Knighton Fields	132
Clarendon Park	131
Aylestone	102
Stoneygate	96
Eyres Monsell	84
South Knighton	81
South Wigston	60
Oadby	41

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Knighton Fields?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Knighton Fields to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Knighton Fields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Knighton Fields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Knighton Fields is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Westcotes	90
2	Eyres Monsell	88
3	Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields	88
4	Aylestone	85
5	Saffron	80
6	Saxondale	64
7	Knighton	59
8	Wigston Fields	46
9	Wigston All Saints	45
10	Wigston St Wolstan's	31
11	Oadby Grange	17

Which road in Knighton Fields has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Knighton Fields with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Clarendon Street.