Crime Statistics for Ratby, Blaby, Leicestershire, 2024

There were a total of 25 street level crime incidents in Ratby in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ratby, 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	10
Shoplifting	3
Other Theft	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Public Order	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Drugs	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	25

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ratby. 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 Ratby

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Parks (2.48 miles)	348
Beaumont Leys (3.62 miles)	194
Rothley (1.47 miles)	130
Anstey (2.63 miles)	64
Markfield (3.62 miles)	30
Field Head (2.78 miles)	27
Ratby	25
Botcheston (1.96 miles)	16
Thurlaston (3.78 miles)	2
Bondman Hays (1.76 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Ratby?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Parks	140
Beaumont Leys	75
Rothley	39
Anstey	29
Field Head	10
Ratby	10
Markfield	8
Botcheston	6
Thurlaston	2
Bondman Hays	0

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

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 Ratby 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 Ratby compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Western	86
2	Beaumont Leys	79
3	Fairestone	69
4	Ravenhurst and Fosse	65
5	Winstanley	58
6	Ellis	55
7	Anstey	49
8	Forest	41
9	Groby	33
10	Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton	31
11	Muxloe	29

Which road in Ratby has the highest level of crime?

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