Crime Statistics for Spinney Hills, Leicester, City of Leicester, 2024

Crime statistics for Spinney Hills, Leicester

There were a total of 1021 street level crime incidents in Spinney Hills in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Spinney Hills, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime365
Public Order120
Anti Social Behaviour99
Other Theft98
Shoplifting71
Criminal Damage Arson62
Burglary45
Drugs42
Vehicle Crime39
Theft From The Person20
Possession Of Weapons16
Bicycle Theft16
Other Crime14
Robbery14
All Crime1021

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Spinney Hills

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Spinney Hills1021
Highfields1021
Belgrave (1.39 miles)886
Knighton (1.96 miles)373
Clarendon Park (1.39 miles)363
Rushey Mead (1.86 miles)342
Stoneygate (1.24 miles)279
Crown Hills (1.24 miles)267
South Knighton (1.86 miles)224
Evington (1.39 miles)169

55.26%
of Spinney Hills residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Spinney Hills?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Spinney Hills365
Highfields365
Belgrave304
Knighton153
Rushey Mead143
Clarendon Park130
Crown Hills108
South Knighton93
Stoneygate91
Evington56

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

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 Spinney Hills 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 Spinney Hills compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Westcotes90
2Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields88
3Abbey77
4Castle77
5Knighton59
6North Evington55
7Stoneygate52
8Wycliffe47
9Belgrave40
10Spinney Hills32
11Oadby Grange17

Which road in Spinney Hills has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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