Crime Statistics for Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

There were a total of 63 street level crime incidents in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 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 Crime29
Anti Social Behaviour7
Public Order5
Shoplifting5
Vehicle Crime4
Criminal Damage Arson4
Burglary3
Other Crime3
Other Theft3
All Crime63

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 Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 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 Ashby-de-la-Zouch

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ashby-de-la-Zouch63
Money Hill (0.62 miles)63
Annwell Place (1.39 miles)25
Blackfordby (1.96 miles)17
Boundary (1.75 miles)13
The Forties (1.96 miles)7
Shellbrook (1.24 miles)6
Church Town (2.48 miles)5
Farm Town (2.48 miles)5
Packington (1.39 miles)2

5.21%
of Ashby Willesley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ashby-de-la-Zouch?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ashby-de-la-Zouch29
Money Hill23
Annwell Place8
Blackfordby5
Boundary4
Church Town4
Farm Town4
The Forties3
Shellbrook1
Packington1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ashby-de-la-Zouch?

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 Ashby-de-la-Zouch 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 Ashby-de-la-Zouch compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ashby-de-la-Zouch is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Ashby Money Hill41
2Measham North40
3Ashby Woulds40
4Ashby Holywell36
5Blackfordby36
6Ashby Ivanhoe36
7Ravenstone & Packington35
8Measham South35
9Ashby Willesley33
10Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe33
11Ashby Castle25

Which road in Ashby-de-la-Zouch has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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