Crime Statistics for Markfield, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Markfield in August 2024. There were a total of 40 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Other Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Criminal Damage Arson8
Other Crime7
Anti Social Behaviour6
Public Order6
Violent Crime5
Vehicle Crime4
Shoplifting2
Burglary2
All Crime40

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Greenhill (3.1 miles)83
Agar Nook (3.1 miles)82
Markfield36
Ratby (3.62 miles)35
Field Head (0.88 miles)19
Bagworth (2.77 miles)11
Bardon (2.24 miles)8
The Brand (3.62 miles)6
Copt Oak (1.24 miles)4
Bondman Hays (1.96 miles)0

5.68%
of Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Markfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Greenhill60
Agar Nook34
Ratby12
Markfield5
Bagworth5
Bardon3
Field Head1
The Brand0
Copt Oak0
Bondman Hays0

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

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 Markfield 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 Markfield compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Castle Rock62
2Greenhill54
3Forest Bradgate51
4Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton46
5Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead43
6Bardon43
7Ibstock East43
8Coalville East35
9Groby33
10Ellistown & Battleflat28

Which road in Markfield has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
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