Crime Statistics for Newbold Heath, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Newbold Heath, Hinckley and Bosworth

There were a total of 22 street level crime incidents in Newbold Heath in February 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 Newbold Heath, 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 Crime9
Public Order4
Anti Social Behaviour3
Burglary2
Shoplifting2
Other Theft1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime22

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 Newbold Heath. 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 Newbold Heath

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newbold Heath22
Botcheston (2.56 miles)17
Newbold Verdon (1.24 miles)14
Bagworth (1.86 miles)11
Market Bosworth (2.77 miles)10
Barlestone (1.24 miles)9
Cadeby (2.24 miles)3
Battram (2.78 miles)2
Bufton (2.48 miles)1
Carlton (3.1 miles)1

4.14%
of Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Newbold Heath?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Newbold Heath9
Newbold Verdon7
Botcheston5
Bagworth5
Market Bosworth3
Barlestone2
Cadeby2
Battram1
Bufton0
Carlton0

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

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 Newbold Heath 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 Newbold Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ibstock West60
2Sence Valley50
3Barwell49
4Hugglescote St John's49
5Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton46
6Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead43
7Ibstock East43
8Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston34
9Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton31
10Ellistown & Battleflat28
11Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone22

Which road in Newbold Heath has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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