Crime Statistics for Wanlip, Charnwood, Leicestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Wanlip, Charnwood

There were a total of 112 street level crime incidents in Wanlip in January 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 Wanlip, 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 Crime38
Shoplifting22
Anti Social Behaviour13
Criminal Damage Arson10
Other Theft8
Public Order8
Vehicle Crime6
Burglary3
Drugs2
Other Crime2
All Crime112

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 Wanlip. 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 Wanlip

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Belgrave (2.56 miles)886
Rushey Mead (1.86 miles)342
Birstall (0.88 miles)171
Thurmaston (0.88 miles)149
Wanlip112
Syston (1.39 miles)103
Barkby (1.96 miles)47
Barkby Thorpe (1.96 miles)47
Thurcaston (2.48 miles)44
Cossington (1.86 miles)13

24.26%
of Thurmaston residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Wanlip?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Belgrave304
Rushey Mead143
Birstall61
Thurmaston51
Wanlip38
Syston36
Barkby24
Barkby Thorpe24
Thurcaston19
Cossington5

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

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 Wanlip 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 Wanlip compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Wanlip and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Wanlip is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Rushey Mead60
2Troon60
3Humberstone & Hamilton56
4Queniborough53
5Birstall Watermead46
6Syston East46
7Thurmaston46
8Syston West45
9Belgrave40
10Rothley and Thurcaston36
11Birstall Wanlip35

Which road in Wanlip has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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