Crime Statistics for Cockernhoe, Wigmore, Luton, 2024

Crime statistics for Cockernhoe, Wigmore

There were a total of 105 street level crime incidents in Cockernhoe in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cockernhoe, 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 Crime39
Vehicle Crime15
Anti Social Behaviour12
Other Theft11
Public Order7
Shoplifting5
Criminal Damage Arson5
Possession Of Weapons3
Theft From The Person2
Other Crime2
Burglary2
Drugs1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime105

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 Cockernhoe. 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 Cockernhoe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Round Green (1.96 miles)908
Biscot (2.55 miles)832
Hart Hill (1.39 miles)763
Stopsley (1.24 miles)319
Cockernhoe105
Mangrove Green105
Wandon End (0.88 miles)67
Tea Green (0.62 miles)26
Great Offley (2.24 miles)5
Breachwood Green (1.96 miles)0

6.85%
of Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cockernhoe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Round Green326
Biscot289
Hart Hill265
Stopsley128
Cockernhoe39
Mangrove Green39
Wandon End12
Tea Green8
Great Offley0
Breachwood Green0

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

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 Cockernhoe 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 Cockernhoe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cockernhoe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cockernhoe is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1South83
2Crawley79
3Farley79
4High Town75
5Round Green71
6Stopsley69
7Biscot65
8Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo50
9Toddington48
10Barnfield43
11Wigmore40

Which road in Cockernhoe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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