Crime Statistics for Mangrove Green, Wigmore, Luton, 2024

There were a total of 103 street level crime incidents in Mangrove Green in February 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 Mangrove Green, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	34
Shoplifting	16
Other Theft	15
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Vehicle Crime	8
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Drugs	4
Public Order	4
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	103

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 Mangrove Green. 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 Mangrove Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Round Green (1.96 miles)	839
Biscot (2.55 miles)	766
Hart Hill (1.39 miles)	694
Stopsley (1.24 miles)	256
Cockernhoe	103
Mangrove Green	103
Wandon End (0.88 miles)	62
Tea Green (0.62 miles)	24
Great Offley (2.24 miles)	2
Breachwood Green (1.96 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Mangrove Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Round Green	268
Biscot	242
Hart Hill	204
Stopsley	100
Cockernhoe	34
Mangrove Green	34
Tea Green	8
Wandon End	7
Great Offley	2
Breachwood Green	0

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

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 Mangrove Green 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 Mangrove Green compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	South	83
2	Crawley	79
3	Farley	79
4	High Town	75
5	Round Green	71
6	Stopsley	69
7	Biscot	65
8	Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo	50
9	Toddington	48
10	Barnfield	43
11	Wigmore	40

Which road in Mangrove Green has the highest level of crime?

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