Crime Statistics for Cockernhoe, Wigmore, Luton, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Cockernhoe in September 2024. There were a total of 172 incidents. 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 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	42
Shoplifting	31
Anti Social Behaviour	27
Other Theft	26
Vehicle Crime	10
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Public Order	7
Burglary	6
Other Crime	4
Theft From The Person	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	3
All Crime	172

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Round Green (1.96 miles)	932
Biscot (2.55 miles)	881
Hart Hill (1.39 miles)	752
Stopsley (1.24 miles)	468
Mangrove Green	248
Cockernhoe	172
Wandon End (0.88 miles)	141
Tea Green (0.62 miles)	32
Great Offley (2.24 miles)	3
Breachwood Green (1.96 miles)	2

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Round Green	274
Biscot	247
Hart Hill	243
Stopsley	187
Mangrove Green	72
Cockernhoe	42
Wandon End	25
Tea Green	8
Breachwood Green	2
Great Offley	0

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.

#	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 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 this marker.