Crime Statistics for Barkby, Charnwood, Leicestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Barkby in September 2024. There were a total of 121 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barkby, 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	59
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Burglary	12
Public Order	10
Other Crime	8
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Theft	4
Vehicle Crime	2
All Crime	121

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 Barkby. 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 Barkby

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Belgrave (3.1 miles)	855
Nether Hall (1.86 miles)	621
Rushey Mead (2.24 miles)	355
Thurmaston (1.24 miles)	163
Birstall (2.48 miles)	162
Syston (1.39 miles)	132
Barkby Thorpe	130
Barkby	107
Wanlip (1.96 miles)	107
Beeby (1.96 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Barkby?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Nether Hall	262
Belgrave	213
Barkby Thorpe	128
Rushey Mead	112
Barkby	59
Thurmaston	48
Birstall	48
Wanlip	43
Syston	41
Beeby	0

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

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 Barkby 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 Barkby compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Rushey Mead	60
2	Troon	60
3	Humberstone & Hamilton	56
4	Thurncourt	55
5	Queniborough	53
6	Birstall Watermead	46
7	Syston East	46
8	Thurmaston	46
9	Syston West	45
10	Birstall Wanlip	35
11	East Goscote	13

Which road in Barkby has the highest level of crime?

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