Crime Statistics for Barrow upon Soar, Charnwood, Leicestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Barrow upon Soar in September 2024. There were a total of 150 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 Barrow upon Soar, 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	60
Anti Social Behaviour	28
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Public Order	10
Vehicle Crime	10
Burglary	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	4
Other Crime	4
Other Theft	4
Shoplifting	4
All Crime	150

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 Barrow upon Soar. 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 Barrow upon Soar

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Loughborough (2.77 miles)	358
Barrow upon Soar	139
Shelthorpe (2.48 miles)	89
Sileby (2.24 miles)	48
Cossington (3.1 miles)	22
Cropston (3.93 miles)	9
Rothley Plain (2.56 miles)	8
Walton on the Wolds (1.75 miles)	7
The Brand (3.51 miles)	4
Swithland (2.78 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Barrow upon Soar?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Loughborough	123
Barrow upon Soar	60
Shelthorpe	35
Sileby	26
Cossington	19
Walton on the Wolds	5
Cropston	4
Rothley Plain	4
The Brand	1
Swithland	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Barrow upon Soar?

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 Barrow upon Soar 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 Barrow upon Soar compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barrow upon Soar and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Barrow upon Soar is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Loughborough Hastings	80
2	Loughborough Southfields	74
3	Loughborough Shelthorpe	55
4	Sileby	42
5	Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle	39
6	Barrow and Sileby West	37
7	Rothley and Thurcaston	36
8	Mountsorrel	30
9	Loughborough Outwoods	29
10	Wreake Villages	16
11	The Wolds	11

Which road in Barrow upon Soar has the highest level of crime?

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