Crime Statistics for Botcheston, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Botcheston in October 2024. There were a total of 17 incidents. 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 Botcheston, 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	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Public Order	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	17

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Botcheston. 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 Botcheston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Rothley (3.43 miles)	116
Ratby (1.96 miles)	37
Newbold Verdon (2.56 miles)	18
Newbold Heath (2.56 miles)	17
Botcheston	17
Field Head (3.17 miles)	11
Bagworth (3.51 miles)	11
Thurlaston (3.34 miles)	1
Peckleton (2.78 miles)	1
Bondman Hays (1.96 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Botcheston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Rothley	30
Ratby	15
Botcheston	6
Field Head	5
Newbold Verdon	3
Newbold Heath	3
Bagworth	2
Thurlaston	1
Peckleton	0
Bondman Hays	0

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

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 Botcheston 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 Botcheston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Botcheston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Botcheston is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Winstanley	58
2	Earl Shilton	58
3	Ellis	55
4	Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton	46
5	Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead	43
6	Forest	41
7	Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston	34
8	Groby	33
9	Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton	31
10	Muxloe	29
11	Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone	22

Which road in Botcheston has the highest level of crime?

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