Crime Rate in Wigston Fields, ward

Wigston Fields has the 4th highest crime rate of 10 wards in Oadby and Wigston district and the 3098th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 282nd highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wigston Fields in the last 12 months was 74.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% higher than the Oadby and Wigston district average (67.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wigston Fields’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 188 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 243 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wigston Fields ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Viking Road, with 70 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Petrol Station (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.