Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0For burglary, vehicle crime and damage, Wigston trails 77% of UK towns per resident
A Safety Grade of C follows from crimes police recorded inside Wigston’s built-up area over the years September 2023 to August 2026: #38 of 50 in Leicestershire. Year on year, 30.7 violent and sexual offences and 14.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 1,000 residents. Recorded violence fell 13% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Wigston
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 13% less violent crime per resident in Wigston than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 6% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 191 UK towns of 24,000 to 47,000 people, Wigston has the 73rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Cramlington, Trowbridge and Coleraine, higher than Longbenton, Tonbridge and Fareham. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Wigston’s C
A firm grade. Built on 4,657 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Wigston against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Wigston has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -13% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -6% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -19% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +6% (towns its size -4%).
How Wigston’s neighbourhoods rank in England
17% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 10% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Wigston’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Wigston runs highest on burglary (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Anti-social behaviour and other crime sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 920 | 26.5 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 350 | 10.1 | 12.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 237 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 236 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 192 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 169 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 108 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 92 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 69 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 43 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 25 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 16 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 12 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Robbery | Violent | 11 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Wigston per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 13 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 12 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police in Wigston identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 74% of Wigston’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 19% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (54% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 8% of violent and 5% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 1,698 crimes.
Of 191 towns its size, Wigston is 73rd from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Oadby Leicestershire | 24,039 | 21.8 | 10.5 | 7.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 42 | Market Harborough Leicestershire | 24,162 | 25.1 | 12.2 | 14.9 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 70 | Longbenton Tyne and Wear | 26,882 | 28.3 | 15.4 | 13.2 | C |
| 71 | Tonbridge Kent | 36,136 | 30.1 | 13.8 | 17.4 | C |
| 72 | Fareham Hampshire | 42,633 | 34.3 | 10.1 | 14.7 | C |
| 73 | Wigston Leicestershire | 34,728 | 30.7 | 14 | 13.8 | C |
| 74 | Fulwood Lancashire | 34,693 | 32.1 | 12.7 | 9.4 | C |
| 75 | Broadstairs Kent | 25,780 | 31.6 | 13.5 | 15.1 | C |
| 76 | Letchworth Hertfordshire | 33,993 | 32.7 | 12.6 | 14.2 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 99 | Melton Mowbray Leicestershire | 27,451 | 35.1 | 15.7 | 17.3 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 191 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Wigston, and others in Leicestershire.
Lowest recorded crime in Knighton, Wigston St Wolstan's and Wigston Meadowcourt; highest in South Wigston
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knighton | 1,011 | 13.5 | 10.6 | |
| Wigston St Wolstan's | 6,562 | 20.5 | 11.1 | |
| Wigston Meadowcourt | 6,303 | 24 | 8.5 | |
| Wigston Fields | 6,863 | 28.1 | 13.6 | |
| Wigston All Saints | 5,875 | 38.3 | 14.5 | |
| South Wigston | 8,114 | 43 | 21 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 578 | 35% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 345 | 54% shoplifting & theft |
| College and university buildings | 292 | 38% violent |
| Supermarkets | 221 | 52% shoplifting & theft |
| Shopping areas | 187 | 31% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 56 | 45% violent |
| Bus and coach stations | 44 | 43% homes & vehicles |
| Police stations | 24 | 42% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so South Wigston records 1.6× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Wigston. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Wigston. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Wigston’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
No one died in a collision on Wigston’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 125 collisions with injuries inside Wigston in five years. 31 people were killed or seriously injured: 10 on foot and 8 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Wigston’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Wigston’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Wigston had 18.0 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 32% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Wigston’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Wigston
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wigston | 34,728 | 30.7 | 14 | C |
| Oadby | 24,039 | 21.8 | 10.5 | B− |
| Countesthorpe | 7,674 | 18.7 | 8.3 | B |
| Blaby and Whetstone | 14,072 | 24.7 | 11.8 | C+ |
| Leicester | 406,612 | 49 | 23.2 | D |
| Great Glen | 4,062 | 16.3 | 10 | B+ |
| Littlethorpe | 1,918 | 19.8 | 12.7 | B− |
| Cosby | 3,518 | 15.3 | 10.8 | B+ |
Wigston records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Leicester records more. Oadby, 2 miles away, records 21.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Wigston’s 30.7.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Wigston sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Wigston
Is Wigston safe?
Police recorded 30.7 violent and sexual offences and 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Wigston’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 28% of UK towns. Among 191 UK towns of 24,000 to 47,000 people, Wigston is 73rd from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Wigston?
By council ward, Knighton, Wigston St Wolstan's and Wigston Meadowcourt record the least violent and household crime per resident: 13.5, 20.5 and 24 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 43 in South Wigston.
Is crime going up in Wigston?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 13%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 6%, shoplifting and theft fell 19% and anti-social behaviour rose 6%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Wigston?
Violence & sexual offences: 920 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (237) and criminal damage & arson (236), with 350 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Wigston compare with Leicester?
Leicester records 49 violent and sexual offences and 23.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Wigston’s 30.7 and 14, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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