Crime in Oadby and Wigston
Recorded crime in Oadby and Wigston is 0.7 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 16%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
61,695 residents in 36 neighbourhoods.
- Safety
- 6/10Average crime
- Living
- 7.5/10Good
- 5-year change
- −16%fewer crimes
Crime over 5 years
Down 16% in 5 years Recorded crimes in Oadby and Wigston, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 0.7× the England and Wales average. 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 63% of the harm here
- Burglary: 18% of the harm here
- Other theft: 5% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 63% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 8.4 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.3 |
| Burglary | 4.2 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 22.9 |
| Drugs | 1.4 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.4 |
| Other crime | 1.2 |
| Other theft | 5.0 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.3 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 4.2 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 5.9 |
| Public order | 5.7 |
| Bicycle theft | 1.0 |
| Shoplifting | 4.2 |
What crimes are recorded in Oadby and Wigston
Crimes recorded by the police, April 2025 to March 2026. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 61 | 0.99 | Up 24% |
| Cars broken into | 80 | 1.3 | Down 46% |
| Vehicle tampering | 10 | 0.16 | Down 55% |
| Vandalism to homes | 46 | 0.75 | Up 2% |
| Vandalism to other buildings | 23 | 0.37 | Up 77% |
| Vandalism to vehicles | 83 | 1.3 | Down 13% |
| Arson | 9 | - | - |
| Burglary of homes | 137 | 2.2 | Up 19% |
| Burglary of businesses | 64 | 1.0 | Down 10% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
| Carrying a knife or blade | 6 | - | - |
| Carrying other weapons (including guns) | 16 | 0.26 | Up 45% |
| Robbery of people | 12 | 0.19 | Down 40% |
| Robbery of businesses | 6 | - | - |
| Violence with injury | 370 | 6.0 | Down 10% |
| Violence without injury | 461 | 7.5 | About the same |
| Stalking and harassment | 474 | 7.7 | Down 3% |
| Sexual offences | 158 | 2.6 | About the same |
| Shoplifting | 338 | 5.5 | Down 19% |
| Bicycle theft | 58 | 0.94 | Up 38% |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 13 | 0.21 | Down 24% |
| Drug dealing | 50 | 0.81 | Up 163% |
| Drug possession | 67 | 1.1 | Up 37% |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare. These are council-area figures: police.uk street-level data, used for the map and the Safety score, only has the broad categories, and no source publishes murders or stabbings by street.
Leicestershire Police area: 696 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in 2025/26 (779 the year before). This covers the whole police force area, not only Oadby and Wigston.
Source: Home Office, police recorded knife crime by police force.
Postcode districts in Oadby and Wigston
Questions about crime in Oadby and Wigston
- Is Oadby and Wigston a safe place to live?
- Oadby and Wigston scores 6 out of 10 for safety (average crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Is crime going up or down in Oadby and Wigston?
- Down 16% over 5 years, from 3,891 recorded crimes a year to 3,250.
- What is the most common crime in Oadby and Wigston?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 23 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How many cars are stolen in Oadby and Wigston?
- In Oadby and Wigston, the police recorded 61 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 1.0 per 1,000 residents, up 24% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Oadby and Wigston?
- 152 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in Oadby and Wigston in 2025/26, 2.5 per 1,000 residents, 0.5 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Oadby and Wigston last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in Oadby and Wigston in 2025/26, against 0 the year before.