Oadby St Peter's, Oadby and Wigston: Safety
Safety
Crime in Oadby St Peter's has dropped significantly over the past two years. In 2024, the neighbourhood had 113.4 crimes per 1,000 residents — well above the UK average of 91.6. By 2025 that fell to 95.4, and early 2026 data suggests the trend is continuing downward.
What's particularly encouraging is that anti-social behaviour has more than halved since 2024. This matters because it shapes how safe and welcoming a neighbourhood actually feels day to day.
Neighbouring areas like Oadby Uplands do have lower crime rates overall, but St Peter's is clearly heading in the right direction.
Source: police-recorded crime for Oadby St Peter's ward (Leicestershire Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Oadby St Peter's ward: Leicestershire Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Oadby St Peter's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
97.1
Similar to
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Similar to
East Midlands region average
95.9
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Oadby Brocks Hill
54.8
Higher than
Oadby Grange
48.7
Higher than
Oadby Uplands
34.5
Higher than
Wigston St Wolstan's
49.7
Higher than
Knighton
74.3
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Oadby St Peter's ward and the East Midlands region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences33%36%
- Anti-social behaviour16%18%
- Criminal damage and arson11%8%
- Shoplifting9%9%
- Public order8%7%
- Vehicle crime6%4%
- Other theft5%6%
- Burglary5%4%
- Drugs4%3%
- Bicycle theft2%1%
- Other crime1%2%
- Theft from the person<1%1%
- Possession of weapons<1%1%
- Robbery<1%1%
