North Whetstone
WardEast Blaby. About 5,726 people in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in North Whetstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How North Whetstone compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is North Whetstone safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in North Whetstone at a rate of 48.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.8 per 1,000 people across Blaby.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in North Whetstone.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (103), anti-social behaviour (48) and other crime (46).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Blaby
These figures are published for the whole of Blaby, not for each ward, so they describe all of Blaby and not North Whetstone alone. See Blaby
North Whetstone in brief
North Whetstone had 5,537 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in North Whetstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In North Whetstone, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In North Whetstone, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.