Earl Shilton
WardSouth east Hinckley and Bosworth. About 11,099 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in Earl Shilton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Earl Shilton compares
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Is Earl Shilton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Earl Shilton at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.5 per 1,000 people across Hinckley and Bosworth.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Earl Shilton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (350), other crime (139) and anti-social behaviour (122).
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 Hinckley and Bosworth
These figures are published for the whole of Hinckley and Bosworth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hinckley and Bosworth and not Earl Shilton alone. See Hinckley and Bosworth
Earl Shilton in brief
Earl Shilton had 10,631 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in Earl Shilton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Earl Shilton, 84.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Earl Shilton, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.