Hinckley Castle
WardSouth Hinckley and Bosworth. About 7,204 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Hinckley Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hinckley Castle compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hinckley Castle safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hinckley Castle at a rate of 167.4 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, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hinckley Castle.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (441), other crime (212) and anti-social behaviour (178).
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 Hinckley Castle alone. See Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley Castle in brief
Hinckley Castle had 7,024 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Hinckley Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hinckley Castle, 89.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hinckley Castle, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.