Long Whatton & Diseworth
WardThe north east of the North West Leicestershire. About 2,656 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 29 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 29% of people in Long Whatton & Diseworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Long Whatton & Diseworth compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Long Whatton & Diseworth safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Long Whatton & Diseworth at a rate of 90.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.3 per 1,000 people across North West Leicestershire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Long Whatton & Diseworth.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (83), other crime (63) and criminal damage and arson (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 North West Leicestershire
These figures are published for the whole of North West Leicestershire, not for each ward, so they describe all of North West Leicestershire and not Long Whatton & Diseworth alone. See North West Leicestershire
Long Whatton & Diseworth in brief
Long Whatton & Diseworth had 2,574 usual residents at the census.
About 29% of people in Long Whatton & Diseworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Long Whatton & Diseworth, 84.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Long Whatton & Diseworth, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.