Forest vs Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town

Forest has a safety score of 21/100 (High Crime) and recorded 727 crimes in the last 12 months. Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) with 1,485 crimes. Forest scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Forest shows a year-on-year crime trend of -21.3% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town shows +25.6% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Forest, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (285 incidents). In Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town, it is Violent Crime (604 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Forest recorded 114 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town recorded 187. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Forest totalled 285 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 604 in Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Forest recorded 924 crimes (now 727, a change of -21.3%). Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town recorded 1,182 crimes previously (now 1,485, +25.6%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Forest has a resolution rate of 27.6% and Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town has 31.4%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Forest falls within the Leicestershire Police boundary. Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town is covered by Leicestershire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Forest and Thorpe Astley and Braunstone Town. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.