Laycock vs Rayners Lane

Laycock has a safety score of 9/100 (High Crime) and recorded 19,075 crimes in the last 12 months. Rayners Lane has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 3,797 crimes. Laycock scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Laycock shows a year-on-year crime trend of -1.5% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Rayners Lane shows +7.1% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Laycock, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (3,988 incidents). In Rayners Lane, it is Violent Crime (1,086 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Laycock recorded 3,945 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Rayners Lane recorded 829. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Laycock totalled 3,988 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,086 in Rayners Lane. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Laycock recorded 19,361 crimes (now 19,075, a change of -1.5%). Rayners Lane recorded 3,545 crimes previously (now 3,797, +7.1%).

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. Laycock has a resolution rate of 32.1% and Rayners Lane has 33.6%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Laycock falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Rayners Lane is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. 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 Laycock and Rayners Lane. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.