Wigston Fields
WardWest Oadby and Wigston. About 7,174 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Wigston Fields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wigston Fields compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wigston Fields safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wigston Fields at a rate of 64.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.4 per 1,000 people across Oadby and Wigston.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wigston Fields.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (156), shoplifting (94) and other crime (68).
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 Oadby and Wigston
These figures are published for the whole of Oadby and Wigston, not for each ward, so they describe all of Oadby and Wigston and not Wigston Fields alone. See Oadby and Wigston
Wigston Fields in brief
Wigston Fields had 6,863 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Wigston Fields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wigston Fields, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wigston Fields, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.