Aylestone North & Saffron Fields

Leicester · East Midlands · population 7,354 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,893 of 6,856 in England
  • #506 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #24 of 38 in Leicester
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,256
Median age (est.)33
Density4,692per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above30%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 14%25–44 37%45–64 21%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 46%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 12%Private rent 46%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 17%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 17%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 10%Black: 8%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 74%Asian 10%Black 8%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 35% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 25%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Aylestone North & Saffron Fields is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,893 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 38 in Leicester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (28) and lowest on Living environment (3). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 63 sales), 21% below the wider Leicester median of £241,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,674 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 211 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 21 · #5,427
Employment 28 · #4,906
Education 19 · #5,544
Health 18 · #5,640
Crime 10 · #6,168
Housing & access 14 · #5,914
Living environment 3 · #6,627

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +2.7% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00063+2.7%+23.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£225,00011+9.8%+34.7%
Terraced£185,000490.0%+20.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£190,000
Leicester£241,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,674±£5,496 · #4,155 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,055
Price-to-income ?5.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

211 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,549 offences
Leicester112
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #6,207 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences537
Theft245
Burglary39
Vehicle crime82
Criminal damage & arson246
Public order & weapons231
Drugs136
Robbery12
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 110 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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