Braunstone Park East

Leicester · East Midlands · population 8,564 · 5 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,298 of 6,856 in England
  • #535 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #30 of 38 in Leicester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,454
Median age (est.)36
Density5,692per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above22%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 13%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 39%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 17%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 17%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 23% · Caring & leisure 14% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary23%
Caring & leisure14%
Process & plant12%
Skilled trades11%
Professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 10%Black: 8%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 74%Asian 10%Black 8%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 42% · Christian 37% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Braunstone Park East is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,298 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 38 in Leicester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (43) and lowest on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £223,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 38 sales), 7% below the wider Leicester median of £241,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,831 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 113 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 10 · #6,195
Employment 9 · #6,257
Education 10 · #6,147
Health 9 · #6,264
Crime 4 · #6,572
Housing & access 27 · #4,989
Living environment 43 · #3,899

House prices ?

£223,500median (12m) · +8.2% yr · n=38
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£223,50038+8.2%+29.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£225,00024+1.1%+25.0%
Terraced£207,00011+3.5%+26.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£223,500
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)£33,831±£4,911 · #5,400 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,837
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

113 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 967 offences
Leicester112
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,293 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences434
Theft133
Burglary28
Vehicle crime56
Criminal damage & arson112
Public order & weapons123
Drugs52
Robbery9
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 202 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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