Evington

Leicester · East Midlands · population 8,943 · 5 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,918 of 6,856 in England
  • #258 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #2 of 38 in Leicester
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,721
Median age (est.)42
Density2,745per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above34%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 13%25–44 24%45–64 24%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 6%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 9%Other: 25%
One person 22%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 9%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 13% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors13%
Sales & customer service12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades5%

Ethnic group

White: 21%Asian: 67%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 6%
White 21%Asian 67%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 35% · Hindu 22% · Christian 17%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

Evington is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,918 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 38 in Leicester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (66) and lowest on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here sold for about £355,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 59 sales), 47% above the wider Leicester median of £241,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,604 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 46 · #3,727
Employment 60 · #2,713
Education 48 · #3,556
Health 66 · #2,342
Crime 55 · #3,103
Housing & access 27 · #4,975
Living environment 66 · #2,294

House prices ?

£355,000median (12m) · +10.9% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£355,00059+10.9%+18.3%
Detached£374,00027+3.9%+22.1%
Semi-detached£339,00023+13.0%+15.9%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£285,0005
This area£355,000
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)£38,604±£5,973 · #3,841 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,232
Price-to-income ?9.2×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 513 offences
Leicester112
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,661 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft68
Burglary37
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons43
Drugs19
Robbery4
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 67 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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