Kirby Frith

Leicester · East Midlands · population 8,972 · 5 LSOAs

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

5Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,524 of 6,856 in England
  • #558 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #34 of 38 in Leicester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,818
Median age (est.)33
Density4,336per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above20%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 14%25–44 28%45–64 22%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 45%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 45%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 20%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 20%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 23% · Caring & leisure 16% · Process & plant 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary23%
Caring & leisure16%
Process & plant13%
Skilled trades11%
Professional9%
Sales & customer service9%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 10%Black: 11%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 70%Asian 10%Black 11%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 37% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Kirby Frith is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,524 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #34 of 38 in Leicester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (72) but weak on Employment (5). Typical homes here, about £208,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 32 sales), 13% below the wider Leicester median of £241,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,571 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 132 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 6 · #6,455
Employment 5 · #6,510
Education 6 · #6,428
Health 5 · #6,483
Crime 6 · #6,442
Housing & access 10 · #6,140
Living environment 72 · #1,931

House prices ?

£208,500median (12m) · +1.1% yr · n=32
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£208,50032+1.1%+33.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£211,50018-0.5%+28.2%
Terraced£202,50012+12.5%+39.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£208,500
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)£29,571±£4,784 · #6,475 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,496
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

132 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,185 offences
Leicester112
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,686 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences622
Theft153
Burglary30
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson141
Public order & weapons137
Drugs28
Robbery4
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 127 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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