Leicester City Centre
Leicester · East Midlands · population 10,212 · 5 LSOAs
Part of Leicester City · Postcode LE1 · LE2 · LE21 · LE3 · LE5 · LE55 · LE7 · LE87
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #5,640 of 6,856 in England
- #483 of 575 in East Midlands
- #19 of 38 in Leicester
- Most deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 23% · Elementary 20% · Sales & customer service 13%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 23% |
| Elementary | 20% |
| Sales & customer service | 13% |
| Associate professional | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Process & plant | 8% |
| Administrative | 7% |
| Managers & directors | 6% |
| Skilled trades | 4% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 36% · Christian 30% · Muslim 13%
Born outside the UK: 46%
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
Leicester City Centre is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,640 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 38 in Leicester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (67) but weak on Crime (1). Typical homes here sold for about £116,750 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 32 sales), 52% below the wider Leicester median of £241,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,998 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 774 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £116,750 | 32 | -2.7% | +8.4% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Semi-detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Terraced | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Flat | £116,750 | 32 | -1.1% | +8.4% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #3,477 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #6,420 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 2,374 |
| Theft | 2,521 |
| Burglary | 249 |
| Vehicle crime | 397 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 462 |
| Public order & weapons | 1,221 |
| Drugs | 452 |
| Robbery | 146 |
| Other | 80 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 1,099 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Leicester
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- St Mary'sSouthampton18£145,000
- Royston East & CarltonBarnsley18£154,000
- Old OscottBirmingham18£215,000
- South Norwood CentralCroydon18£376,000
- Northolt WestEaling18£452,500
- Old Oak & WormwoodHammersmith and Fulham18£813,375