Leicester City South

Leicester · East Midlands · population 9,961 · 4 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,667 of 6,856 in England
  • #490 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #21 of 38 in Leicester
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,111
Median age (est.)23
Density8,702per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above31%
No car or van62%

Age

0–14 7%15–24 54%25–44 25%45–64 10%65+ 4%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 5%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 54%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 5%Social rent 35%Private rent 54%

Households

One person: 44%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 9%Lone parent: 10%Other: 24%
One person 44%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 9%Lone parent 10%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Elementary 22% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Elementary22%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant7%
Administrative5%
Skilled trades5%
Managers & directors4%

Ethnic group

White: 47%Asian: 27%Black: 16%Mixed: 5%Other: 5%
White 47%Asian 27%Black 16%Mixed 5%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 33% · Christian 31% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 44%

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 South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,667 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 38 in Leicester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (47) and lowest on Health (3). Typical homes here sold for about £158,800 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 23 sales), 34% below the wider Leicester median of £241,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,661 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 277 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 47 · #3,645
Employment 45 · #3,748
Education 31 · #4,728
Health 3 · #6,661
Crime 14 · #5,873
Housing & access 6 · #6,435
Living environment 7 · #6,346

House prices ?

£158,800median (12m) · +30.2% yr · n=23
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£158,80023+30.2%-2.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£219,6007-6.6%+27.7%
Flat£115,00014+7.0%-15.4%
This area£158,800
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)£30,661±£4,749 · #6,272 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,871
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

277 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,755 offences
Leicester112
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #6,331 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,059
Theft572
Burglary82
Vehicle crime152
Criminal damage & arson207
Public order & weapons498
Drugs97
Robbery36
Other52

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 329 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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