New Parks & Stokeswood

Leicester · East Midlands · population 8,761 · 5 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,599 of 6,856 in England
  • #563 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #36 of 38 in Leicester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,623
Median age (est.)33
Density4,697per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above19%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 15%25–44 26%45–64 22%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 50%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 50%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 21%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 21%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 23% · Caring & leisure 16% · Process & plant 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary23%
Caring & leisure16%
Process & plant14%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Professional9%
Administrative7%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 12%Black: 12%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 68%Asian 12%Black 12%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 39% · Christian 37% · Muslim 14%

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

New Parks & Stokeswood is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,599 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #36 of 38 in Leicester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (60) but weak on Crime (1). Typical homes here, about £207,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 34 sales), 14% below the wider Leicester median of £241,000. Typical household take-home income is around £27,153 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 128 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 3 · #6,641
Employment 4 · #6,579
Education 8 · #6,332
Health 7 · #6,373
Crime 1 · #6,778
Housing & access 21 · #5,393
Living environment 60 · #2,726

House prices ?

£207,000median (12m) · +5.7% yr · n=34
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,00034+5.7%+31.0%
Detached£273,0005+36.5%
Semi-detached£205,000170.0%+32.3%
Terraced£197,50012+1.3%+31.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£207,000
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)£27,153±£4,491 · #6,749 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,254
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

128 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,124 offences
Leicester112
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,619 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences509
Theft143
Burglary31
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson174
Public order & weapons144
Drugs30
Robbery20
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 163 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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