Rowley Fields & Faircharm

Leicester · East Midlands · population 8,154 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,776 of 6,856 in England
  • #414 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #11 of 38 in Leicester
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,145
Median age (est.)32
Density5,467per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above35%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 18%25–44 37%45–64 19%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 50%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 5%Private rent 50%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 23%
One person 27%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Professional 19% · Process & plant 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Professional19%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades7%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 53%Asian: 28%Black: 9%Mixed: 4%Other: 6%
White 53%Asian 28%Black 9%Mixed 4%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 35% · No religion 27% · Sikh 10%

Born outside the UK: 47%

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

Rowley Fields & Faircharm is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,776 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 38 in Leicester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (60) and lowest on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £192,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 73 sales), 20% below the wider Leicester median of £241,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,669 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 99 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 41 · #4,022
Employment 60 · #2,774
Education 22 · #5,318
Health 54 · #3,151
Crime 8 · #6,318
Housing & access 25 · #5,153
Living environment 7 · #6,373

House prices ?

£192,500median (12m) · -9.4% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£192,50073-9.4%+16.7%
Detached£331,0006+3.6%+22.6%
Semi-detached£285,00011+17.5%+25.0%
Terraced£186,50050+0.1%+23.5%
Flat£124,5006-23.4%
This area£192,500
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)£35,669±£5,327 · #4,820 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,473
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

99 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 805 offences
Leicester112
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #4,888 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences290
Theft123
Burglary31
Vehicle crime92
Criminal damage & arson93
Public order & weapons96
Drugs44
Robbery19
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 155 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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