What is the safest area of Leicester?

Of the LE districts with recorded-crime data, LE14 has the lowest crime rate (12 per 1,000), and LE1 the highest (1,282). Crime is heavily concentrated around the city centre, so residential districts on the edge usually record far less.

Where are the cheapest and most expensive areas of Leicester?

By average sold price across LE districts, LE3 is the cheapest (£245,763) and LE1 the most expensive (£687,186), with a city average of £356,631. Prices are averages of what actually sold, from HM Land Registry.

Leicester by area

The LE postcode area covers Leicester and its immediate surrounds, spanning 26 postcode districts. A city is never one thing, so here is how those districts actually compare on the numbers that matter, from the lowest to the highest, with the city average and the national picture for context. Every district links to its full data.

The spread across Leicester

bar = range across districts (lowest to highest) · line = city average · dashed = national

Recorded crime, per 1,000 (21 districts with data)

Lowest: LE14 (12)City avg 335 · UK district avg 250Highest: LE1 (1,282)

Average sold price

Cheapest: LE3 (£245,763)City avg £356,631Priciest: LE1 (£687,186)

Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

Most deprived: LE1 (3/10)City avg 6.5/10 · national midpoint 5.5Least deprived: LE41 (9/10)

Every Leicester district, safest first

District	Crime /1,000	Avg price	Deprivation
LE14	12	£433,847	6/10
LE17	79	£587,900	8/10
LE15	90	£432,752	8/10
LE7	140	£374,029	8/10
LE16	158	£399,270	8/10
LE12	185	£347,932	8/10
LE8	218	£342,379	8/10
LE67	236	£281,432	6/10
LE6	237	£328,058	8/10
LE9	239	£317,509	7/10
LE10	272	£304,183	7/10
LE65	288	£338,026	8/10
LE18	328	£282,038	6/10
LE13	348	£266,125	6/10
LE19	396	£352,918	8/10
LE4	446	£288,374	4/10
LE5	478	£290,161	4/10
LE2	487	£309,797	5/10
LE11	499	£279,579	6/10
LE3	628	£245,763	5/10
LE1	1,282	£687,186	3/10

The LE postcode area is used as a practical proxy for Leicester; it includes some surrounding places and may not match the council boundary. Crime is per 1,000 properties from Police.uk and is weighted by city-centre and retail activity; districts with very few homes (business parks and the like) are left out of the crime figures because the per-1,000 rate is distorted where there are almost no residents. Prices are averages of recorded sales from HM Land Registry. Deprivation is the English Indices of Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived). All figures are indicative, not a regulated search. Read the crime and deprivation guides for how to interpret them.