What is the safest area of Leicester?

Of the LE districts with recorded-crime data, LE14 has the lowest crime rate (9 per 1,000), and LE1 the highest (1,097). 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 (£269,349) and LE87 the most expensive (£5,000,000), with a city average of £554,555. 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 (9)City avg 283 · UK district avg 228Highest: LE1 (1,097)

Average sold price

Cheapest: LE3 (£269,349)City avg £554,555Priciest: LE87 (£5,000,000)

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	9	£378,770	6/10
LE15	68	£454,848	8/10
LE17	77	£399,500	8/10
LE16	108	£405,417	8/10
LE7	111	£412,617	8/10
LE6	144	£312,789	8/10
LE65	150	£354,340	8/10
LE8	186	£335,005	8/10
LE12	186	£313,336	8/10
LE9	194	£300,561	7/10
LE18	240	£281,504	6/10
LE67	241	£346,667	6/10
LE10	246	£283,933	7/10
LE13	280	£272,255	6/10
LE19	341	£343,592	8/10
LE5	392	£283,089	4/10
LE2	416	£299,416	5/10
LE4	455	£374,446	4/10
LE3	489	£269,349	5/10
LE11	512	£288,439	6/10
LE1	1,097	£490,335	3/10
LE87	—	£5,000,000	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.