Leicester Forest East
Middle areaNorth Blaby. 6,156 people in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 51% of people in Leicester Forest East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Leicester Forest East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leicester Forest East at a rate of 73.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.8 per 1,000 people across Blaby.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 141 |
| Other crime | 87 |
| Shoplifting | 68 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 40 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 40 |
| Vehicle crime | 40 |
| Burglary | 22 |
| Drug offences | 10 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Leicester Forest East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Leicester Forest East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leicester Forest East at a rate of 73.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.8 per 1,000 people across Blaby.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leicester Forest East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (141), other crime (87) and shoplifting (68).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Blaby
These figures are published for the whole of Blaby, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Blaby and not Leicester Forest East alone. See Blaby
Leicester Forest East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Leicester Forest East was £268,000 in 2025.
Leicester Forest East had 6,065 usual residents at the census.
About 51% of people in Leicester Forest East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Leicester Forest East, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.