Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe
WardNorth west Blaby. About 8,126 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 58% of people in Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe at a rate of 63.3 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, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (235), other crime (134) and anti-social behaviour (93).
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 ward, so they describe all of Blaby and not Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe alone. See Blaby
Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe in brief
Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe had 7,358 usual residents at the census.
About 58% of people in Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.