Abbey Park
Middle areaNorth west Leicester. 14,524 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 20% of people in Abbey Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Abbey Park
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Abbey Park at a rate of 125.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.0 per 1,000 people across Leicester.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 520 |
| Other crime | 380 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 265 |
| Shoplifting | 177 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 158 |
| Vehicle crime | 123 |
| Drug offences | 83 |
| Burglary | 69 |
| Robbery | 29 |
| Theft from the person | 13 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Abbey Park compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Abbey Park safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Abbey Park at a rate of 125.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.0 per 1,000 people across Leicester.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 165 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Abbey Park.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (520), other crime (380) and anti-social behaviour (265).
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 Leicester
These figures are published for the whole of Leicester, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Leicester and not Abbey Park alone. See Leicester
Abbey Park in brief
The median price paid for a home in Abbey Park was £265,000 in 2025.
Abbey Park had 11,926 usual residents at the census.
About 20% of people in Abbey Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Abbey Park, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.