Leicester City Centre
Middle areaCentral Leicester. 11,810 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Leicester City Centre live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Leicester City Centre
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leicester City Centre at a rate of 756.2 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 | 2,424 |
| Other crime | 2,177 |
| Shoplifting | 1,469 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1,094 |
| Drug offences | 500 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 442 |
| Vehicle crime | 284 |
| Burglary | 211 |
| Theft from the person | 178 |
| Robbery | 152 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Leicester City Centre compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Leicester City Centre safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leicester City Centre at a rate of 756.2 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, 821 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leicester City Centre.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,424), other crime (2,177) and shoplifting (1,469).
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 Leicester City Centre alone. See Leicester
Leicester City Centre in brief
The median price paid for a home in Leicester City Centre was £115,000 in 2025.
Leicester City Centre had 10,053 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Leicester City Centre live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Leicester City Centre, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.