Leicester 028B
NeighbourhoodSouth west Leicester. 1,616 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.3 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Leicester 028B is in decile 2.
How Leicester 028B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Leicester 028B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leicester 028B at a rate of 138.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 129.1 per 1,000 people across Braunstone Park East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leicester 028B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (51), shoplifting (49) and anti-social behaviour (47).
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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Leicester and not Leicester 028B alone. See Leicester
Leicester 028B in brief
Leicester 028B has a deprivation score of 44.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Leicester 028B had 1,498 usual residents at the census.
In Leicester 028B, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Leicester 028B, 6.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.