Leicester 008H
NeighbourhoodCentral Leicester. 2,699 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Leicester 008H is in decile 3.
How Leicester 008H compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Leicester 008H safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leicester 008H at a rate of 215.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 125.1 per 1,000 people across Abbey Park.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 64 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leicester 008H.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (151), other crime (118) and anti-social behaviour (103).
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 008H alone. See Leicester
Leicester 008H in brief
Leicester 008H has a deprivation score of 28.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Leicester 008H had 1,291 usual residents at the census.
In Leicester 008H, 86.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Leicester 008H, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.