New Parks & Stokeswood
Middle areaWest Leicester. 8,890 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 77% of people in New Parks & Stokeswood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in New Parks & Stokeswood
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in New Parks & Stokeswood at a rate of 144.9 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 | 518 |
| Other crime | 248 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 190 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 147 |
| Shoplifting | 51 |
| Vehicle crime | 49 |
| Burglary | 35 |
| Drug offences | 29 |
| Robbery | 16 |
| Theft from the person | 5 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How New Parks & Stokeswood compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is New Parks & Stokeswood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in New Parks & Stokeswood at a rate of 144.9 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, 121 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in New Parks & Stokeswood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (518), other crime (248) and criminal damage and arson (190).
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 New Parks & Stokeswood alone. See Leicester
New Parks & Stokeswood in brief
The median price paid for a home in New Parks & Stokeswood was £206,000 in 2025.
New Parks & Stokeswood had 8,619 usual residents at the census.
About 77% of people in New Parks & Stokeswood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In New Parks & Stokeswood, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.