St Matthews & Highfields North
Middle areaCentral Leicester. 12,312 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.0 square kilometre.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 28% of people in St Matthews & Highfields North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in St Matthews & Highfields North
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Matthews & Highfields North at a rate of 76.3 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 | 357 |
| Other crime | 204 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 109 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 79 |
| Shoplifting | 70 |
| Vehicle crime | 46 |
| Drug offences | 37 |
| Burglary | 20 |
| Robbery | 12 |
| Theft from the person | 6 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How St Matthews & Highfields North compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is St Matthews & Highfields North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Matthews & Highfields North at a rate of 76.3 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, 108 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Matthews & Highfields North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (357), other crime (204) and anti-social behaviour (109).
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 St Matthews & Highfields North alone. See Leicester
St Matthews & Highfields North in brief
The median price paid for a home in St Matthews & Highfields North was £225,000 in 2025.
St Matthews & Highfields North had 12,361 usual residents at the census.
About 28% of people in St Matthews & Highfields North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In St Matthews & Highfields North, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.