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Eyres Monsell

Ward

South Leicester. About 12,581 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 15% of people in Eyres Monsell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,009
1,598th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
15%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Eyres Monsell compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Eyres MonsellMiddle
Population21 wards, Leicester · 2021
Population: every ward in Leicester21 areas from 11,943 to 23,919. The middle area is 17,273. Eyres Monsell is 12,009.
12,0092nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Leicester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Leicester21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 43.0%. Eyres Monsell is 15.0%.
15%7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Leicester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Leicester21 areas from 85.9% to 99.9%. The middle area is 99.3%. Eyres Monsell is 99.7%.
99.7%4th highest
Claimant rate21 wards, Leicester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Leicester21 areas from 3.1% to 7.4%. The middle area is 5.5%. Eyres Monsell is 6.5%.
6.5%joint 3rd highest

Is Eyres Monsell safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eyres Monsell at a rate of 132.6 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, 153 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Eyres Monsell.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (727), other crime (290) and anti-social behaviour (209).

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 ward, so they describe all of Leicester and not Eyres Monsell alone. See Leicester

Average house price
£226,881
Down 1.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,281
9th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.0×
Joint 159th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
34.4
16th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Eyres Monsell in brief

Eyres Monsell had 12,009 usual residents at the census.

About 15% of people in Eyres Monsell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Eyres Monsell, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Eyres Monsell, 6.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.