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Stoneygate

Ward

South east Leicester. About 22,106 people in 1.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 96% of people in Stoneygate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
21,098
143rd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
96%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Stoneygate compares

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

StoneygateMiddle
Population21 wards, Leicester · 2021
Population: every ward in Leicester21 areas from 11,943 to 23,919. The middle area is 17,273. Stoneygate is 21,098.
21,0985th most 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%. Stoneygate is 96.0%.
96%7th most 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%. Stoneygate is 98.5%.
98.5%6th lowest
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%. Stoneygate is 7.0%.
7.0%2nd highest

Is Stoneygate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stoneygate at a rate of 103.8 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, 270 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stoneygate.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (891), other crime (432) and anti-social behaviour (374).

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 Stoneygate alone. See Leicester

Average house price
£227,322
Down 0.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,281
9th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.0×
Joint 158th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
34.4
16th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Stoneygate in brief

Stoneygate had 21,098 usual residents at the census.

About 96% of people in Stoneygate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Stoneygate, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Stoneygate, 7.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.