Western
WardWest Leicester. About 21,856 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 68% of people in Western live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Western compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Western safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Western at a rate of 116.9 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, 231 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Western.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,025), other crime (411) and criminal damage and arson (318).
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 Western alone. See Leicester
Western in brief
Western had 21,085 usual residents at the census.
About 68% of people in Western live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Western, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Western, 6.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.