# Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe Town in Blaby, East Midlands. Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe is a town in Blaby, East Midlands. Median sale price £325,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 58.5 per 1,000 people. Town. Code E63002639. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Blaby](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby) Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £325,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe was £325,000 in 2025. Joint 341st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/leicester-forest-east-and-kirby-muxloe#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,847** (2021). Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe had 13,847 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 451st least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/leicester-forest-east-and-kirby-muxloe#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 52%** (2022). About 52% of people in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/leicester-forest-east-and-kirby-muxloe#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.8%** (January 2026). In Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/leicester-forest-east-and-kirby-muxloe#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63002639) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 52% of people in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63002639) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 260 homes were sold in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63002639) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63002639) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe had 13,847 usual residents at the census. ## How Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £325,000 | 5th most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 13,847 | 43rd least populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 52% | 44th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.8% | joint 40th lowest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe at a rate of 58.5 per 1,000 people. That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (295), other crime (164) and anti-social behaviour (100). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe was 61.4 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Blaby 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025631) | 1,567 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% | | [Blaby 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025632) | 1,364 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% | | [Blaby 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025633) | 1,870 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% | | [Blaby 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025635) | 1,265 | 84.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% | | [Blaby 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025634) | 2,021 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% | | [Blaby 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025638) | 1,472 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.7% | | [Blaby 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025639) | 1,298 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% | | [Blaby 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025640) | 1,605 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.5% | | [Blaby 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/neighbourhood/e01025626) | 2,542 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% | ## Your MP - [Mid Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-leicestershire): Mr Peter Bedford (Conservative), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Blaby](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby) ## Postcode districts covering Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe [LE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le3), [LE9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le9), [LE19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le19) ## Middle areas in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe [Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/kirby-muxloe-and-thurlaston), [Leicester Forest East](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby/leicester-forest-east) ## Towns near Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester), [Enderby and Narborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/enderby-and-narborough), [Blaby and Whetstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blaby-and-whetstone), [Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wigston), [Earl Shilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/earl-shilton), [Birstall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/birstall) ## Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe in brief Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe is a town in Blaby, East Midlands. About 14,868 people lived in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 260 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe was £325,000 in 2025. Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe had 13,847 usual residents at the census. About 52% of people in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002639 - Constituency: [Mid Leicestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-leicestershire) - Council: [Blaby †](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby) - Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.09 km² - People, mid-2024: 14,868* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 43 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester), [Enderby and Narborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/enderby-and-narborough), [Blaby and Whetstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blaby-and-whetstone), [Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wigston), [Earl Shilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/earl-shilton), [Birstall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/birstall) ## Latest updates for Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002639 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. 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