Leicester

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• Today: 12° / 6° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:29

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1687 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences505
• Shoplifting244
• Anti-social behaviour206
• Public order171

156 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cultural Quarter · Leicestershire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

463 reported road collisions (2025)

125 killed or seriously injured · 531 casualties · 12.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 402 rated 4–5 ★ (344 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Leicester (0.9 km)
• 129 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£226,881 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across Leicester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,023 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £716
• 2 bed £892
• 3 bed £1,045

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,203 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (0.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

81 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Highcross Shopping Centre (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms10
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds51

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

368,569 residents in Leicester · 5,027/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 67%
• 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK22,279
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK32,549
• Net moves−10,270

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 6 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,529 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 145,350)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

141 schools · 61,488 pupils

82 primary · 19 secondary · 40 other

Ofsted: 43 of 51 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

111 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Leicester

484 CQC-registered services

• Care homes103
• GP practices74
• Dentists81
• Homecare agencies183
• Hospitals & hospices16

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicester

• Not in the Green Belt
• 286 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

219 applications decided

82.6% granted · 181 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Shockat Adam

Independent

Leicester South

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 31
• Con 15
• LD 3
• Grn 4
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools22
• GPs & clinics11
• Pharmacies12
• Supermarkets27
• Parks & greens51
• Restaurants & cafés302

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,765 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3,667 jobs advertised · £42,382 avg

e.g. Lead Gas Engineer, Lead Digital Product Manager, Delivery Driver PART TIME (24 hour) - Dordon

Source: Adzuna

£640 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£16,786 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 167,959 certificates

14.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 25% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

231 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.9 women · 57.8 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

12 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in LE1

• Inclusion Healthcare
• Leicester City Assist Practice
• County Cjdt

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leicester South:

• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials189 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks136 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities106 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND99 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills86 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Leicester Haymarket Theatre · 0.1 km

  The Leicester Haymarket Theatre is a theatre in Leicester, England, next to the Haymarket Shopping Centre on Belgrave Gate in Leicester City centre. It operated as a theatre from 1973 to 2007, and again briefly betwee…

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  Haymarket Shopping Centre · 0.2 km

  The Haymarket Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the city centre of Leicester, England. It was opened on 4 June 1973 as part of the Haymarket Centre and was the country's second shopping centre after the Bull Rin…

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  1970 UCI Road World Championships · 0.2 km

  The 1970 UCI Road World Championships took place from 13 to 16 August 1970 at Mallory Park in Leicester, United Kingdom.

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  St Margaret's Bus Station · 0.2 km

  St Margaret's Bus Station is located on Gravel Street to the north of Leicester City Centre, England. It is named after St Margaret's Church, which stands just across Burleys Way.

• Barker's Ground · 0.3 km

  Barker's Ground was a cricket ground in Leicester, Leicestershire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1825, when Leicester played Sheffield. The first first-class match came in 1836, when the North played t…

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  Leicester Secular Hall · 0.3 km

  Leicester Secular Hall is a Grade II listed building in Leicester, England. It was built in 1881 for the city's Secular Society.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)