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West End & Westcotes

Middle area

South west Leicester. 15,924 people in 1.3 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by middle area

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In West End & Westcotes, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£173,000
Joint 907th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
13,815
45th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

Recorded crime in West End & Westcotes

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West End & Westcotes at a rate of 149.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 124.0 per 1,000 people across Leicester.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences792
Other crime457
Anti-social behaviour382
Criminal damage and arson200
Shoplifting168
Drug offences122
Vehicle crime121
Burglary84
Robbery29
Theft from the person29

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How West End & Westcotes compares

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

West End & WestcotesMiddle
Median sale price38 middle areas, Leicester · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Leicester38 areas from £115,000 to £415,000. The middle area is £245,000. West End & Westcotes is £173,000.
£173,0004th cheapest
Population38 middle areas, Leicester · 2021
Population: every middle area in Leicester38 areas from 6,783 to 15,836. The middle area is 8,909. West End & Westcotes is 13,815.
13,8152nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage38 middle areas, Leicester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Leicester38 areas from 75.5% to 100.0%. The middle area is 99.4%. West End & Westcotes is 99.5%.
99.5%joint 14th highest
Claimant rate38 middle areas, Leicester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Leicester38 areas from 1.8% to 8.4%. The middle area is 5.1%. West End & Westcotes is 5.6%.
5.6%17th highest

Is West End & Westcotes safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West End & Westcotes at a rate of 149.7 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, 217 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West End & Westcotes.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (792), other crime (457) and anti-social behaviour (382).

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 middle area, so they describe all of Leicester and not West End & Westcotes 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
West End & Westcotes in brief

The median price paid for a home in West End & Westcotes was £173,000 in 2025.

West End & Westcotes had 13,815 usual residents at the census.

In West End & Westcotes, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In West End & Westcotes, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.