Westcotes Area Guide | £175k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
16,531
Households
6,110
Crimes · Jun '26
211
6,110
Households
White Brit. · 37%
Ethnicity
Christian · 38%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
211
Crimes · Jun '26
£174,944
Median property price
239
Postcodes
6,110
Households
White Brit. · 37%
Ethnicity
Christian · 38%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
211
Crimes · Jun '26
£174,944
Median property price
239
Postcodes

Sold prices in Westcotes

England & Wales
Property sales · Westcotes
HM Land Registry · Westcotes
Average price
£179,134
YoY: -3.8%
Median price: £179,300
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 6 sales · avg £186,083
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£241k£196k£151k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Westcotes

England & Wales
Crime trends · Westcotes

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
79
YoY +49%
796551
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
34
YoY -17%
453014
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
10
YoY -47%
55316
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
6
YoY -67%
31184
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
14
YoY -12%
30197
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

4 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

211
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Westcotes

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Leicester.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare an address with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

Apply for a primary place via Leicester

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Westcotes

GPs make up most of the mapped places

45 GPs · 23 Libraries · 13 Hospitals · 104 in all

  • GPs45
  • Libraries23
  • Hospitals13
  • Universities13
  • Museums10

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Westcotes

Coordinates52.6283, -1.1508
Postcodes
239
Population (Census)
16,531
Households (Census)
6,110
Recorded crime · Jun '26
211

Demographics in Westcotes

Ethnicity

Total residents: 16,551
White Brit.37.2%
Other White20.0%
Indian13.2%
African9.0%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group3.5%
+ 8 other groups · 17.0%

Religion

Total residents: 16,531
Christian37.6%
No religion31.7%
Muslim10.8%
Not answered8.9%
Hindu6.3%
+ 1 other religions · 4.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 16,531
20–2423.0%
25–3421.1%
35–4917.9%
50–649.9%
16–197.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 20.8%

Households

Total households: 6,110
Other28.4%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over16.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.4%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.1%
Any member 66+6.6%
+ 8 other households · 28.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Westcotes

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.01 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.01 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Westcotes