Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe
Town · 13,349 residents
51Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring towns
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 61 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Road noise reaches 91% of the area
- Food & drink scores 24, below the typical 60
- Schools scores 34, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe a good place to live?
Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe scores 51/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (79).
It scores lowest on food & drink (24) and schools (34).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe in East Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe
Drive along the main road here and you'll see detached houses with block-paved drives, hedges cut into neat lines, and not much passing trade beyond the school run and the odd dog walker. This is a settled, comfortable corner of Blaby district rather than a destination in itself — the kind of place people move to rather than through.
The numbers back up that impression of quiet stability. On the wider deprivation measures this area sits among the better-off parts of the country, and house prices, at a median of £275,000, track almost exactly with the district figure for Blaby and come in a shade below the national average — this is not a place paying a premium for its calm. Detached and semi-detached homes dominate the market in roughly equal measure, almost everything sold here is freehold, and there's essentially no new-build churn, which tells you this is an established area rather than one still filling in. A For Sale board here is usually on a family house that's been owned outright for years, not a fresh development plot. Schooling is a mixed picture worth knowing before you commit: Stafford Leys Community Primary and New Lubbesthorpe Primary both carry Good ratings, but the area's overall school grade sits only around average nationally, so it's worth checking the individual catchment rather than assuming uniform quality. With a median age of nearly 42, this reads as an area of established households and older children rather than a magnet for first-time buyers.