Evington
WardEast Leicester. About 18,008 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Evington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Evington compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Evington safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Evington at a rate of 78.8 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, 147 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Evington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (554), other crime (255) and anti-social behaviour (185).
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 ward, so they describe all of Leicester and not Evington alone. See Leicester
Evington in brief
Evington had 17,273 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Evington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Evington, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Evington, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.