QUEEN STREET, LE1 1QW House Prices & Local Information

LE1 1QW is a lively urban neighbourhood on Queen Street, 0.5km from Leicester in Leicester. Administratively it sits within Castle ward and the Leicester South constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a young professional neighbourhood — career-focused, mobile, mostly renting. The daytime character shifts — business quarters in major regional cities. An average age of 31 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 79% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants. The area has a notably diverse population — 35% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Leicester.

Safety: Crime rates are high (406 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures.

Census 2021 statistics for LE1 1QW are sourced from Output Area E00178505 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.