Local authority · E06000016
Leicester
In useLeicester is a local authority in England, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E06000016
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 73 km²
- Population
- 388,348Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
200 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
1 parish, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Leicester, unparished area
Neighbours
4 local authorities share a border with Leicester, longest border first.
- Charnwood 17.6 km
- Blaby 17.6 km
- Oadby and Wigston 9.3 km
- Harborough 6.2 km
Data published for it
37 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Leicester itself.
- Adult social care activity in England2025
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England2025
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Housing supply: net additional dwellings2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000016 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000016/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000016/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000016/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000016/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000016/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000016?include=capabilities