Leigh Park Central & West Leigh: your neighbourhood
Leigh Park Central & West Leigh electoral ward · boundaries: May 2026. Every figure carries its own date.
What stands out here?
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 43% here, compared with 19% across Havant (24 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 31.3% here, compared with 19.1% across Havant (12.2 percentage points higher).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 15.8% here, compared with 26.5% across Havant (10.7 percentage points lower).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability
7.7%
21 March 2021 · Leigh Park Central & West Leigh
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.
Police-recorded locations for Leigh Park Central & West Leigh ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
1,555 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,889 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Leigh Park Central & West Leigh ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 200 mapped crimes in September 2024; 109 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Leigh Park Central & West Leigh
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
200
29
October 2024
167
41
November 2024
212
43
December 2024
166
29
January 2025
161
23
February 2025
158
14
March 2025
120
15
April 2025
134
11
May 2025
116
24
June 2025
121
14
July 2025
148
30
August 2025
186
0
September 2025
170
8
October 2025
133
27
November 2025
106
15
December 2025
102
13
January 2026
112
8
February 2026
132
28
March 2026
130
21
April 2026
107
23
May 2026
144
28
June 2026
135
15
July 2026
175
25
August 2026
109
21
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Leigh Park Central & West Leigh
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
851
public order
178
shoplifting
132
criminal damage arson
122
other theft
73
drugs
46
other crime
37
possession of weapons
36
burglary
31
vehicle crime
25
robbery
10
theft from the person
8
bicycle theft
6
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
A project elsewhere in the borough may matter here, but its location does not prove who benefits. Only verified ward associations are attached to a neighbourhood.
