Cromarty Close Leicester
2 addresses across 1 postcode (LE4), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 23100838.
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Leicester costs £2,529 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Leicester, about 3.6 km (2.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Appleton Park, is about 240 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 14.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 53 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 2 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Spirit Primary Care LTD-Rushey Mead, about 220 m away, with 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 500 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 64% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 160 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Leicester in 2026-27: Band D £2,529 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,686 | £1,967 | £2,248 | £2,529 | £3,091 | £3,653 | £4,215 | £5,058 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (45% of about 600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 10-12 Fairfax Road: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (730 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 53 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE4 7ZB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Syston 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Sileby 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 50 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Selkirk Road Leicester | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | St Margaret's Bus Station Leicester | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Sibson Road Car Park | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Smart Charge Charging Station | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 24.2 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Spirit Primary Care LTD-Rushey Mead | 220 m |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rushey Mead Pharmacy | 220 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gipsy Lane Dental | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Towers Hospital (Daisy Peake Building) | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | East Leicester Police | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Appleton Park 9.8 ha | 240 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 150 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rushey Fields Recreation Ground 8.8 ha | 340 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Harrison Road Allotments 2.6 ha | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 12 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Belgrave Hall, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Belgrave Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| The 'Roman' bridge, Belgrave | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Abbey Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hermitage Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Quakesick Spinney | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Rally Bank | Wood | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
| King Lears Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Cliff Spinney | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
| Round Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 2 |
1 of the street's 2 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Leicester: see them on the Leicester page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soar Valley College | Secondary | 11–16 | 170 m | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Herrick Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 310 m | No published inspection |
| Rushey Mead Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 450 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Exceptional; Achievement: Exceptional; Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Exceptional; Leadership and governance: Exceptional; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Wyvern Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Rushey Mead Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 740 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Sandfield Close Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 890 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Mellor Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| North Mead Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Abbey Mead Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Catherine Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushey Mead Manor Care And Nursing Home LE4 7ZS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 90 m | 5 Very good | 12 Sep 2026 |
| Dunblane Avenue Young Peoples Residential Home LE4 7ZW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 16 Apr 2024 |
| Soar Valley College LE4 7GY | School/college/university | 220 m | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2025 |
| Pizza Cottage LE4 7ZX | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 220 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2022 |
| Royal Leicesters Bar And Restaurant LE4 7ZX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 220 m | 5 Very good | 16 Oct 2025 |
| Naresh Food And Wine Supermarket LE4 7ZX | Retailers - other | 220 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jun 2025 |
| Pickford's Pharmacy LE4 7ZX | Retailers - other | 220 m | Exempt | |
| Tastyland Chicken and Pizza LE4 7ZX | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 220 m | 5 Very good | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Highfield Rangers LE4 7YJ | Other catering premises | 360 m | 4 Good | 2 Oct 2024 |
| New Wycliffe Home For The Blind LE4 7YJ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 360 m | 5 Very good | 12 May 2026 |
| Herrick Primary School LE4 7NJ | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Coombs Catering Partnership Ltd LE4 7NJ | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Wyvern Primary School LE4 7HH | School/college/university | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Jun 2025 |
| Simply Grocers And Convenience Store LE4 7GL | Retailers - other | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 25 Mar 2025 |
| Suratwala Food Corner LE4 7GD | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Dec 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 62 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 30 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 |
| Public order | 11 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 |
| Other theft | 8 |
| Robbery | 6 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Coatbridge Avenue (44); On or near Dalkeith Road (28); On or near Cromarty Close (21); On or near Edenhall Close (18); On or near Parking Area (12).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 35% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 65% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 9% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- LE4 7ZB: 2 addresses of 40 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Coatbridge Avenue · Alloway Close · Jessons Close · Edenhall Close · Selkirk Road · Bucksburn Walk · Wetherby Road · Kendal Road · Gleneagles Walk · Broadford Close · Dalkeith Road · Dunblane Avenue
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.