Roughest Area of Leicester

[MisterKee]

Thoughts & opinions? Afterall, it is the place where we all live... very eager to hear people's stories & experiences...

[Zingari]

Wymeswold

the butler and his staff get very uppity some days

[Parafox]

Thoughts & opinions? Afterall, it is the place where we all live... very eager to hear people's stories & experiences...

Depends what you mean by "rough". Do you mean violent/anti-social behaviour, untidy, poor quality of life, aspirational, low expectations, poor school attendance, poor family structure, social needs, lack of infrastructure...

[Uncle Phil]

Countesthorpe.

You don't **** around in the 'thorpe. Nuff said.

[Wymsey]

Glen Parva is not rough at all and why isn't Wigston on there?

and bloody Barwell!

[Zingari]

our street is pretty rough , nearly every house has been pebble dashed

[broughtonblue]

bROUGHton astley has a lot of rough in it!

[Parafox]

our street is pretty rough , nearly every house has been pebble dashed

You don't appear to taking this seriously

[danny.]

Glen Parva is in no way rough, are you confusing it with Eyres Monsell (which isn't on there?) Why isn't the Saffron 'the saff' estate on there too? Or as someone else said South Wigston.

[Bellend Sebastian]

The people of Anstey and Birstall may be slightly confused as to why their neighbourhoods have been included as an option and Eyres Monsell, for example, hasn't.

I am of the officer class as has already been noted, so am entitled to make sweeping generalisations based on social divisions, but I think it's fair to say that the areas with the highest densities of social housing experience the most severe deprivation and associated issues. There are some grim bits in Anstey and Birstall but there are other bits where you can easily spend £300,000 plus on a house and have The Telegraph delivered to your house without anyone batting an eyelid, and you'd struggle to do that in Beaumont Leys

[Wymsey]

I don't rate Glenfield rough considering the high level of oldies living there.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Birstall and Anstey are about as rough as a babies bottom

[Fox1651]

Birstall and Anstey are about as rough as a babies bottom

Glenfield and Glen Parva arent far behind

What about Netherhall or Stocking Farm or Saffron Lane or Eyres Monsell or Thurnby Lodge etc etc etc

[General Smuts]

If Glenfield is rough then my ballbags are wrinkle free!

[The Padster]

Birstall and Anstey are about as rough as a babies bottom

As I come from Anstey and have many friends that used to/still live in Birstall I wholeheartedly agree with this. You can also add Glenfield to that. Some of the others are just scummy not proper rough like say The Saff or Stocking Farm.

[Bert]

New parks

[Parafox]

Wouldn't it be easier to have a poll on which areas of Leicester AREN'T rough

[Trav Le Bleu]

No need to include any of The Mon or The Saff or Thurnby Lodge, it's clearly St Matthews. I got attacked driving through there minding my own business.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Tough to choose between Beaumont Leys or New Parks, but I had a Christmas job at Tesco so I'll go with Beaumont Leys. Had to drive to Eyres Monsell once and that looked rough as old guts, but then I'm a posho from Ratby.

[Phube]

Wot no Saff or Monsell?

[Bellend Sebastian]

No need to include any of The Mon or The Saff or Thurnby Lodge, it's clearly St Matthews. I got attacked driving through there minding my own business.

Is your business social work/police/debt collection?

[Parafox]

Is your business social work/police/debt collection?

I think Travs a Postie...

So all of the above

[danny.]

a postietute

[Parafox]

a postietute

well, yes, he walks the streets so he is a streetwalker, ergo, a postietute

[Filbert_Ross]

Hand Avenue= Rough