I had an awesome day out in Leicester, as you can probably see from the video. Thanks for watching, all comments and feedback is welcome, I read and obsess over every comment - so be nice! 😁 I'll be out and about soon, feel free to recommend some more of the UK's finest destinations. Cheers!
Where do you get your info from??? Saying st matthews is 90% white 😂 ( 95% non white is correct ) Its a hellhole now as it always has been Somewhere between Mogadishu & lahore Go check it out 😂
St matthews got cleaned up by those immigrants. In the 80s and 90s when it was majority white, there were prostitutes on every street getting fd in flats. Flats also had shit and piss everywhere and almost always would be waking up to a yt person blacked out on the street when going to school. Rough times but thankfully immigration cleaned the area up!
I think st Mathews is twinned with Mogadishu these days. However my grandparents and uncles lived there in the 60s and 70s and it was very different then. I remember it as being pretty decent. I worked across the road in 81 and would go over there for my lunch break. Would regularly call in at the carnival, and the Dixie on my way into town.
I cannot believe Highfields didn't make this list!! I think you should visit the area of Page Hall in Sheffield, which certainly would make good viewing.
I lived in Highfield for several years and my only complaint would be the general lack of cleanliness and greenery. Apart from that the place is very quiet and I didn't see much criminal activity there.
I was born in Leicester in the 1950s,when they demolished a lot of terraced housing to build st Matthews it was a lovely area. I moved to Skegness over thirty years ago, i couldn't believe the state of st Matthews now it's grimy and looks a lot older than it is. When it was first built it was great we had great shops , a decent pub and a lovely working mens club. It was depressing to see it now.
I was born in Leicester in the 1940s. With a small exception or two it wasn't a bad place as I recall. But there was a rapid decline. When we married we got out into the county and almost never go back. Thanks for your trouble making the video - interesting but not unexpected.
Agree. And the property prices are not really a true reflection of the exact deprived areas as the monsell, braunstone and Aylestone have houses that are into the millions hence driving up the average. Not really a true reflection on Leicester, although yes there are deprived areas like every city.
Narborough Road used to be brilliant, since the students moved away to their new tower blocks it lost all its character and became rougher. Aylestone isn't rough, you've got that wrong, the bits either side of it are, the Saff and the Monsell. But they're still quite quiet really. Braunstone has had its reputation for decades though. St Matthews and Highfields are places I wouldn't like to spend long in, as someone who has lived in Leicester most his life. Interesting video tho, fair play.
By the way the stone in Braunstone and Aylestone is pronounced stun not stone. Also, when you talking about Narborough Road, Braunie Gate should have a mention as that's the main drinking area of Westcotes.
I can’t see New Parks listed on crime rate.co.uk so it’s either grouped into a ward, or missing for some other reason. People who live in areas always know the real worst spots, so I’ll take your word on it being bad; and often the worst areas don’t report a lot of crime which skews the stats.
When you spotted a roofing company that was doing well for itself in Newfound Pool, the council estate you can see across the street is the start of new parks.
Yes to St Matthew’s, but all the rest had my husband and I who have lived in or around Leicester since 1987 and 1995 going “Yer what?” Visit Highfields, Eyres Monsell or the UKIP stronghold of New Parks, then tell me Aylestone is rough!
I grew up in Leicester and recently went back with my son to take him to a show. My word it was rough around the edges when I was a kid but what a shit hole!!! Absolutely lost.
I think you missed a few such as Highfields and the New Parks Estate. By the way it is pronounced "Brawn Stun" not "Brawn Stone" you almost made it sound posh...!!!
I’ve heard of Highfields, so it must be bad. But I stuck to published stats - for what they’re worth, the stats never look accurate, do they. The further north I go the more my accent gives me away 😂 thanks for pointing that out though.
Yeah Aylestone is lovely compared to some spots. I think the stats don't really reflect the actual picture. I live in Highfields which didn't get a look in. Highfields has some beautiful spots but unfortunately I can remember at least seven stabbings within a couple of hundred yards of my front door, also two rapes, two honour killings and numerous burglaries within the last few years. The streets are strewn with food, litter and human and animal excreta, broken infrastructure is everywhere. Tramps, winos and crackheads hang around the ramshackle shops. I didn't see anything like this in the video apart from a bit of rubbish.
Lived on or just off narborough road for 4 years and loved it, crime only finds you if you find it. Drugs were an issue in the local area but you wouldn’t get much contact unless you were trying to buy or sell. Late nights were fine walking home. We had a run of crimes of taking students to cash points and emptying the accounts but that was the most major. No worse than any other city. The food and culture is amazing and worth a visit
It has changed a lot, there was a time where Braunstone especially dodge (court crescent side) was far far worse it had a fair amount of regeneration after the early 2000s. It has really nice parts and you could honestly consider it three main areas (braunstone, braunstone town, dodge) Honestly never really considered Westcoates / Narborough road that bad some parts of it are really nice but I think some parts have gone really far down in the last 15 years. Newparks / Highfields / Mowmacre Hill / Beautmont Leys / Eyres Monsell are the notable exceptions.
I'm moving to Leicester from the South West and I have walked along Narborough Rd late at night and down towards St. Mathews and as a single woman I have felt less safe in the town down here than in Leicester. Obviously it has its probs but so does even the gentrified areas in the West country like Bath and Salisbury!
Good luck with that, why would anyone want to come here from the South West, it's the other way round for me, i would love to get out of this cess pit and move down to the South West.
@@chrish3472 Try cultural desert no medical facilities, no dentist, crap travel infrastructure ie no buses, rubbish train connections no decent restaurants!
I enjoy your videos because although you visit some depressing areas you always describe them sensitively. There are some very nice places in Leicester too; when I was a student there I lived on the Ratcliffe Road in Stoneygate and house prices in that area are typically £400,000 and up (with some going for over a million, especially near the border with Oadby).
Two years ago I revisited Wigston where I lived for 6 months in 2007 as I originally went to Leicester to see the 2022 Grand Prix of darts and I couldn't believe what a boring place it has become.At one point I thought I was in the wrong location and I was only there about an hour.It's just supermarkets, charity shops,betting shops and there were 3 Greggs on one street.I was so bored I just had a quick pint in the Duke of Wigston and that was mainly full of chavs and all the other pubs there was closed down.
@@PaulineNapleton Sorry I meant the William Wygston pub.I lived in Wygston back in 2007 and I enjoyed it back then but when I went to revisit it in 2022 I couldn't believe how different and run down it looked.The Leicester City centre wasn't much better either but that's probably because of multiculturalism.
Like other big cities, Leicester has its affluent areas as well (Stoneygate, Knighton, Clarendon Park or Western Park). However, it must be said that a lot of wealthier people have moved outside the city boundary over the decades to Glenfield, Birstall, Oadby, Leicester Forest East and so on, leaving the poorer people in some of the post-war council estates like New Parks, Saffron Lane, Eyres Monsell, Beaumont Leys and Stocking Farm. Add in the late Victorian terraced houses in Westcotes, Newfoundpool, Spinney Hills or the streets off Humberstone Road and you have a massive housing stock that was back then probably a big step up from the overcrowded slums its first residents left behind but are now places people find that they have to live due to financial restrictions rather than because they particularly want to live there.
I think you should have some "at night" footage where you capture some of these areas at night. Also what about doing a patreon for some "uncensored footage" ?
I live in westcotes (sadly) I'm trying to escape but it's so expensive to move. I've personally never been bothered or had any issues but if you're a young woman I'd advise to never walk around here on your own at night.
I lived in Leicester for many years and always thought that it is a bad place, but I changed my mind when I moved to Stoke-on-Trent. At least Leicester has some nice parks and areas such as Hamilton, Wigston,Knighton are actually quite nice. City centre is vibrant, with good restaurants and cafes.
Correct, when st matthews was built the biggest majority of people were working people. There was a lovely friendly atmosphere on the estate but now it's depressing to walk around now it's grimy and looks run down and the only people to blame are the residents.
Westcotes is a mixed bag in my opinion. Parts are insanely deprived but there are small pockets that are actually quite affluent and leafy. Narborough Road is vibrant and full of great food options, doesn't usually feel unsafe whenever I'm there. Just a bit busy and chaotic. New Parks and Eyres Monsell should probably be on this list
Because despite these being the roughest areas of Leicester, they are less intimidating than most of the safe areas of other big cities. Even the drug references are mostly weed, not the hard stuff.
That's mad. I would never have thought of Westcotes as dangerous. Lived all over Westcotes for about 15 years. Move there from Rugby and it seemed significantly safer.
I used to live in Leicester years ago in the newfoundpool area, I recently moved back to Leicester last year (Victoria Park area) and I love it here. I moved from the city of Bristol, now that has even worse areas than Leicester!!.
i seem to remember in the 90's when i went there as a van driver Knowle was a bit suspect, in fact the shop I was setting up video racks in said there was a curfew for the paperboys/girls had to be daylight to daylight!!
@@AndrewSvonja in Bristol there are the bad areas of Knowle west, hartcliffe, St. Paul's, Stapleton, south mead. I was glad to see the back of Bristol when I left in July of last year, I would never go back there to live!.
Braunstone: The area shown on your map was Braunstone Town - reasonable housing, low crime. The area you filmed was Braunstone Park - not so good housing (don't know about crime)
Well I live in Loughborough and I come to Leicester regularly. So can’t say if it’s dangerous to be honest with you mate. I have not seen anything dangerous in Leicester especially near St Matthews where you know there is also a female ex workers working in the street at night time. Also stabbing a in Leicester doesn’t happen a lot most likely every now and then unfortunately.
I lived in Leicester from 2008 - 2014 and never had a problem, lovely place. Resided in Spinney Hills, Highfields near to Viccy Park, city centre & Aylestone Road. Moved to the Suffolk coast. The only blot on Suffolks landscape is the delightful swirling cesspit of filth called Ipswich that has all the charm of a sewage works on hot summers day.
As somebody who grew up in Leicester and has gone back. 1) Highfields (going back here hit me hard, it felt like a developing country) 2) St Matthews (there is no way there is that many white people, maybe 30 years ago and most of the white people there now are prob Eastern European) 3) New Parks 4) Braunstone Estate 5) Beaumont Leys
The St Matthew’s area seems to be unusually lacking in discarded sofas in front of the flats, and I think I only saw one Argos kiddies’ trampoline outside one block. Many of the flats don’t seem to have the chavs’ and thugs’ trademark illuminated Reindeer or Santa Claus (usually stolen from Wilko) up on the porch roof or nailed to the pebble-dash, and I’m sure I saw a couple of local residents who were not clad in the finest haute couture from Matalan and Primark (originally nicked from the stores, and then sold on half-price from the stall inside the local ‘Spoons).
I currently live in westcotes after moving to Leicester for University and ended up staying here with my boyfriend… I CANT WAIT TO MOVE HOME. We have a homeless man that lives under our stair case in our block and outside our window is a little dark corner and is obviously a hot spot for dealers and people shooting up, especially now the pub opposite has closed. Security changed our locks one day while we were at work due to a kidnap so we had to drive to their office to get new keys. We’re more on the back of Narborough road though so 🥳
Easy to say when all the meeting places like pubs and community centres have closed their doors. The local MP is nowhere to be seen until it's time to start canvassing. Local Councils only follow the money. Community leaders used to include local shopkeepers, the manager of the local tesco metro ain't gonna care. Neighbours rarely talk to each other these days, often due to language barriers. Anyone who tries speaking out is shouted down and ridiculed, heaven forbid they received a parking ticket 20 years ago, anything to silence them. Communities have been destroyed.
Interesting video, like most iam surprised you haven't included new parks and Beaumont leys, the are horrid especially Beaumont leys and the city centre is pretty diabolical too. Ive lived in Leicester over 20 years and nearly 10 years of that has. Been spent in Braunstone, i live on the outskirts of the estate know as dodge, where we are it is okay and has a strong sense of community and the people are over all very nice and very Leicester 😂 most the people round where i am are generally over 55 . The problem areas of the estate tend to be in the heart of it around Gallards hill, bendbow rise and Avery hill areas. Its a hotbed of crime and antisocial behaviour. Sadly these problems i feel are caused the the council putting problem people in these areas or simply not dealing with the situation . The homes themselves are well built and have good size gardens, sadly its the people in some of them that bring it down and in the real would a zero tolerance stance should be taken on them. Over all i have found most of the people ive come into contact with over the years of living here to be nice, friendly,honest people who care what's happening to their community and as a hole feel like i do myself, some i would describe as rough diamonds if you like. Like anywhere if you want trouble you can find it.
That wasn't Braunstone. That was Braunstone town. That's why it didn't look as bad 😔 Also, Fosse Road Central isnt WestCotes. Its west end or going by its older name, Danes Hill. Since 2010 the city as become more dirty and deprived year on year.
None of that was Braunstone Town. Braunstone town is county council side and braunstone is city council. The Braunstone Lane splits the two until you get to the top at the cross roads and then that’s LFE.
Lived at the back of Parker Drive, near 'The Blackbird' pub,up to 2006, was a friendly neighbourhood, very mixed but very chilled and in the 5 or 6 year's i was there, few problems, but the shop i worked in was burgled quite regularly 😢
I’m so surprised newparks wasn’t on the list, there been murders, and there’s always a smell of weed. I don’t go out after dark too scared. My mobility car got damaged and I called the police told them were a couple of the affenders lived, but police said they couldn’t find them.
St. Matthews estate is not majority white, it's a Somalian area. And the flats are maisonettes. You're not showing Aylestone - your footage is of Eyres Monsell estate, with a two second clip of shops on Aylestone Road. I've lived in Northfields, Netherhall, Beaumont Leys, De Montfort house flats, Cosby and Aylestone (Never had any problems). Did you go to Mowmacre Hill?
i lived in st Matthews in the 70's up until i was 4 yrs old. in them days you could let your kids go out to play without the fear of them getting snatched or harmed, i wouldn't like to live there now, Highfields wasn't mentioned which used to be the red light district of Leicester.
I used to live on andrewes street back in the day and its not a rough place in the slightest, its just a central location of Leicester where people meet and cause shit. I did have a mcat dealer that lived in the blocks but thats about it.
"St Mathews if predominantly white but its hard to believe to be honest" then show two Indian businesses, what was the point of that? its a well known fact that Leicester has a high Asian population and the city is better for it, all the deprived areas you show are predominantly white which is a terrible shame, people should take care of the area they live in,
Lived near and around Braunstone all my life. We get a lot of wild stuff kick off and no one really bats an eye. Shrug our shoulders and get on with it. Story of most working class cities really. We've been left behind and austerity has crippled and ripped a lot of the social fabric of the city apart. Kids around here are forming gangs and many of the kids I grew up with have essentially fallen prey to drink, drugs, violence and all sorts. New playgrounds last abt 6 months before bored teenagers set them on fire and the police are overworked round these parts. Once you're on Braunstone you're trapped probably forever. But its not as bad as The Saff or some of the other neighbourhoods tbf
Bit of backstory on that bordered up corner house in Braunstone you filmed. Was owned by a guy who was arrested for being a pedophile and I believe he’s in prison now, after people found out they trashed his house. If you want the worst areas of Braunstone you want the other side of the park, you were in the tamer side 🤣
If you think Aylestone is one of top 5 worst areas to live in Leicester, you clearly know nothing about Leicester. Try Highfields, new parks and Beaumont leys.
I moved to Highfields in le2 like 3 months ago to find out someone literally at the end of my road was a peado and killed his own mum 3 years ago people can google this btw it’s crazy. And I only found this out today lol but when I asked the estate agent when viewing what the area was like she said “I don’t know” but the sun was out and the street was empty so I guess I was deceived
@@NYCSubwayWorker I’m ignorant because some stuck up, far left wokey says so grow up, open your eyes and wake up..Also stop touching ya self over your country’s downfall it’s strange.
@@NYCSubwayWorker Btw Goofy try living in a street where your outnumbered by a religion who thinks it’s ok to fiddle with kids you wouldn’t last a week chump.
Used to live on St Matthews in the 80s, it was good back then, wouldn’t like to live there now, also lived Narborough road which used to be nice, sadly Leicester is no longer a nice place to live
Leicester is in a very sorry state. Most of city is either rundown housing estates or inner city concrete hellscape. Some of the tower blocks in Leicester literally look something from Blade Runner or Judge Dredd. Leicester is one of those towns nobody cares about
@@eightiesmusic1984 Correction: Leicester is an ugly city. Dirty streets, decaying terraced houses, and creepy looking tower blocks. Furthermore, you're right that I don't care about finishing with a full stop
@@davidthomas3826 Poor grammar and punctuation is the default in Britain and something many excel at on You Tube. Well done. The description you have given is false and notable for its lack of specificity.
@@eightiesmusic1984 You can't defend a dump like Leicester and act like Noel Coward. Leicester is a very ugly town. There are many towns throughout the UK that are ugly but we are talking about Leicester. On another note, a full stop is punctuation, not grammar
@@davidthomas3826 I had meant to type 'grammar and punctuation' and have now amended it for an ignoramus who cannot even use a full stop. Embarrassing. You have consistently failed to substantiate your false claims about Leicester. Don't be surprised if you are called out when you spout nonsense. Do not reply.
Its funny how they check up now but come about these areas back in the 90s and you would of seen the difference from now. I'm from Newparks and people used to stay away but its nothing like that now.
Good video although the Aylestone area you covered was more Eyres Monsell estate - around the shops you filmed is old Aylestone village which is alright but the white houses and the parks you filmed were on The Monsell as its known locally, which is pretty rough. Westcotes is a strange one as half of it isn't anywhere near as bad is the other half. Around Narb Rd it's OK-ish but go on the other side of Hinckley Road and it becomes dodge central - used to get most of my drugs round there! Great vid though but as another commented above, Saffron Lane estate, New Parks, Highfields, Evington Rd/East Park Rd area are worth a visit if you're into your dodgy places, plus quite a few more too.
Me too, Aylestone is definitely in two halves. The Monsell and the Saff are vastly different from the other parts. Almost like Aylestone/Lutterworth road splits the good and bad parts in two.
Top 5 worst for me is Highfields St Matthews Spinney Hill New Foundpool New Parks Most have 1 thing in common 🤔 But most estates could be on the list, Braunstone, Beaumont Leys, Mowacre Hill, Belgrave, Northfields, Thurby Lodge, Netherhall, Rowlatts Hill, Eyres Monsell etc
Crazy to think that all those places used to be good places to live, for the lost part anyway. All changed since about 1997 and Blairs government started to change the demographics.
Never live in the city centre again. used to live in the tower block opposite the train station and shoe shop on the corner of London road. Moved to Thurmaston safe and peace.
I lived in high fields in 2010. While I had no problems and actually enjoyed my time there, I wasn’t oblivious to the dangers there. There was even a body found just around the corner from my house
I lived in leicester for about 10 years and spent 4 of those in a house slap bang between two brothels in Westcotes. It is a weird place, a shit tonne of poverty and large transitory communities that never help. For the most part if you aren't involved in drugs and illegal business you are alright, I walked many a time home from pubs in town on Naughborough road and never came to any sort of harm. However my local barber did tell me a story about a drug dealer being beheaded in the street by a rival a few blocks away!
As someone who used to live in Braunstone, I actually never experienced any sort of crimes. There are some spots but still, you can say it’s one of the worst but in reality, nothing really goes on and it’s only a few occurrences
Honestly! The producer of these videos should find something more productive to do rather than spending lots of time filming areas and then making his own comments which are useless to the public. By associating crime, drugs, fly tipping and poverty with specific races of people leads to racial hatred. The local authorities, police forces and residents are well aware of their surroundings. Issues and problems faced by towns and cities have always existed. One should not rely on a video like this to understand an area. Not all places shall look like the grounds of Balmoral Castle. UK Explored videos are boring and monotonous having seen a few. This video shows the producer is judgemental by suggesting whoever lives there is responsible for how the area appears.
I used to live in Lesta, a rough rough city but a lot of genuine people. Back in the 80's and early 90's it was bad. Loved the city and still do. I remember Braunstone being run down but the people rallied around each other with that old British war time sentiment. I wrote this before I seen the video.
@@mm3nrx I would have personally taken Braunstone out and put in Beumont Lays or Evingdon. Braunstone used to be awful in the 1990s and early 2000s but these days is far, far better.
Thanks for posting your latest Video I really Enjoy watching them. I am a Ex-pat from Manchester and if you ever get up there. You might want to explore Whitefield which is part of Bury. I moved to Canada in 1978 and seeing how the situation is In England these days saddens me. But your doing a great Job in filming and Narration keep up the great work.😊
Thanks, that’s super kind of you to say. I’ll certainly check out Whitefield when I go to up that way. Would be interesting to see how its changed since you knew it, I bet. I love Canada. 🇨🇦 can’t fault your decision there 😀😀
Unforunately Leicester is a highly socially deprived City and there is a lot of poverty. Its all classed as so, except Stoneygate, Knighton and Western Park. Unfortunately the powers that be spend more money on city centre vanity projects than the people and the areas they live in.
Oh and just one more thing.... If you're just going to look at these estates and run down areas of course it's going to look shitty, this does not show the whole of Leicester, they're are some beautiful places and areas. I'm very upset about your depiction of my great city.
Leicester is a shadow of what it used to be. The whole city is a dumping ground for immigrants. Pre millennium, Leicester was an ok City. Post Millennium, a 3rd world city. You're hard pushed to hear English being spoken when out. Theres that many Somalians and Iraqis. That Leicester no linger looks like Pakistan.
I cannot believe that Mowacre Hill, New Parks, Saffron Lane or most seriously Highfields did not make this list. As a Leicester resident all my life Newfoundpool is basically the naughty cousin of these places i have mentioned. I once got told by a friend in the police that if they got a 999 in Prebend street (Highfields), they would never attend without firearms support, at least 3 units and a screen protected van....
This is utter tripe. I am Leicester born and lived in Thurnby for 35 years and Wigston/Aylestone for a while and it was ok. My ex lived on St Mathews for years and they had no problems. I know people who live on Maidstone Rd and they are happy! It's no worse than any other city. I still have a house in Wigston and there is nothing special about that place either. If you look for trouble, you'll find it. I also know people on Gallards Hill and Hand Avenue that are just normal people trying to make a living on next to nothing. Most of the run down estates still have a sense of community and you don't see them crapping on their own doorsteps. I live in North London now and trust me, that is a lot worse with major drugs and guns, often open on the streets. I never felt unsafe anywhere in Leicester even around St Maths and Marks. It's a bit disingenuous to say that about estates without actually meeting the people. I intend to retire back to Leicester, it ain't that bad.
@@alantheskinhead The producer of these videos is wasting everyone's time, he foolishly films piles of rubbish and attributes this to the races of people who reside in those areas, any person could be fly tipping, not necessarily the residents of the estate itself, I've seen many of the responses from people who know Leicester like you and I, they too have noticed that this producer has carried out a poor assessment of the city and he doesn't know what he's doing, I think the producer should do something more productive like get a job where you are actually helping in some way instead of travelling around England and making silly videos, posting them on here and he thinks he's done a marvelous job 🤣🤣the local authorities, communities, police, schools and all agencies of Leicester know the city inside and out, we don't need a time waster called UK Explored making a video which is nothing but rubbish 🤨🧐
You must be smokin crk because leicester is straight Hot Trash the council has let the whole city down they rob their residents and cater to inly one race the Asians. I dont blame the Asian as if its on offer shhhhhii might aswell take the opportunity and grow 🤷🏼♂️
I had an awesome day out in Leicester, as you can probably see from the video. Thanks for watching, all comments and feedback is welcome, I read and obsess over every comment - so be nice! 😁 I'll be out and about soon, feel free to recommend some more of the UK's finest destinations. Cheers!
Saint Matthews is mostly ethnic And opposite Kent Street at night is haven for drug ladies of the night.
Great vid as always
You missed out Highfields
Stoke-On-Trent next?
Aylestone? where you filmed is the monsel estate not Aylestone
Even the pigeons fly upside down cus there's nothing worth shitting on
I 2nd this comment 😂😂😂
I live there & know what you mean 😂
Where do you get your info from???
Saying st matthews is 90% white 😂 ( 95% non white is correct )
Its a hellhole now as it always has been
Somewhere between Mogadishu & lahore
Go check it out 😂
I honestly think st matthews isn't that bad😅
(I would know i live here)
St matthews got cleaned up by those immigrants. In the 80s and 90s when it was majority white, there were prostitutes on every street getting fd in flats. Flats also had shit and piss everywhere and almost always would be waking up to a yt person blacked out on the street when going to school. Rough times but thankfully immigration cleaned the area up!
I think st Mathews is twinned with Mogadishu these days.
However my grandparents and uncles lived there in the 60s and 70s and it was very different then. I remember it as being pretty decent. I worked across the road in 81 and would go over there for my lunch break. Would regularly call in at the carnival, and the Dixie on my way into town.
Yeh man said the carnival haha you probably bumped in to my brothers in there
St Matthews is now mainly Somalian and very family orientated. Improved since the 80's when it was rough
The fact that saffron lane and new parks weren't mentioned is wild
..highfields is the safest ❤
Legit was saying this to my partner then saw this comment! 😂
@@Adz_Winno it’s not 😂
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as someone from Leicester I appreciate you shining the camera onto the city (Maybe not in the best light lol).
Thanks. I find this stuff really interesting 😀 I did my home city the same way, won’t say which video it is 🤐
Shame he hasn't done Coventry I was born in Leicester
@@hauntinggoingonwithangelamylif ain’t it just
I cannot believe Highfields didn't make this list!!
I think you should visit the area of Page Hall in Sheffield, which certainly would make good viewing.
I lived in Highfield for several years and my only complaint would be the general lack of cleanliness and greenery. Apart from that the place is very quiet and I didn't see much criminal activity there.
And Beaumont leys
@@farallimachayea Highfields isn’t dangerous by any means. Could walk thorough it at night with little worry.
Highfield isn't dangerous, it's pretty clean I would say and low crime rate
I was born in Leicester in the 1950s,when they demolished a lot of terraced housing to build st Matthews it was a lovely area. I moved to Skegness over thirty years ago, i couldn't believe the state of st Matthews now it's grimy and looks a lot older than it is.
When it was first built it was great we had great shops , a decent pub and a lovely working mens club. It was depressing to see it now.
Bless you ! Out of the frying pan and into the fire 🔥
I was born in Leicester in the 1940s. With a small exception or two it wasn't a bad place as I recall. But there was a rapid decline. When we married we got out into the county and almost never go back. Thanks for your trouble making the video - interesting but not unexpected.
Yeah, in 60 years it's gone from 99% white to 33% white, it's not rapid decline, it's ethnic cleansing!
Labour cannot run cities lived in two of them and both dumps.
@@tommykarate9397 Narborough Road has the most White people have seen. The rest well you look out of place.
@@darren253Most of the city centre and East Leicester I would agree but then again if people go looking for trouble they kind of deserve to.
Why does it bother you that people who live in Leicester are not all white?
I would say that Aylestone was actually Eyres Monsell
Agree. And the property prices are not really a true reflection of the exact deprived areas as the monsell, braunstone and Aylestone have houses that are into the millions hence driving up the average. Not really a true reflection on Leicester, although yes there are deprived areas like every city.
Aylestone isn’t bad, saffron lane and eyes monsell are!
@@SuzyDann-zu3lk never said it was, the guy doing the video got the Monesell and Aylestone muddled up. Clearly not from leicester!!!
Narborough Road used to be brilliant, since the students moved away to their new tower blocks it lost all its character and became rougher. Aylestone isn't rough, you've got that wrong, the bits either side of it are, the Saff and the Monsell. But they're still quite quiet really. Braunstone has had its reputation for decades though. St Matthews and Highfields are places I wouldn't like to spend long in, as someone who has lived in Leicester most his life. Interesting video tho, fair play.
The Aylestone village bit with The Black Horse is lovely too.
i’ve lived in 4/5 of the places in this video 😭 you missed out New Parks though, right next to Fosse and probably much worse
and beaumont leys!!
By the way the stone in Braunstone and Aylestone is pronounced stun not stone. Also, when you talking about Narborough Road, Braunie Gate should have a mention as that's the main drinking area of Westcotes.
I live in Leicester, surprised new parks wasn't number 1.
I can’t see New Parks listed on crime rate.co.uk so it’s either grouped into a ward, or missing for some other reason.
People who live in areas always know the real worst spots, so I’ll take your word on it being bad; and often the worst areas don’t report a lot of crime which skews the stats.
i was thinking that...
And I’ll bet my left nut you always vote Labour lo
New parks link newfound right and fose
When you spotted a roofing company that was doing well for itself in Newfound Pool, the council estate you can see across the street is the start of new parks.
Yes to St Matthew’s, but all the rest had my husband and I who have lived in or around Leicester since 1987 and 1995 going “Yer what?” Visit Highfields, Eyres Monsell or the UKIP stronghold of New Parks, then tell me Aylestone is rough!
I grew up in Leicester and recently went back with my son to take him to a show.
My word it was rough around the edges when I was a kid but what a shit hole!!! Absolutely lost.
Explain.
I think you missed a few such as Highfields and the New Parks Estate. By the way it is pronounced "Brawn Stun" not "Brawn Stone" you almost made it sound posh...!!!
I’ve heard of Highfields, so it must be bad. But I stuck to published stats - for what they’re worth, the stats never look accurate, do they.
The further north I go the more my accent gives me away 😂 thanks for pointing that out though.
Highfields is no where near as bad as it was 20 years ago the reputation it had is gone
2 sides to Braunstone...posh Texas ..scummy Dodge .
Heyyy...Aylestone does (or did) have a relatively upmarket bit between the two gigantic council estates 😉
Yeah Aylestone is lovely compared to some spots. I think the stats don't really reflect the actual picture.
I live in Highfields which didn't get a look in. Highfields has some beautiful spots but unfortunately I can remember at least seven stabbings within a couple of hundred yards of my front door, also two rapes, two honour killings and numerous burglaries within the last few years. The streets are strewn with food, litter and human and animal excreta, broken infrastructure is everywhere. Tramps, winos and crackheads hang around the ramshackle shops.
I didn't see anything like this in the video apart from a bit of rubbish.
Whats the 2 estate
@@adamdean988 monsell and saff
Lived on or just off narborough road for 4 years and loved it, crime only finds you if you find it. Drugs were an issue in the local area but you wouldn’t get much contact unless you were trying to buy or sell. Late nights were fine walking home. We had a run of crimes of taking students to cash points and emptying the accounts but that was the most major. No worse than any other city. The food and culture is amazing and worth a visit
It has changed a lot, there was a time where Braunstone especially dodge (court crescent side) was far far worse it had a fair amount of regeneration after the early 2000s. It has really nice parts and you could honestly consider it three main areas (braunstone, braunstone town, dodge) Honestly never really considered Westcoates / Narborough road that bad some parts of it are really nice but I think some parts have gone really far down in the last 15 years.
Newparks / Highfields / Mowmacre Hill / Beautmont Leys / Eyres Monsell are the notable exceptions.
I'm moving to Leicester from the South West and I have walked along Narborough Rd late at night and down towards St. Mathews and as a single woman I have felt less safe in the town down here than in Leicester. Obviously it has its probs but so does even the gentrified areas in the West country like Bath and Salisbury!
Once youve lived here for 6 months you will realise how horrible it is
Good luck with that, why would anyone want to come here from the South West, it's the other way round for me, i would love to get out of this cess pit and move down to the South West.
@@chrish3472 Try cultural desert no medical facilities, no dentist, crap travel infrastructure ie no buses, rubbish train connections no decent restaurants!
@@polidori99 where do you live ?
Agreed.
I enjoy your videos because although you visit some depressing areas you always describe them sensitively. There are some very nice places in Leicester too; when I was a student there I lived on the Ratcliffe Road in Stoneygate and house prices in that area are typically £400,000 and up (with some going for over a million, especially near the border with Oadby).
Two years ago I revisited Wigston where I lived for 6 months in 2007 as I originally went to Leicester to see the 2022 Grand Prix of darts and I couldn't believe what a boring place it has become.At one point I thought I was in the wrong location and I was only there about an hour.It's just supermarkets, charity shops,betting shops and there were 3 Greggs on one street.I was so bored I just had a quick pint in the Duke of Wigston and that was mainly full of chavs and all the other pubs there was closed down.
I live in Wigston, where is the pub the Duke of Wigston, never heard of it.
@@PaulineNapleton Sorry I meant the William Wygston pub.I lived in Wygston back in 2007 and I enjoyed it back then but when I went to revisit it in 2022 I couldn't believe how different and run down it looked.The Leicester City centre wasn't much better either but that's probably because of multiculturalism.
@user-di1qc4gz3k you're not wrong, about wigston, gone downhill over the years. It's all mens hairdressers, nail bars and charity shops.
You can round 5 down to 1 by saying the entire place is shite 😂
I’ll stay impartial for journalistic integrity 😂
@ukexplored I've seen alot worse than Leicester it's not that bad really
@@samual3006 its quite bad
@@planken203really isn’t in comparison to other cities
You should see how bad places are in the West Midlands West Bromwich is one of the most dangerous places to visit 👍
Like other big cities, Leicester has its affluent areas as well (Stoneygate, Knighton, Clarendon Park or Western Park). However, it must be said that a lot of wealthier people have moved outside the city boundary over the decades to Glenfield, Birstall, Oadby, Leicester Forest East and so on, leaving the poorer people in some of the post-war council estates like New Parks, Saffron Lane, Eyres Monsell, Beaumont Leys and Stocking Farm. Add in the late Victorian terraced houses in Westcotes, Newfoundpool, Spinney Hills or the streets off Humberstone Road and you have a massive housing stock that was back then probably a big step up from the overcrowded slums its first residents left behind but are now places people find that they have to live due to financial restrictions rather than because they particularly want to live there.
I think you should have some "at night" footage where you capture some of these areas at night. Also what about doing a patreon for some "uncensored footage" ?
I live in westcotes (sadly) I'm trying to escape but it's so expensive to move.
I've personally never been bothered or had any issues but if you're a young woman I'd advise to never walk around here on your own at night.
I lived in Leicester for many years and always thought that it is a bad place, but I changed my mind when I moved to Stoke-on-Trent. At least Leicester has some nice parks and areas such as Hamilton, Wigston,Knighton are actually quite nice. City centre is vibrant, with good restaurants and cafes.
How do you guys live in stoke? When for a friend's wedding and I was speechless! The dirtiest city I've ever been to.
I lived in Knighton at College Hall when I was at university in 1988.
There are no bad areas...... Just bad people
Exactly the issue with everywhere.
Correct, when st matthews was built the biggest majority of people were working people. There was a lovely friendly atmosphere on the estate but now it's depressing to walk around now it's grimy and looks run down and the only people to blame are the residents.
@@MelvynBerridge The same with everywhere too many dont care and dont even have basic pride in their surroundings.
Westcotes is a mixed bag in my opinion. Parts are insanely deprived but there are small pockets that are actually quite affluent and leafy. Narborough Road is vibrant and full of great food options, doesn't usually feel unsafe whenever I'm there. Just a bit busy and chaotic.
New Parks and Eyres Monsell should probably be on this list
Great post, thank you. How can house prices be so high in these areas?
Because despite these being the roughest areas of Leicester, they are less intimidating than most of the safe areas of other big cities. Even the drug references are mostly weed, not the hard stuff.
house prices are high because it is close (just over an hour train) to london, simply
That's mad. I would never have thought of Westcotes as dangerous. Lived all over Westcotes for about 15 years. Move there from Rugby and it seemed significantly safer.
I used to live in Leicester years ago in the newfoundpool area, I recently moved back to Leicester last year (Victoria Park area) and I love it here. I moved from the city of Bristol, now that has even worse areas than Leicester!!.
i seem to remember in the 90's when i went there as a van driver Knowle was a bit suspect, in fact the shop I was setting up video racks in said there was a curfew for the paperboys/girls had to be daylight to daylight!!
@@AndrewSvonja in Bristol there are the bad areas of Knowle west, hartcliffe, St. Paul's, Stapleton, south mead. I was glad to see the back of Bristol when I left in July of last year, I would never go back there to live!.
@@elliotspencer2648Easton and Hartcliffe make the worst areas of Leicester look like heaven!
Bristol is a rot hole@@elliotspencer2648
I'm originally from Newfoundpool! 👍🏻
Braunstone:
The area shown on your map was Braunstone Town - reasonable housing, low crime.
The area you filmed was Braunstone Park - not so good housing (don't know about crime)
Always good to see your local corner shop in a video.
And no offence taken! 😂😂😂😂
Yeah, it is 😃😀
Well I live in Loughborough and I come to Leicester regularly. So can’t say if it’s dangerous to be honest with you mate. I have not seen anything dangerous in Leicester especially near St Matthews where you know there is also a female ex workers working in the street at night time. Also stabbing a in Leicester doesn’t happen a lot most likely every now and then unfortunately.
I used to live in ST Mathews in 70s was a very nice peaceful estate and totally safe. 🇬🇧
Love the knock-off Boots Pharmacy at 02:00
There's quite a few of those in the city actually
I lived in Leicester from 2008 - 2014 and never had a problem, lovely place. Resided in Spinney Hills, Highfields near to Viccy Park, city centre & Aylestone Road. Moved to the Suffolk coast. The only blot on Suffolks landscape is the delightful swirling cesspit of filth called Ipswich that has all the charm of a sewage works on hot summers day.
Should visit Milton Keynes, there are a lot of bad estates, Fuller's Slade, Lakes Estate, Fishermead, Netherfield, Tinkers Bridge.
As somebody who grew up in Leicester and has gone back.
1) Highfields (going back here hit me hard, it felt like a developing country)
2) St Matthews (there is no way there is that many white people, maybe 30 years ago and most of the white people there now are prob Eastern European)
3) New Parks
4) Braunstone Estate
5) Beaumont Leys
New parks is booming. Only 1 murder in last 4 weeks
The St Matthew’s area seems to be unusually lacking in discarded sofas in front of the flats, and I think I only saw one Argos kiddies’ trampoline outside one block. Many of the flats don’t seem to have the chavs’ and thugs’ trademark illuminated Reindeer or Santa Claus (usually stolen from Wilko) up on the porch roof or nailed to the pebble-dash, and I’m sure I saw a couple of local residents who were not clad in the finest haute couture from Matalan and Primark (originally nicked from the stores, and then sold on half-price from the stall inside the local ‘Spoons).
Anecdotally its residents seem majority Somalian
It’s a pretty safe area and very quiet
I currently live in westcotes after moving to Leicester for University and ended up staying here with my boyfriend… I CANT WAIT TO MOVE HOME. We have a homeless man that lives under our stair case in our block and outside our window is a little dark corner and is obviously a hot spot for dealers and people shooting up, especially now the pub opposite has closed. Security changed our locks one day while we were at work due to a kidnap so we had to drive to their office to get new keys. We’re more on the back of Narborough road though so 🥳
I worked in the city centre for five years back in the 70's. Nothing seems to have changed.
Well make the areas better
Get the community together and start taking care of the places u live in
Easy to say when all the meeting places like pubs and community centres have closed their doors. The local MP is nowhere to be seen until it's time to start canvassing. Local Councils only follow the money. Community leaders used to include local shopkeepers, the manager of the local tesco metro ain't gonna care. Neighbours rarely talk to each other these days, often due to language barriers. Anyone who tries speaking out is shouted down and ridiculed, heaven forbid they received a parking ticket 20 years ago, anything to silence them. Communities have been destroyed.
Interesting video, like most iam surprised you haven't included new parks and Beaumont leys, the are horrid especially Beaumont leys and the city centre is pretty diabolical too. Ive lived in Leicester over 20 years and nearly 10 years of that has. Been spent in Braunstone, i live on the outskirts of the estate know as dodge, where we are it is okay and has a strong sense of community and the people are over all very nice and very Leicester 😂 most the people round where i am are generally over 55 . The problem areas of the estate tend to be in the heart of it around Gallards hill, bendbow rise and Avery hill areas. Its a hotbed of crime and antisocial behaviour. Sadly these problems i feel are caused the the council putting problem people in these areas or simply not dealing with the situation . The homes themselves are well built and have good size gardens, sadly its the people in some of them that bring it down and in the real would a zero tolerance stance should be taken on them. Over all i have found most of the people ive come into contact with over the years of living here to be nice, friendly,honest people who care what's happening to their community and as a hole feel like i do myself, some i would describe as rough diamonds if you like. Like anywhere if you want trouble you can find it.
That wasn't Braunstone. That was Braunstone town. That's why it didn't look as bad 😔
Also, Fosse Road Central isnt WestCotes. Its west end or going by its older name, Danes Hill.
Since 2010 the city as become more dirty and deprived year on year.
Looks nice Compared to the rough areas in Coventry
None of that was Braunstone Town. Braunstone town is county council side and braunstone is city council. The Braunstone Lane splits the two until you get to the top at the cross roads and then that’s LFE.
Lived at the back of Parker Drive, near 'The Blackbird' pub,up to 2006, was a friendly neighbourhood, very mixed but very chilled and in the 5 or 6 year's i was there, few problems, but the shop i worked in was burgled quite regularly 😢
I've been living in Braunstone for 4 years now. Never had a problem with anyone.
I’m so surprised newparks wasn’t on the list, there been murders, and there’s always a smell of weed. I don’t go out after dark too scared. My mobility car got damaged and I called the police told them were a couple of the affenders lived, but police said they couldn’t find them.
How come Highfields never got a mention?
St. Matthews estate is not majority white, it's a Somalian area. And the flats are maisonettes. You're not showing Aylestone - your footage is of Eyres Monsell estate, with a two second clip of shops on Aylestone Road. I've lived in Northfields, Netherhall, Beaumont Leys, De Montfort house flats, Cosby and Aylestone (Never had any problems). Did you go to Mowmacre Hill?
i lived in st Matthews in the 70's up until i was 4 yrs old. in them days you could let your kids go out to play without the fear of them getting snatched or harmed, i wouldn't like to live there now, Highfields wasn't mentioned which used to be the red light district of Leicester.
I used to live on andrewes street back in the day and its not a rough place in the slightest, its just a central location of Leicester where people meet and cause shit. I did have a mcat dealer that lived in the blocks but thats about it.
The worst part about Newfoundpool, is that most houses are privately owned. Meaning terrible landlord practices are a foot!
Enjoyable video however I can't believe you didn't visit Highfields.
It had a reputation about 20 years ago not anymore though
@@user-ds8gf3ki2gstill does now
@@user-ds8gf3ki2gstill does
@@user-ds8gf3ki2gstill just as bad
These are run down places, no one works obviously, but all the cars are NEW. Get these people to help clean up the streets, shame.
"St Mathews if predominantly white but its hard to believe to be honest" then show two Indian businesses, what was the point of that? its a well known fact that Leicester has a high Asian population and the city is better for it,
all the deprived areas you show are predominantly white which is a terrible shame, people should take care of the area they live in,
Lived near and around Braunstone all my life. We get a lot of wild stuff kick off and no one really bats an eye. Shrug our shoulders and get on with it. Story of most working class cities really. We've been left behind and austerity has crippled and ripped a lot of the social fabric of the city apart. Kids around here are forming gangs and many of the kids I grew up with have essentially fallen prey to drink, drugs, violence and all sorts. New playgrounds last abt 6 months before bored teenagers set them on fire and the police are overworked round these parts.
Once you're on Braunstone you're trapped probably forever. But its not as bad as The Saff or some of the other neighbourhoods tbf
Bit of backstory on that bordered up corner house in Braunstone you filmed. Was owned by a guy who was arrested for being a pedophile and I believe he’s in prison now, after people found out they trashed his house. If you want the worst areas of Braunstone you want the other side of the park, you were in the tamer side 🤣
i live in blaby leicester
If you think Aylestone is one of top 5 worst areas to live in Leicester, you clearly know nothing about Leicester. Try Highfields, new parks and Beaumont leys.
I moved to Highfields in le2 like 3 months ago to find out someone literally at the end of my road was a peado and killed his own mum 3 years ago people can google this btw it’s crazy. And I only found this out today lol but when I asked the estate agent when viewing what the area was like she said “I don’t know” but the sun was out and the street was empty so I guess I was deceived
When are we just going to admit the demographics stats ain’t real we all know were outnumbered in our own country at this point 🙄
@ACESN1 🙄 🥱
@@NYCSubwayWorker awww does the truth make you tired thanks for letting me know goofy
@ACESN1 no its ignorant ones who make me tired
@@NYCSubwayWorker I’m ignorant because some stuck up, far left wokey says so grow up, open your eyes and wake up..Also stop touching ya self over your country’s downfall it’s strange.
@@NYCSubwayWorker Btw Goofy try living in a street where your outnumbered by a religion who thinks it’s ok to fiddle with kids you wouldn’t last a week chump.
Used to live on St Matthews in the 80s, it was good back then, wouldn’t like to live there now, also lived Narborough road which used to be nice, sadly Leicester is no longer a nice place to live
Leicester is in a very sorry state. Most of city is either rundown housing estates or inner city concrete hellscape. Some of the tower blocks in Leicester literally look something from Blade Runner or Judge Dredd. Leicester is one of those towns nobody cares about
It is a city. Hellscape only in your imagination. There is a full stop at the end of a sentence, clearly something you do not care about.
@@eightiesmusic1984
Correction: Leicester is an ugly city. Dirty streets, decaying terraced houses, and creepy looking tower blocks. Furthermore, you're right that I don't care about finishing with a full stop
@@davidthomas3826 Poor grammar and punctuation is the default in Britain and something many excel at on You Tube. Well done. The description you have given is false and notable for its lack of specificity.
@@eightiesmusic1984
You can't defend a dump like Leicester and act like Noel Coward. Leicester is a very ugly town. There are many towns throughout the UK that are ugly but we are talking about Leicester. On another note, a full stop is punctuation, not grammar
@@davidthomas3826 I had meant to type 'grammar and punctuation' and have now amended it for an ignoramus who cannot even use a full stop. Embarrassing. You have consistently failed to substantiate your false claims about Leicester. Don't be surprised if you are called out when you spout nonsense. Do not reply.
Its funny how they check up now but come about these areas back in the 90s and you would of seen the difference from now. I'm from Newparks and people used to stay away but its nothing like that now.
Cant believe Beaumont Leys isn't on the list?
Beautiful cat
I used to work in Leicester I worked at boot shoe factory of western rd it’s now apartments it was calledEquity shoes ltd in shut down in 2002
People from Leicester don't pronounce the 'stone' in place names like that.
*These British Towns look a mess*
Beaumont Leys is worse, New Parks and Saffron Lane can be bad, I live in the west end
How is highfeilds not the there
I remember the conduit and Lincoln street area back in the 2000s. Full of hookers, perverts and police
You needn’t have stopped at these 5! St Marks estate, St Peters estate, Beaumont Leys estate are all the same…
You forgot Aikman avenue..
The 2021 census must only account for the legal people living there. We are inundated with foreigners, swamped!
Why does everywhere look like LEICESTER ?
I still live in Braunstone and the people are so friendly I wouldn't live anywhere else, personally I think there is good and bad on any estate's.
Good video although the Aylestone area you covered was more Eyres Monsell estate - around the shops you filmed is old Aylestone village which is alright but the white houses and the parks you filmed were on The Monsell as its known locally, which is pretty rough.
Westcotes is a strange one as half of it isn't anywhere near as bad is the other half. Around Narb Rd it's OK-ish but go on the other side of Hinckley Road and it becomes dodge central - used to get most of my drugs round there!
Great vid though but as another commented above, Saffron Lane estate, New Parks, Highfields, Evington Rd/East Park Rd area are worth a visit if you're into your dodgy places, plus quite a few more too.
That’s what I thought too, or Glenhills area
Me too, Aylestone is definitely in two halves. The Monsell and the Saff are vastly different from the other parts. Almost like Aylestone/Lutterworth road splits the good and bad parts in two.
Mentioned Aylestone but most of the filming for that segment was Eyres Monsell.
Falls under the Aylestone ward as does Saffron Lane in part.
It was aylestone, not monsell
Top 5 worst for me is
Highfields
St Matthews
Spinney Hill
New Foundpool
New Parks
Most have 1 thing in common 🤔
But most estates could be on the list, Braunstone, Beaumont Leys, Mowacre Hill, Belgrave, Northfields, Thurby Lodge, Netherhall, Rowlatts Hill, Eyres Monsell etc
Let’s be honest none are that bad, I grew up mowmacre hill, lived new parks and now monsell. Don’t feel remotely bothered about any area really.
Crazy to think that all those places used to be good places to live, for the lost part anyway. All changed since about 1997 and Blairs government started to change the demographics.
For me Northfields was the worst place when I was growing up - couldn’t go near there without getting caught up in a scrap.
What do they have in common ?
@@patienceRachel Labour Council and yeah Muuslims.
You could do that vlog just about any city in Britain it's the same in most places.😞🌹
All Labour Cities are dumps. No offence waste money and no improvements.
St Matthew’s is deffo not predominantly white 😂😂😂😂
Never live in the city centre again. used to live in the tower block opposite the train station and shoe shop on the corner of London road. Moved to Thurmaston safe and peace.
The shoe shop, you mean blunts and hoes ahahah
I lived in high fields in 2010. While I had no problems and actually enjoyed my time there, I wasn’t oblivious to the dangers there. There was even a body found just around the corner from my house
I lived in leicester for about 10 years and spent 4 of those in a house slap bang between two brothels in Westcotes. It is a weird place, a shit tonne of poverty and large transitory communities that never help. For the most part if you aren't involved in drugs and illegal business you are alright, I walked many a time home from pubs in town on Naughborough road and never came to any sort of harm. However my local barber did tell me a story about a drug dealer being beheaded in the street by a rival a few blocks away!
Did you sample the brothels😂
Where abouts are the 2 brothels mate asking for a mate
Welcome to Leicester 😂
As someone who used to live in Braunstone, I actually never experienced any sort of crimes. There are some spots but still, you can say it’s one of the worst but in reality, nothing really goes on and it’s only a few occurrences
Honestly! The producer of these videos should find something
more productive to do rather than spending lots of time
filming areas and then making his own comments which are useless
to the public.
By associating crime, drugs, fly tipping and poverty with
specific races of people leads to racial hatred.
The local authorities, police forces and residents are well aware
of their surroundings.
Issues and problems faced by towns and cities have always existed.
One should not rely on a video like this to understand an area.
Not all places shall look like the grounds of Balmoral Castle.
UK Explored videos are boring and monotonous having seen a few.
This video shows the producer is judgemental by suggesting whoever
lives there is responsible for how the area appears.
Belgrave is the worst
agree with that
Only place ive had my cars broken into multiple times was when parked in Braunstone
Do u walk around there with your eyes closed?
I used to live in Lesta, a rough rough city but a lot of genuine people. Back in the 80's and early 90's it was bad. Loved the city and still do. I remember Braunstone being run down but the people rallied around each other with that old British war time sentiment. I wrote this before I seen the video.
@mm3nrx Used to be safer than Nottingham but it has gone the other way now
I lived there 1988-1991 and 1992-1993. It was not bad at all.
@@mm3nrx I would have personally taken Braunstone out and put in Beumont Lays or Evingdon. Braunstone used to be awful in the 1990s and early 2000s but these days is far, far better.
Leicester isnt and never has heen a rough city.
@@28mouse85 Are you sure about that? Its had 5 fatal stabbings in the past month
Thanks for posting your latest Video I really Enjoy watching them. I am a Ex-pat from Manchester and if you ever get up there. You might want to explore Whitefield which is part of Bury. I moved to Canada in 1978 and seeing how the situation is In England these days saddens me. But your doing a great Job in filming and Narration keep up the great work.😊
Thanks, that’s super kind of you to say.
I’ll certainly check out Whitefield when I go to up that way. Would be interesting to see how its changed since you knew it, I bet.
I love Canada. 🇨🇦 can’t fault your decision there 😀😀
@@ukexploredYou want to check out Cheetham Hill which is next to Whitefield. I’m sure you will be in for a surprise!
Whitefield is fine, never heard of much happening there at all. Most crime occurs between people who know each other e.g. Scummers, not random.
Unforunately Leicester is a highly socially deprived City and there is a lot of poverty. Its all classed as so, except Stoneygate, Knighton and Western Park. Unfortunately the powers that be spend more money on city centre vanity projects than the people and the areas they live in.
It looks a very dismall depressing place to live shame our cities have gone like this immigrants are to blame !! 👍🏴🦊
St Matthews hasnt been majority white since the 90s 😂😂😂
Leicester is actually a white minority city, which blows my mind honestly
Its not about equal ....
@@Meloncholymadness Not the villages
Oh and just one more thing.... If you're just going to look at these estates and run down areas of course it's going to look shitty, this does not show the whole of Leicester, they're are some beautiful places and areas. I'm very upset about your depiction of my great city.
Leicester is a shadow of what it used to be. The whole city is a dumping ground for immigrants. Pre millennium, Leicester was an ok City. Post Millennium, a 3rd world city. You're hard pushed to hear English being spoken when out. Theres that many Somalians and Iraqis. That Leicester no linger looks like Pakistan.
Missed Saffron Lane & Eyres Monsell 2 of the biggest shitholes in the city 😂
I cannot believe that Mowacre Hill, New Parks, Saffron Lane or most seriously Highfields did not make this list. As a Leicester resident all my life Newfoundpool is basically the naughty cousin of these places i have mentioned. I once got told by a friend in the police that if they got a 999 in Prebend street (Highfields), they would never attend without firearms support, at least 3 units and a screen protected van....
Thank you very much for this video. It's very sad that this is happening in England, such a beautiful country.
This is utter tripe. I am Leicester born and lived in Thurnby for 35 years and Wigston/Aylestone for a while and it was ok. My ex lived on St Mathews for years and they had no problems. I know people who live on Maidstone Rd and they are happy! It's no worse than any other city. I still have a house in Wigston and there is nothing special about that place either. If you look for trouble, you'll find it. I also know people on Gallards Hill and Hand Avenue that are just normal people trying to make a living on next to nothing. Most of the run down estates still have a sense of community and you don't see them crapping on their own doorsteps.
I live in North London now and trust me, that is a lot worse with major drugs and guns, often open on the streets. I never felt unsafe anywhere in Leicester even around St Maths and Marks. It's a bit disingenuous to say that about estates without actually meeting the people.
I intend to retire back to Leicester, it ain't that bad.
@@alantheskinhead The producer of these videos is wasting everyone's time, he foolishly films piles of rubbish and attributes this to the races of people who reside in those areas, any person could be fly tipping, not necessarily the residents of the estate itself, I've seen many of the responses from people who know Leicester like you and I, they too have noticed that this producer has carried out a poor assessment of the city and he doesn't know what he's doing, I think the producer should do something more productive like get a job where you are actually helping in some way instead of travelling around England and making silly videos, posting them on here and he thinks he's done a marvelous job 🤣🤣the local authorities, communities, police, schools and all agencies of Leicester know the city inside and out, we don't need a time waster called UK Explored making a video which is nothing but rubbish 🤨🧐
Do you think this was a set up, and the film makers put all the fly tipping there ? lol
Good luck with that!!😃😃💯💯
You must be smokin crk because leicester is straight Hot Trash the council has let the whole city down they rob their residents and cater to inly one race the Asians. I dont blame the Asian as if its on offer shhhhhii might aswell take the opportunity and grow 🤷🏼♂️
Was ok