Flood Risk In Leicestershire

1.3% of homes in Leicestershire are in a Medium or High flood risk band, across 322,291 dwellings. It ranks 14 of 21 English counties.

Rivers and the sea Low a 0.1% to 1% chance in any year

Surface water 35,996 addresses at risk that rivers and sea does not explain — a minimum, not a total

Groundwater Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Reservoirs Not mapped No national band is published for this source

The county band is the aggregate of its 7 districts: 2,250 homes at High, 1,826 at Medium, 6,628 at Low and 1,683 at Very Low — summing to the 12,387 homes at risk this page opens with.

Towns In Leicestershire, Ranked By Flood Risk

1 Syston High 12.9% of homes at Medium or High
2 Quorndon High 10.7% of homes at Medium or High
3 Loughborough Low 5% of homes at Medium or High
4 Coalville High 1.8% of homes at Medium or High
5 Sileby Low 1.6% of homes at Medium or High
6 Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt High 1.3% of homes at Medium or High
7 Whitwick Low 1% of homes at Medium or High
8 Blaby and Whetstone Low 0.8% of homes at Medium or High
9 Barrow upon Soar Very low 0.6% of homes at Medium or High
10 Mountsorrel Very low 0.6% of homes at Medium or High
11 Melton Mowbray Very low 0.6% of homes at Medium or High
12 Oadby Low 0.5% of homes at Medium or High
13 Lutterworth Low 0.4% of homes at Medium or High
14 Ashby-de-la-Zouch Low 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
15 Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe Low 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
16 Market Harborough Low 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
17 Broughton Astley Low 0.2% of homes at Medium or High
18 Wigston Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
19 Anstey Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
20 Thurmaston Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
21 Enderby and Narborough Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
22 Shepshed Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
23 Barwell Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
24 Birstall Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
25 Castle Donington Very low 0% of homes at Medium or High
26 Countesthorpe Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
27 Earl Shilton Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
28 Groby Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
29 Hinckley Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
30 Ibstock Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
31 Measham Low 0% of homes at Medium or High

Ranked within England only. Each town's figure counts its own homes, so the shares are comparable with each other but not with towns in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Which Rivers Run Through Leicestershire?

Rivers with a gauged station in one of the towns ranked above. Each river page carries every gauge on it and the live level at each.

River Welland levels 9 gauging stations on this river
River Wreake levels 3 gauging stations on this river
Barkby Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river
Black Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river
Grace Dieu Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river
Sileby Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river
Wood Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river

How Does Leicestershire Compare With Other English Counties?

Leicestershire ranks 14 of 21 English counties for the share of homes in a Medium or High flood risk band. That is below the median county, at 1.8%. The comparison covers the 21 shire counties only — the 132 unitary authorities, including Bristol, York and Sheffield, have no county above them and so take no rank here.

A county figure is an aggregate of its districts, and districts differ sharply: a fenland district and an upland one in the same county can sit at opposite ends of the national ranking. Compare the towns above rather than the county total where it matters.

Share of homes in a Medium or High band, from the Environment Agency's national assessment. The method · The national picture