Blaby

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 11° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:29

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

88 reported · July 2026▲ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences32
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Public order8

Neighbourhood team: Enderby, Narborough, New Lubbesthorpe, Littlethorpe and Fosse Park · Leicestershire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

119 reported road collisions (2024)

30 killed or seriously injured · 164 casualties · 11.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

159 food businesses within 2 miles

• 133 rated 4–5 ★ (119 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Narborough (1.1 km)
• 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,918 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Blaby · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£994 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £709
• 2 bed £909
• 3 bed £1,078

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (9 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Station Road (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

102,924 residents in Blaby · 789/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 281 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,490 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (35% of 44,770)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

33 schools · 12,126 pupils

27 primary · 3 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 13 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Blaby

633 CQC-registered services

• Care homes163
• GP practices107
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

103 applications decided

94.2% granted · 97 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 5
• Con 18
• LD 8
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

59 jobs advertised · £22,707 avg

e.g. Recruitment Resourcer / Administrator, Online French Tutor - Part Time, Domiciliary Care Support Worker; Blaby, Narborough, Whetstone (LE8/LE19)

Source: Adzuna

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,274 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,676 certificates

8.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Leicestershire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership444 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office386 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth360 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s343 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test318 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Carlton Hayes Hospital · 0.2 km

  Carlton Hayes Hospital, Narborough, Leicestershire was the psychiatric hospital of Leicestershire from 1907 to 1995.

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  Brockington College · 0.8 km

  Brockington College is a mixed Church of England secondary school located in Enderby, Leicestershire, England. Founded in 1957, it originally operated as a middle school for pupils aged 11 to 14 before transitioning t…

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  Enderby, Leicestershire · 0.9 km

  Enderby is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, on the southwest outskirts of the city of Leicester. The parish includes the neighbourhood of St John's, which is east of the village separated from it…

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  Narborough Hall · 0.9 km

  Narborough Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Narborough in Leicestershire. Believed to date from 1596 this Elizabethan manor house was built by James Meade, a local landowner. However, it was only after it was ex…

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  All Saints Church, Narborough · 1.0 km

  All Saints' Church, Narborough is a parish church in the Church of England in Narborough, Leicestershire.

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  Narborough, Leicestershire · 1.0 km

  Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, around six miles southwest of Leicester. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 8,498.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)