Oadby and Wigston

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:33

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

207 reported · August 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences84
• Anti-social behaviour27
• Criminal damage & arson25
• Shoplifting20

3 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Wigston · Leicestershire

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

50 reported road collisions (2025)

14 killed or seriously injured · 63 casualties · 8.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

431 food businesses within 2 miles

• 358 rated 4–5 ★ (317 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: South Wigston (2.5 km)
• 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£257,504 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across Oadby and Wigston · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,024 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £732
• 2 bed £889
• 3 bed £1,122

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (9.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

622 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (5.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (5.8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

73 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt McDonald's Wigston (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms7
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches25
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

57,747 residents in Oadby and Wigston · 2,455/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,823
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,639
• Net moves+184

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 229 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,407 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 24,580)

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

22 schools · 11,654 pupils

14 primary · 6 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 8 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (67%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Oadby and Wigston

633 CQC-registered services

• Care homes165
• GP practices107
• Dentists134
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

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

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

55 applications decided

63.6% granted · 35 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Neil O'Brien

Conservative

Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 5
• LD 16
• Oth 5

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£799 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,495 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 23,827 certificates

9.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

67% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 31% · Biomass 23% · Solar 6%

148 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

5 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in LE18

• Bushloe Surgery
• Wigston Central Surgery
• South Wigston Health Ctr.

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases227 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND204 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth203 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills201 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks192 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Oadby and Wigston · 0.4 km

  Oadby and Wigston is a local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England. It covers the two towns of Oadby, where the council is based, and Wigston, which is the larger town. Both form part of t…

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  Wigston · 0.9 km

  Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 37,261 in 2024.

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  Lucas Marsh · 1.0 km

  Lucas Marsh is a 1.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Oadby in Leicestershire. It is part of Brock's Hill Country Park, and is owned by Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wi…

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  Leicester Racecourse · 1.0 km

  Leicester Racecourse is a horse racing course in Oadby, Leicestershire, about three miles south of Leicester city centre.

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  Wigston Birkett House Community Special School · 1.1 km

  Wigston Birkett House Community Special School is a special school with academy status based in Wigston, Leicestershire, England. The school caters for up to 200 students aged between 5 and 19 with a range of addition…

• Wigston Fields · 1.3 km

  Wigston Fields is a district of the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England. It lies between Leicester and the town of Wigston on the A5199 road. The population is included in the Wigston St. Wolstan's…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)