Blaby and Whetstone

11°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 11° · 71% 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

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

95 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Criminal damage & arson12
• Burglary6

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Blaby, Whetstone, Glen Parva and Cosby · 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)

272 food businesses within 2 miles

• 223 rated 4–5 ★ (193 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Narborough (2.1 km)
• 35 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 (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (8.6 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

72 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: St.Johns Car Park 1 (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Sports pitches37
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds14

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
• 22 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

Alberto Costa

Conservative

South Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens74
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

68% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 43% · Gas 28% · Wind 19% · Nuclear 6%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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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  Blaby · 0.5 km

  Blaby is a large village in the Blaby District in central Leicestershire, England, approximately five miles (8 km) south of Leicester city centre. At the time of the 2011 census, Blaby had a population of 6,194, falli…

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  Blaby & Whetstone Athletic F.C. · 0.6 km

  Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Whetstone, near Leicester, Leicestershire, England. They play at Warwick Road.

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  Whetstone, Leicestershire · 0.7 km

  Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to Leicester, which is five miles to the north. The population at the 2011 census was 6,556. It is part of the Leic…

• Whetstone railway station · 0.8 km

  Whetstone was a station on the Great Central Railway (GCR), the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, which opened in 1899 to serve the Leicestershire village of Whetstone.

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  Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust · 0.9 km

  The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust (LRWT) is one of 46 wildlife trusts across the United Kingdom. It manages nature reserves in Leicestershire and Rutland, and was founded in 1956 as the Leicestershire and…

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  Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association · 0.9 km

  The Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association, also simply known as the Leicestershire & Rutland CFA, Leicestershire FA or LRCFA, is the governing body of football in the counties of Leicestershire and Ru…

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