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Broughton Astley

Broughton Astley is a town in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 8,940. It has one pharmacy, around 9 restaurants and cafés, 25 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Narborough, 4.8 km away. There were around 41 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Broughton Astley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Harborough area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 97,626 residents at roughly 165 people per km².

Council
Harborough
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
South Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 38th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability25
Affordable rents48
Good schools15
Life expectancy84
Low deprivation95
Employment98
Low council tax62

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:28

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

26 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Broughton Astley and Walton · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • ROAD SAFETY You have told us that road safety is important. Issues concerning speeding, insurance, MOT and other driving related offences
  • ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR You have told us that Anti-Social behaviour causes you concern. This can be things like excessive noise, parties, s…

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

Road safety

111 reported road collisions (2025)

56 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

51 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 44 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Narborough (4.9 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Narborough (5.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£341,706 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Harborough · to 2026-08

Detached£469,722
Semi-detached£298,618
Terraced£249,333
Flat£158,083

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£973 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £713
  • 2 bed £911
  • 3 bed £1,117

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

Affordability

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,596 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Cornerhouse Garage (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

97,626 residents in Harborough · 165/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,339
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,256
  • Net moves+2,083

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 283 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,390 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 44,900)

A £1,593
B £1,859
C £2,124
D £2,390
E £2,921
F £3,452
G £3,983
H £4,780

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

Schools

50 schools · 15,634 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Kibworth Mead AcademyGood
  • Lutterworth High SchoolGood
  • Lutterworth College
  • The Robert Smyth Academy
  • Thomas Estley Community College
  • Welland Park Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harborough

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

192 applications decided

90.1% granted · 173 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Alberto Costa

Conservative

South Leicestershire

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 2
  • Con 15
  • LD 7
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £25,161 avg

e.g. Shuttering Carpenters, Steel Fixers, Delivery Driver / Car

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£857 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,293 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,939 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Biomass 32% · Gas 19% · Imports 4%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LE9

  • The Old School Surgery
  • Newbold Verdon Med.Pract.
  • Barwell & Hollycroft Medical Centres

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Leicestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Thomas Estley Community College · 0.4 km

    Thomas Estley Community College is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, England. It caters for students aged 11–16. It forms part of The Success Academy Tr…

  • St Mary's Church, Broughton Astley · 0.6 km

    St Mary's Church is a church in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Broughton Astley railway station · 0.6 km

    Broughton Astley railway station was a railway station serving Broughton Astley in Leicestershire, England.

  • Broughton Astley · 0.7 km

    Broughton Astley is a large village and civil parish located in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated in the south of Leicestershire, about 6 miles (10 km) east of Hinckley, about 9 miles…

  • Sutton in the Elms · 2.0 km

    Sutton in the Elms is a settlement in the northwest of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Sutton Elms. Sutton is one of the three settlements mentioned in Domesday that now comprise…

  • Leire · 2.4 km

    Leire is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. The name is thought to originate from the old British name for the river Soar, which has a tributary with a sou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Broughton Astley?
Broughton Astley is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Harborough local authority.
What is the population of Broughton Astley?
Broughton Astley has an approximate settlement population of 8,940.
How deprived is Broughton Astley?
The Harborough local authority, which includes Broughton Astley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.