Cosby

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:31

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

32 reported · August 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Shoplifting4

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

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

117 reported road collisions (2025)

38 killed or seriously injured · 166 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

127 food businesses within 2 miles

• 105 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Narborough (2.2 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£293,412 average▲ 3.4% YoY

Across Blaby · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£998 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

• 1 bed £711
• 2 bed £912
• 3 bed £1,082

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

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

1,375 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 (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Attfield's Farm Shop Ltd (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds2

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,923
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,202
• Net moves+721

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 265 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

32 inspected 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 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
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

105 applications decided

95.2% granted · 100 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,840 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Wind 22% · Biomass 19% · Imports 2%

242 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 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

7 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LE9

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Leicestershire:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth360 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills242 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND227 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 170 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK154 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Cosby, Leicestershire · 0.2 km

  Cosby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. Cosby is located in the south of the county near the larger villages and towns of Whetstone, Blaby, Wigston and Oadby. Its proximity to the city of Leicester…

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  Saffron Dynamo F.C. · 0.5 km

  Saffron Dynamo Football Club is a football club based in Cosby, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Midland League Division One and play at Cambridge Road.

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  Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust · 1.3 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 · 1.3 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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  Littlethorpe, Leicestershire · 1.8 km

  Littlethorpe is a hamlet approximately six miles south of Leicester, separated from the village of Narborough by the Leicester to Birmingham railway line, and the River Soar of which it is the true discharge.

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  Blaby & Whetstone Athletic F.C. · 1.8 km

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

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)