Croft (Blaby)

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 5° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:28

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

13 reported · August 2026▲ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Burglary2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Fosse Villages · 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)

83 food businesses within 2 miles

• 71 rated 4–5 ★ (63 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Narborough (3.1 km)
• 7 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Orchard Road Car Park (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

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
• 8 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)

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

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

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

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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  Croft, Leicestershire · 0.1 km

  Croft is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, off the Fosse Way, straddling the River Soar. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,639.

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  Croft railway station, Leicester · 0.2 km

  Croft railway station was a railway station serving the village of Croft in Leicestershire. It was on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line about 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Leicester. The line is owned by Network Rail.

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  Croft Pasture · 0.5 km

  Croft Pasture is a 6.2-hectare (15-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the outskirts of Croft in Leicestershire. Most of the site, totalling 5.8 hectares, is owned and managed by the Leicestershire…

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  Croft and Huncote Quarry · 0.7 km

  Croft and Huncote Quarry is a 35.3-hectare (87-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Croft in Leicestershire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  Croft Hill · 0.9 km

  Croft Hill is a 128m high natural hill rising up the Soar flood-plain north of Croft quarry in Leicestershire, England. It stands out as an isolated landmark, and has been used as a meeting place for centuries.

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  Potters Marston · 1.5 km

  Potters Marston is a village and civil parish in the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England. It has a population of around 40, and is roughly between Huncote and Stoney Stanton, but closest to Croft. It has a vi…

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