Wigston

16°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 11° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:36

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

154 reported · July 2026▼ 24% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Anti-social behaviour32
• Criminal damage & arson19
• Shoplifting12

3 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Wigston · 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)

434 food businesses within 2 miles

• 353 rated 4–5 ★ (309 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: South Wigston (1.9 km)
• 59 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 (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (6 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

76 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Aylestone Lane Car Park 1 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms8
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• 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
• 17 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

Neil O'Brien

Conservative

Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

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)

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

106 jobs advertised · £35,640 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Retail Shift Manager, Manager in Training

Source: Adzuna

£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

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 25% · Biomass 19% · Solar 15%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 Harborough, Oadby and Wigston:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership394 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office287 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s283 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership251 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases227 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Wigston Birkett House Community Special School · 0.5 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 Academy · 0.7 km

  Wigston Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Wigston, Leicestershire, England. It was formed in September 2015 through the merger of Abington Academy and Bushloe High School. The school forms part of The Wig…

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  South Leicestershire College · 0.8 km

  South Leicestershire College was a general college of further education, which opened in 1970. Situated on the southern outskirts of Leicester, it drew students from across Leicestershire, but particularly from the so…

• Wigston College · 1.0 km

  Wigston College, previously known as Guthlaxton College, is a coeducational sixth form located in Wigston Magna in the English county of Leicestershire. The college forms part of The Wigston Academies Trust, together…

• Wigston Fields · 1.0 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…

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  Wigston · 1.0 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.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)