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A town of 9,649 in Leicestershire, East Midlands. Private rents average £973 a month.
Broughton Astley’s grades pull in different directions. Housing is within reach: homes sell for a median £289,950, about 4.7 times local household income. Overall, Broughton Astley earns an A: better than 87% of UK towns, and #8 of 50 in Leicestershire. What counts against it is walkability (C−) — 9% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021.
The 2 things Broughton Astley does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Broughton Astley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Broughton Astley’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Broughton Astley.
Private renters make up 12% of households, below Leicestershire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. 6% of households live in social housing. Behind the median of £289,950: 446 standard sales inside Broughton Astley’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £380,000 | 217 |
| Semi-detached | £255,000 | 151 |
| Terraced | £215,000 | 76 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
At the town’s 3 primary schools, 63% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Old Mill Primary School’s results beat 75% of schools in England like it. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 40.9, and 36% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Mill Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 367 | A− |
| Thomas Estley Community CollegeLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 883 | C− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 89% of commuters, above Leicestershire’s towns (77%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Household income averages £65K a year before tax. Just over one in ten commuters who live in Broughton Astley also work there. The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 1.6%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest A&E to Broughton Astley is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 7.8 miles away. Self-reported good health: 86% of the town’s residents. 14% of residents have a disability, lower than both Leicestershire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (17%). One GP practice serves the town; 88% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Broughton Astley | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
45% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Broughton Astley logged 268 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 71 complaints of anti-social conduct. For its size, Broughton Astley records less crime per resident than 73% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The middle age in Broughton Astley is 42.9. 31% of adults hold a degree, about level with Leicestershire’s towns (30%) and below England’s towns (34%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Broughton Astley | Leicestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Leicestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton Astley | 9,649 | — | A | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Croft | 1,748 | 2.1 | — | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Cosby | 3,518 | 2.2 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Sapcote | 3,266 | 2.5 | B− | B | C+ | B− |
| Littlethorpe | 1,918 | 2.9 | — | B+ | B− | A− |
| Stoney Stanton | 4,090 | 3 | B | B+ | B− | B |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 3 | — | B+ | B | B |
| Huncote | 2,168 | 3.2 | — | B+ | A | B+ |
Croft, Littlethorpe, Sharnford and Huncote have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 83% of towns in England, and primary results beat 56% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
At the 2021 Census, 11% of Broughton Astley’s 9,649 residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
Town in Leicestershire, England
Broughton Astley is a built-up area of 9,649 people, in the Harborough council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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