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With 3,266 residents, it is a town in Leicestershire, East Midlands.
Strong in places, weak in others. Most journeys need a car (D): 8% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Where it does best is hazard risk (A). A median £290,000 buys a home here, 5.3 times what households in the Blaby council area earn in a year. All told, that adds up to a B− overall, better than 47% of UK towns. It ranks #42 of 50 in Leicestershire. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools and B− for health.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS.
The 2 things Sapcote 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 Sapcote is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Sapcote’s built-up area, and 1 scheduled monument.
11% 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 Sapcote.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 34% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
By car: that was how nine in ten commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 2.8% of 16 to 64s in 2026, above both Leicestershire’s towns (2%) and England’s towns (2.3%). For every resident in work, Sapcote has 0.3 jobs. 3% of commuters who live in Sapcote also work there.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 5 primary schools within 3 km: just over three in five pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). There is one school here; it is shown below. 242 pupils attend Sapcote’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, SapcoteLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 242 | C− |
25% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Leicestershire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). The median resident of Sapcote is 44.4 years old. Graduates make up 30% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Sapcote | Leicestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.8% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Leicestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
11% of homes date from before 1919. One scheduled monument lies in Sapcote.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Private renters make up 8% of households, lower than both Leicestershire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). From September 2023 to August 2026, 153 homes sold inside Sapcote’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £290,000. That is the middle of 153 standard sales inside the town’s built-up area over three years, against £277,000 in the typical UK town.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £343,750 | 78 |
| Semi-detached | £260,000 | 48 |
| Terraced | £216,250 | 24 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Police figures for Sapcote’s built-up area: 195 crimes and 46 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences were 53% of the crimes. Each year, 9.3 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded per 1,000 residents.
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.
Sapcote has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 0.7 miles away. The nearest A&E to Sapcote is George Eliot NHS Hospital, 8.5 miles away. 17% of residents have a disability, about level with both Leicestershire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Sapcote | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.9% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapcote | 3,266 | — | B− | B | C+ | B− |
| Stoney Stanton | 4,090 | 0.9 | B | B+ | B− | B |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 1.1 | — | B+ | B | B |
| Croft | 1,748 | 2 | — | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Broughton Astley | 9,649 | 2.5 | A | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Earl Shilton | 10,885 | 2.8 | C | A− | C | C |
| Huncote | 2,168 | 3.1 | — | B+ | A | B+ |
| Barwell | 9,149 | 3.5 | B− | A | C | C− |
Sharnford, Croft and Huncote have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 64% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+. Burglary was rare, with 2 reports in the year.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Leicestershire, England
Sapcote is a built-up area of 3,266 people, in the Blaby 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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