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14% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. This town in Leicestershire, East Midlands has a population of 8,954.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Prices are modest for what you get: homes sell for a median £245,000, about 4.4 times local household income. Where it falls short is safety (C): 32.3 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 14.1 home and vehicle crimes. Against UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has more crime per resident than 78%. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: men here can expect to live to 78.5, women to 84.4. Hazard risk is weaker too (C−) — 1.9% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. The overall grade lands at B−, #36 of 50 in Leicestershire. On that grade it does better than 52% of UK towns.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy, ONS · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 2 things Sileby 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 Sileby is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Sileby’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
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 Sileby.
Social housing holds 10% of households, lower than both Leicestershire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%). Private tenants account for 16% of households. The £245,000 median rests on 488 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £349,995 | 154 |
| Semi-detached | £237,250 | 182 |
| Terraced | £200,500 | 136 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | 16 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Sileby Redlands Community Primary School’s results beat 79% of schools in England like it. Its two primaries have 613 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sileby Redlands Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 394 | A− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Police figures for Sileby’s built-up area: 557 crimes and 134 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 13.7 reports per 1,000, above both Leicestershire’s towns (6.7) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences were 46% of the crimes.
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.
2 GP practices serve the town; nearly nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Sileby is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 7.5 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.5% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Sileby | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
84% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 2.7% of 16 to 64s in 2026, above Leicestershire’s towns (2%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. Average household income comes to £51K a year before tax. Of the commuters living in Sileby, 11% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Among adults, 28% have a degree. 19% are under 15, higher than both Leicestershire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). Line up the people of Sileby by age and the one in the middle is 39.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Sileby | Leicestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Leicestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
10 listed buildings in Sileby.
Free Trade Inn Public House: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Maltings: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · 35 and 37, Cossington Road: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 33, Little Church Lane: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Sileby.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sileby | 8,954 | — | B− | A | C | C+ |
| Mountsorrel | 12,879 | 1.9 | A− | A− | C | B+ |
| Barrow upon Soar | 6,823 | 2.2 | B+ | A− | C+ | B− |
| East Goscote | 2,893 | 2.5 | A | A− | A− | A− |
| Rearsby | 1,181 | 2.7 | — | C+ | A | A |
| Syston | 13,628 | 2.9 | B− | A− | C | C+ |
| Queniborough | 3,087 | 2.9 | A | B | A− | A |
| Quorndon | 5,576 | 3.1 | B+ | B− | B− | A |
Rearsby has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £245,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £125,000, terraced houses £200,500, semi-detached houses £237,250 and detached houses £349,995.
Town in Leicestershire, England
Sileby is a built-up area of 8,954 people, in the Charnwood 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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