Braunstone Town

Blaby · East Midlands · population 10,206 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,274 of 6,856 in England
  • #196 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #11 of 12 in Blaby
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,987
Median age (est.)41
Density3,986per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above26%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 5%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 14% · Process & plant 11%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary14%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 23%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 65%Asian 23%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 37% · No religion 32% · Sikh 12%

Born outside the UK: 25%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Braunstone Town is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,274 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 12 in Blaby. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (89) and lowest on Education (40). Typical homes here, about £260,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 105 sales), 7% below the wider Blaby median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,757 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 57 · #2,939
Employment 62 · #2,617
Education 40 · #4,077
Health 74 · #1,767
Crime 43 · #3,926
Housing & access 89 · #780
Living environment 54 · #3,138

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,000105+6.1%+34.0%
Detached£285,00021-0.9%+21.3%
Semi-detached£260,00065+8.3%+36.8%
Terraced£230,50016+1.3%+17.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£260,000
Blaby£280,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£32,757±£5,093 · #5,747 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,594
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 674 offences
Blaby60
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,279 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences302
Theft64
Burglary43
Vehicle crime72
Criminal damage & arson89
Public order & weapons62
Drugs21
Robbery4
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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