Whetstone

Blaby · East Midlands · population 7,752 · 4 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #992 of 6,856 in England
  • #75 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #5 of 12 in Blaby
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,617
Median age (est.)40
Density870per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above29%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 11%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative12%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 42% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Whetstone is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #992 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 12 in Blaby. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (86) and lowest on Education (64). Typical homes here sold for about £282,500 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 91 sales), in line with the wider Blaby median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,647 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 72 · #1,883
Employment 78 · #1,534
Education 64 · #2,452
Health 85 · #1,054
Crime 80 · #1,335
Housing & access 70 · #2,020
Living environment 86 · #951

House prices ?

£282,500median (12m) · +10.8% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£282,50091+10.8%+22.0%
Detached£377,50034+1.7%+17.6%
Semi-detached£263,50040+3.5%+23.1%
Terraced£205,00015-0.7%+17.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£282,500
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)£38,647±£5,727 · #3,825 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,676
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 365 offences
Blaby60
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,875 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences175
Theft66
Burglary24
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons34
Drugs1
Robbery2
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 83 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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