Asfordby, Frisby & Old Dalby

Melton · East Midlands · population 7,491 · 4 LSOAs

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,288 of 6,856 in England
  • #197 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #3 of 6 in Melton
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,434
Median age (est.)48
Density79per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above32%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 31%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 10%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Asfordby, Frisby & Old Dalby is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,288 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of just 6 in Melton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (78) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here, about £303,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 134 sales), 12% above the wider Melton median of £272,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,596 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 68 · #2,178
Employment 76 · #1,609
Education 78 · #1,499
Health 72 · #1,917
Crime 74 · #1,760
Housing & access 11 · #6,092
Living environment 46 · #3,713

House prices ?

£303,500median (12m) · +11.8% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£303,500134+11.8%+33.4%
Detached£445,37564+7.1%+14.6%
Semi-detached£247,49852+6.3%+33.8%
Terraced£166,25018-11.3%+9.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£303,500
Melton£272,000
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)£43,596±£6,274 · #2,423 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,290
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 329 offences
Melton58
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,588 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences155
Theft33
Burglary30
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons24
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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