United Kingdom · East Midlands · Local Authority
Blaby
Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands, England · population ~102k · 32 state-funded schools
Stronger earnings offset the higher cost of living in Blaby, where residents benefit from lower levels of deprivation than the regional median. While pay is healthy at £787.90 per week, housing is expensive, with a median house price that is 6.8 times annual gross pay. Renting is similarly costly, consuming 28.6% of median gross earnings. These figures place the area among the more expensive locations in the East Midlands, though the trade-off is a safer environment with a crime rate of 59.5 per 1,000 residents, which is lower than the regional median. This location suits professionals who can leverage the local wage premium but are prepared to commit a significant portion of their income to housing.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Blaby ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£40,971/yr
High
Better than 63% of UK LAs
House price
£280,000
Mid-range
Around UK average
Rent
£977/mo
Mid-range
Around UK average
Council tax
£2,490/yr
Expensive
Worse than 67% of UK LAs
Crime
59.5/1k
Low
Better than 72% of UK LAs
Deprivation
10.6
Least deprived
Better than 89% of UK LAs
Schools
78.1%
Concerning
Worse than 99% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
40 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
25 of 32 (78.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 8 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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32 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 32 schools, sortable and filterable.
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