United Kingdom · East Midlands · Local Authority
Blaby
Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands, England · population ~102k · 32 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, but relatively safe. Blaby has a median house price 6.8 times median annual pay, and rents take 28.6% of gross earnings, both higher than the East Midlands median. However, recorded crime is low at 59.5 per 1,000, and its deprivation score of 10.63 is among the lowest in the region. Council tax is also above the regional average. This suits those prioritising a low-crime environment and less deprivation over affordability and school quality, where Blaby sits below the regional median.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 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
86.2%
Concerning
Worse than 90% 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
32 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
25 of 29 (86.2%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 3 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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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.