Blaby: local statistics
Blaby is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 108,423 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Blaby, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Blaby at £289,282 for July 2026, a rise of 1.9% in twelve months. It ranks as the 6th highest of 35 in the East Midlands; the average for the East Midlands was £242,274. Prices are 51% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 7.6 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Blaby. That ratio is the 5th highest ratio of 35 in the East Midlands.
An estimated 85.3% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Blaby were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 7.1 points); the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Its lowest reading in the series was 71.9% and its highest 90.2%.
A girl born in Blaby in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 84.5 years and a boy 81.2 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.1 years for women and +0.7 for men. It is the 5th highest for women of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
Blaby had an estimated 108,423 residents in mid-2025, up 0.5% on mid-2024. That is 11,819 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 12.2%, against +8.6% for the East Midlands as a whole, the 6th fastest growth of 35 in the East Midlands. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The median full-time employee living in Blaby was paid £787.90 a week before tax in April 2025 (£38,279 a year). That is 9.3% above the figure for the East Midlands and the 6th highest of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £792.90, £5.00 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £569.80: a change of +38% before inflation.
In August 2026, 1,485 people in Blaby were on the claimant count, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.5% in the East Midlands. Twelve months before, it was 2.1%. The five-year high was 2.8% (August 2021); the low was 1.8% (October 2022).
A Band D home in Blaby pays an average of £2,490.22 in council tax in 2026-27, 3.5% more than in 2025-26. That makes it 12th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,605.04, so it has risen 55%.
The police recorded 59.1 crimes per 1,000 residents in Blaby in the year to March 2026 (6,404 offences in all), the 21st highest rate of all 32 council areas in the East Midlands. A year earlier it was 63.3. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 46.9 to 68.8 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
4,840 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Blaby in March 2026, 3% more than in 2016. There are 45 per 1,000 residents, the 12th highest of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 96,604 |
| 2016 | 98,014 |
| 2017 | 99,366 |
| 2018 | 100,767 |
| 2019 | 101,777 |
| 2020 | 102,293 |
| 2021 | 103,271 |
| 2022 | 104,178 |
| 2023 | 105,336 |
| 2024 | 107,845 |
| 2025 | 108,423 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £192,123 |
| July 2017 | £203,661 |
| July 2018 | £220,181 |
| July 2019 | £227,137 |
| July 2020 | £233,219 |
| July 2021 | £254,866 |
| July 2022 | £282,207 |
| July 2023 | £278,014 |
| July 2024 | £280,994 |
| July 2025 | £283,984 |
| July 2026 | £289,282 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £569.80 a week |
| 2016 | £572.10 a week |
| 2017 | £547.50 a week |
| 2018 | £572.60 a week |
| 2019 | £598.50 a week |
| 2020 | £676.40 a week |
| 2021 | £587.30 a week |
| 2022 | £650.20 a week |
| 2023 | £689.90 a week |
| 2024 | £736.00 a week |
| 2025 | £787.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,605.04 |
| 2017-18 | £1,662.59 |
| 2018-19 | £1,759.51 |
| 2019-20 | £1,847.35 |
| 2020-21 | £1,920.40 |
| 2021-22 | £2,013.54 |
| 2022-23 | £2,079.37 |
| 2023-24 | £2,184.24 |
| 2024-25 | £2,292.51 |
| 2025-26 | £2,406.77 |
| 2026-27 | £2,490.22 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 46.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 53.4 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 61.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 59.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 59.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 55.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 63.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 68.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 67.8 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 63.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 59.1 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 80.8% |
| 2016/17 | 87.2% |
| 2017/18 | 78.5% |
| 2018/19 | 81.1% |
| 2019/20 | 78.1% |
| 2020/21 | 71.9% |
| 2021/22 | 85.1% |
| 2022/23 | 90.2% |
| 2023/24 | 84.7% |
| 2024/25 | 81.6% |
| 2025/26 | 85.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.8 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.2 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.5 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,700 |
| 2017 | 4,885 |
| 2018 | 4,960 |
| 2019 | 4,685 |
| 2020 | 4,780 |
| 2021 | 4,930 |
| 2022 | 4,805 |
| 2023 | 4,735 |
| 2024 | 4,815 |
| 2025 | 4,720 |
| 2026 | 4,840 |
Questions about Blaby
What is the average house price in Blaby?
£289,282 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.9% on a year).
What is life expectancy in Blaby?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.2 years for men and 84.5 for women.
What is the population of Blaby?
108,423 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Blaby?
£787.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Blaby?
1,485 in August 2026 (2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
How much is Band D council tax in Blaby?
£2,490.22 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the crime rate in Blaby?
59.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
Who has power over Blaby
Every body that makes decisions for Blaby, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Blaby council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Blaby in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Mid Leicestershire: Mr Peter Bedford (Conservative) MP
- South Leicestershire: Alberto Costa (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK employment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Chesterfield · Erewash · Harborough · Lincoln · North East Derbyshire · North West Leicestershire
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