Oadby and Wigston: local statistics
Oadby and Wigston is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 61,533 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 Oadby and Wigston, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS counted 2,470 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Oadby and Wigston in March 2026, 12% more than in 2016. There are 40 per 1,000 residents, close to the middle of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands (20th highest).
The median full-time employee living in Oadby and Wigston was paid £798.50 a week before tax in April 2025 (£40,617 a year). It is the 5th highest of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands, and 10.8% more than across the East Midlands. For full-time jobs located in Oadby and Wigston the median is £663.50 a week (−£135.00 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £457.90: a change of +74% before inflation.
In the year to March 2026, 3,305 offences were recorded by police in Oadby and Wigston: 53.7 per 1,000 people, the 26th highest rate of all 32 council areas in the East Midlands. That compares with 57.8 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 45.6 to 68.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Oadby and Wigston had a life expectancy at birth of 83.8 years; for men it was 80.9, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.5 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.4 more. It is the 8th highest for women of 35 in the East Midlands.
Oadby and Wigston had an estimated 61,533 residents in mid-2025, a change of +0.4% in a year. That is 5,317 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 9.5% (the East Midlands: +8.6%). That is 13th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the fastest growth. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A typical home in Oadby and Wigston cost £251,253 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a fall of 4.2% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it mid-table in the East Midlands, 17th of 35; the average for the East Midlands was £242,274. Since July 2016 prices have risen 34%; the July high in the series was £262,376 in 2025. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Oadby and Wigston (£40,617) gives a ratio of 6.2. That ratio is 23rd of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest ratio.
A Band D home in Oadby and Wigston pays an average of £2,406.85 in council tax in 2026-27, up £76.83 on 2025-26. It is close to the middle of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands (20th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,579.23, so it has risen 52%.
The claimant count for Oadby and Wigston stood at 1,095 in August 2026, or 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East Midlands was 3.5%. The rate was the same a year earlier. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.6% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.3% in February 2023.
An estimated 77.1% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Oadby and Wigston were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 9.4 points); the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Its lowest reading in the series was 73.0% and its highest 83.6%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 56,216 |
| 2016 | 56,044 |
| 2017 | 57,516 |
| 2018 | 57,713 |
| 2019 | 57,772 |
| 2020 | 57,869 |
| 2021 | 57,788 |
| 2022 | 58,479 |
| 2023 | 59,627 |
| 2024 | 61,293 |
| 2025 | 61,533 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £186,890 |
| July 2017 | £195,076 |
| July 2018 | £211,588 |
| July 2019 | £218,401 |
| July 2020 | £221,080 |
| July 2021 | £230,844 |
| July 2022 | £253,660 |
| July 2023 | £259,268 |
| July 2024 | £261,314 |
| July 2025 | £262,376 |
| July 2026 | £251,253 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £457.90 a week |
| 2016 | £460.00 a week |
| 2017 | £500.60 a week |
| 2018 | £546.00 a week |
| 2019 | £554.90 a week |
| 2020 | £611.40 a week |
| 2021 | £575.50 a week |
| 2022 | £591.00 a week |
| 2023 | £595.40 a week |
| 2024 | £667.30 a week |
| 2025 | £798.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,579.23 |
| 2017-18 | £1,634.08 |
| 2018-19 | £1,724.51 |
| 2019-20 | £1,806.55 |
| 2020-21 | £1,874.42 |
| 2021-22 | £1,962.80 |
| 2022-23 | £2,024.98 |
| 2023-24 | £2,124.64 |
| 2024-25 | £2,223.50 |
| 2025-26 | £2,330.02 |
| 2026-27 | £2,406.85 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 45.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 47.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 57.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 64.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 62.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 58.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 67.1 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 68.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 65.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 57.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 53.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.5% |
| 2016/17 | 75.1% |
| 2017/18 | 78.9% |
| 2018/19 | 79.1% |
| 2019/20 | 77.3% |
| 2020/21 | 74.3% |
| 2021/22 | 78.4% |
| 2022/23 | 73.0% |
| 2023/24 | 83.3% |
| 2024/25 | 83.6% |
| 2025/26 | 77.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.7 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 2,215 |
| 2017 | 2,260 |
| 2018 | 2,225 |
| 2019 | 2,235 |
| 2020 | 2,260 |
| 2021 | 2,340 |
| 2022 | 2,490 |
| 2023 | 2,360 |
| 2024 | 2,470 |
| 2025 | 2,400 |
| 2026 | 2,470 |
Questions about Oadby and Wigston
What is the average salary in Oadby and Wigston?
£798.50 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Oadby and Wigston?
53.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is life expectancy in Oadby and Wigston?
83.8 years for women and 80.9 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the population of Oadby and Wigston?
The ONS estimates 61,533 people lived in Oadby and Wigston in mid-2025.
What is the average house price in Oadby and Wigston?
£251,253 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-4.2% on a year).
How much is Band D council tax in Oadby and Wigston?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,406.85 for 2026-27.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Oadby and Wigston?
1,095 in August 2026 (2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
Who has power over Oadby and Wigston
Every body that makes decisions for Oadby and Wigston, 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
- Oadby and Wigston council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Oadby and Wigston 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
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston: Neil O'Brien (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 weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Bolsover · Boston · Derbyshire Dales · High Peak · Melton · Rutland
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