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Fosse Highcross

Ward

South west Blaby. About 5,479 people in 24 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 21% of people in Fosse Highcross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,404
Joint 3,077th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
21%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
61.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Fosse Highcross compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Fosse HighcrossMiddle
Population17 wards, Blaby · 2021
Population: every ward in Blaby17 areas from 2,930 to 8,678. The middle area is 5,703. Fosse Highcross is 5,404.
5,4044th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Blaby · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Blaby17 areas from 0.0% to 89.0%. The middle area is 36.0%. Fosse Highcross is 21.0%.
21%7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Blaby · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Blaby17 areas from 61.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 94.4%. Fosse Highcross is 61.6%.
61.6%lowest
Claimant rate17 wards, Blaby · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Blaby17 areas from 1.6% to 3.6%. The middle area is 2.0%. Fosse Highcross is 2.1%.
2.1%joint 7th highest

Is Fosse Highcross safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Fosse Highcross at a rate of 66.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 69.8 per 1,000 people across Blaby.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Fosse Highcross.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (181), anti-social behaviour (78) and other crime (71).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Blaby

These figures are published for the whole of Blaby, not for each ward, so they describe all of Blaby and not Fosse Highcross alone. See Blaby

Average house price
£289,282
Up 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,279
168th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.6×
Joint 155th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
10.5
31st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Fosse Highcross in brief

Fosse Highcross had 5,404 usual residents at the census.

About 21% of people in Fosse Highcross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Fosse Highcross, 61.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Fosse Highcross, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.