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Ullesthorpe

Ward

South west Harborough. About 3,254 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 35 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 33% of people in Ullesthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,082
Joint 1,166th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
33%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
24.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ullesthorpe compares

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

UllesthorpeMiddle
Population19 wards, Harborough · 2021
Population: every ward in Harborough19 areas from 2,623 to 9,342. The middle area is 5,385. Ullesthorpe is 3,082.
3,0826th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Harborough · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Harborough19 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 76.0%. Ullesthorpe is 33.0%.
33%8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Harborough · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Harborough19 areas from 10.9% to 97.1%. The middle area is 84.6%. Ullesthorpe is 24.2%.
24.2%3rd lowest
Claimant rate19 wards, Harborough · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Harborough19 areas from 1.0% to 2.6%. The middle area is 1.8%. Ullesthorpe is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 6th highest

Is Ullesthorpe safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ullesthorpe at a rate of 70.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 50.8 per 1,000 people across Harborough.

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

In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ullesthorpe.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (51), violence and sexual offences (39) and anti-social behaviour (37).

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 Harborough

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

Average house price
£347,010
Up 8.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,423
95th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.2×
Joint 123rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
9.2
13th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ullesthorpe in brief

Ullesthorpe had 3,082 usual residents at the census.

About 33% of people in Ullesthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ullesthorpe, 24.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ullesthorpe, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.