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Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston

Ward

North Hinckley and Bosworth. About 3,437 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 17 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,258
1,321st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston compares

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

Barlestone, Nailstone and OsbastonMiddle
Population16 wards, Hinckley and Bosworth · 2021
Population: every ward in Hinckley and Bosworth16 areas from 3,100 to 10,631. The middle area is 7,187. Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston is 3,258.
3,2582nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Hinckley and Bosworth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Hinckley and Bosworth16 areas from 0.0% to 87.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Hinckley and Bosworth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Hinckley and Bosworth16 areas from 24.4% to 97.1%. The middle area is 84.7%. Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston is 84.7%.
84.7%joint 8th highest
Claimant rate16 wards, Hinckley and Bosworth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Hinckley and Bosworth16 areas from 1.0% to 4.2%. The middle area is 2.3%. Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston is 1.5%.
1.5%4th lowest

Is Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston at a rate of 66.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 65.5 per 1,000 people across Hinckley and Bosworth.

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

In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (85), other crime (46) and anti-social behaviour (29).

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 Hinckley and Bosworth

These figures are published for the whole of Hinckley and Bosworth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hinckley and Bosworth and not Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston alone. See Hinckley and Bosworth

Average house price
£258,960
Down 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,671
84th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.3×
Joint 172nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.7
73rd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston in brief

Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston had 3,258 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.