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Oadby Brocks Hill

Ward

East Oadby and Wigston. About 4,650 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Oadby Brocks Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,272
Joint 2,137th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Oadby Brocks Hill compares

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

Oadby Brocks HillMiddle
Population10 wards, Oadby and Wigston · 2021
Population: every ward in Oadby and Wigston10 areas from 4,272 to 8,114. The middle area is 5,964. Oadby Brocks Hill is 4,272.
4,272least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares10 wards, Oadby and Wigston · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Oadby and Wigston10 areas from 74.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Oadby Brocks Hill is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage10 wards, Oadby and Wigston · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Oadby and Wigston10 areas from 96.0% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.7%. Oadby Brocks Hill is 98.6%.
98.6%5th lowest
Claimant rate10 wards, Oadby and Wigston · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Oadby and Wigston10 areas from 1.7% to 4.1%. The middle area is 2.8%. Oadby Brocks Hill is 2.7%.
2.7%5th lowest

Is Oadby Brocks Hill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oadby Brocks Hill at a rate of 60.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.4 per 1,000 people across Oadby and Wigston.

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

In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Oadby Brocks Hill.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (130), other crime (52) and anti-social behaviour (38).

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 Oadby and Wigston

These figures are published for the whole of Oadby and Wigston, not for each ward, so they describe all of Oadby and Wigston and not Oadby Brocks Hill alone. See Oadby and Wigston

Average house price
£251,253
Down 4.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,617
127th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
Joint 106th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.4
70th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Oadby Brocks Hill in brief

Oadby Brocks Hill had 4,272 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Oadby Brocks Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Oadby Brocks Hill, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Oadby Brocks Hill, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.