# Broughton Astley Town in Harborough, East Midlands. Broughton Astley is a town in Harborough, East Midlands. Median sale price £295,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 33.8 per 1,000 people. About 10,175 people. Town. Code E63002823. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) Broughton Astley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Broughton Astley add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £295,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Broughton Astley was £295,000 in 2025. Joint 428th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/broughton-astley#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 9,649** (2021). Broughton Astley had 9,649 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 212th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/broughton-astley#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Broughton Astley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/broughton-astley#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.2%** (January 2026). In Broughton Astley, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/broughton-astley#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002823) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Broughton Astley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63002823) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 171 homes were sold in Broughton Astley in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002823) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Broughton Astley. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002823) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Broughton Astley had 9,649 usual residents at the census. ## How Broughton Astley compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Broughton Astley | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £295,000 | 13th most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 9,649 | 24th least populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.2% | joint 36th highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Broughton Astley safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Broughton Astley at a rate of 33.8 per 1,000 people. That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Broughton Astley. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (123), anti-social behaviour (71) and other crime (58). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Broughton Astley was 40.0 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Broughton Astley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Broughton Astley has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Broughton Astley | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Harborough 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough/neighbourhood/e01025772) | 2,264 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% | | [Harborough 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough/neighbourhood/e01025773) | 1,575 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% | | [Harborough 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough/neighbourhood/e01025774) | 1,672 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% | | [Harborough 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough/neighbourhood/e01025775) | 2,200 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% | | [Harborough 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough/neighbourhood/e01025776) | 1,938 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% | ## Your MP - [South Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-leicestershire): Alberto Costa (Conservative), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) ## Postcode districts covering Broughton Astley [LE9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le9) ## Middle areas in Broughton Astley [Broughton Astley](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough/broughton-astley) ## Towns near Broughton Astley [Blaby and Whetstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blaby-and-whetstone), [Enderby and Narborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/enderby-and-narborough), [Countesthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/countesthorpe), [Lutterworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lutterworth), [Earl Shilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/earl-shilton), [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) ## Broughton Astley in brief Broughton Astley is a town in Harborough, East Midlands. About 10,175 people lived in Broughton Astley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 171 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 33.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Broughton Astley was £295,000 in 2025. Broughton Astley had 9,649 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Broughton Astley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Broughton Astley, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002823 - Constituency: [South Leicestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-leicestershire) - Council: [Harborough †](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) - Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 2.47 km² - People, mid-2024: 10,175* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 29 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Blaby and Whetstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blaby-and-whetstone), [Enderby and Narborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/enderby-and-narborough), [Countesthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/countesthorpe), [Lutterworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lutterworth), [Earl Shilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/earl-shilton), [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) ## Latest updates for Broughton Astley - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002823 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/broughton-astley, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/broughton-astley#f-house-sales-median-price. 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