Countesthorpe
TownTown in Blaby, East Midlands.
Countesthorpe is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Countesthorpe 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 44% of people in Countesthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Countesthorpe compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Countesthorpe safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Countesthorpe at a rate of 44.7 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, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Countesthorpe.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (163), other crime (45) and anti-social behaviour (39).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Countesthorpe was 55.2 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 Countesthorpe, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Countesthorpe has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Countesthorpe
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaby 011A | 2,000 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.3% |
| Blaby 011B | 2,107 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.1% |
| Blaby 011C | 1,658 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.7% |
| Blaby 011D | 2,201 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
Your MP
- Alberto CostaConservativeMP for South Leicestershire
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Countesthorpe1
Middle areas in Countesthorpe1
Towns near Countesthorpe6
Countesthorpe in brief
Countesthorpe is a town in Blaby, East Midlands.
About 7,627 people lived in Countesthorpe in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £279,000 in 2025 across 108 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Countesthorpe was £279,000 in 2025.
Countesthorpe had 7,674 usual residents at the census.
About 44% of people in Countesthorpe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Countesthorpe, 85.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.