Broughton Astley
TownTown in Harborough, East Midlands.
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.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Broughton Astley, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Broughton Astley compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
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
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Broughton Astley
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harborough 004A | 2,264 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Harborough 004B | 1,575 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Harborough 004C | 1,672 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Harborough 004D | 2,200 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
| Harborough 004E | 1,938 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
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 Broughton Astley1
Middle areas in Broughton Astley1
Towns near Broughton Astley6
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.
In Broughton Astley, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Broughton Astley, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.