Property market | £260,003 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is East Midlands (21.4 miles) | |
Broadband | 77.8mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 86.2% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 13.8% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 192 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 490 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (South Leicestershire level) | |
Community | Median age is 42.9 | Population of 6,566 | Happiness is Above Average for Leicestershire, High for UK | |
Crime | 4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Blaby) | |
Commute (approx) | - Birmingham New Street (45 mins) | |
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£260,003 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is East Midlands (21.4 miles) | |
77.8mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 42.9 | 6,566 | Happiness is Above Average for Leicestershire, High for UK | |
Ranked 192 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 490 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (South Leicestershire level) | |
4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Blaby) | |
- Birmingham New Street (45 mins) | |
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Whetstone has one main store nearby, Tesco Countesthorpe Express. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: Bulls Head, The General Elliott, The Railway (Wet Sales Only). We found one nearby restaurant: Dine India. There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: C88 Cafe Project, The Fitness Works / The Coffee Works.
The property market in Whetstone has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £420,800, which is up 0.5% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £260,003 (down -0.3% on last year) , a terraced house £218,818 (down -0.5% on last year) and a flat £138,546. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £638 per month. Property prices in Whetstone are similar to the average property prices across Leicestershire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Whetstone, prices have decreased, while prices increased across the Leicestershire region.
Property data is based on Blaby level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Whetstone, or click here to browse the longer list of Whetstone property transactions from 2023.
Whetstone has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Greenfield Primary School, which was was rated as outstanding in 2015. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Badgerbrook Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (9/16/2011) | 22 submissions 87.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Leicester |
Greenfield Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (6/11/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Leicester | |
Countesthorpe Academy Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (7/6/2022) | 156 submissions 88.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Countesthorpe |
School | Type |
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Badgerbrook Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (9/16/2011) 22 submissions 87.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Greenfield Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/11/2014) |
Countesthorpe Academy Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (7/6/2022) 156 submissions 88.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Station | Distance from Whetstone | Commute options |
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Narborough A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -3% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- Birmingham New Street (48 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 92 mins - Avanti West Coast - £1102 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 103 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Cambridge (130 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 132 mins - Hull Trains - £1102 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 139 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 141 mins - East Midlands Railway) View details - York (1 change(s) - 149 mins - Grand Central) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 160 mins - CrossCountry) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 162 mins - Thameslink - £1102 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 177 mins - Thameslink - £1102 monthly fare) View details |
Leicester A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -4% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- Birmingham New Street (55 mins - CrossCountry) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 88 mins - Thameslink - £1102 monthly fare) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 95 mins - Avanti West Coast - £1102 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 102 mins - Thameslink - £1102 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 106 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Cambridge (117 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (118 mins - East Midlands Railway) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 117 mins - Thameslink - £1102 monthly fare) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 120 mins - Hull Trains - £1102 monthly fare) View details - York (1 change(s) - 124 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Wimbledon (1 change(s) - 130 mins - Thameslink - £1102 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 142 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 163 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 174 mins - Thameslink) View details |
Syston A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +3% from the previous year. | 12 miles |
- Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 72 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 136 mins - East Midlands Railway) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 137 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (1 change(s) - 149 mins - Grand Central) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 174 mins - East Midlands Railway) View details |
Rugby A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Birmingham New Street (37 mins - Avanti West Coast - £119 monthly fare) View details - Euston (77 mins - Avanti West Coast - £828 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (89 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 98 mins - CrossCountry) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 125 mins - Southern - £828 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 126 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 158 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 161 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 167 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (1 change(s) - 173 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Blaby) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Blaby residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 86.2% | 81.7% |
Asian | 8.3% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 2.7% | 2.9% |
Black | 1.5% | 4.0% |
Other | 1.3% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the South Leicestershire consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 13.4% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 11.3% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 13.8% | 192 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 22.2% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.9% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 10.6% | |
Routine occupations | 12.2% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 5.5% | 490 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 5.0% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Leicestershire is fast (74mbps). Whetstone is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 77.8mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Whetstone level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 77.8 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 95.0% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.2% |
Crime stats were found at the Blaby level:
Type | Blaby | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 66 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 4 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 7 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 24 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Whetstone.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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East Midlands | River Soar | River Soar in Leicestershire including tributaries from Sharnford to the River Wreake confluence at Syston |
East Midlands | River Sence | River Sence and tributaries from Billesdon to the River Soar at Glen Parva |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Whetstone, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 13.8% residents in higher managerial positions 5.5% residents long-term unemployed |
King's Norton, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 15.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Market Harborough, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 15.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Little Stretton, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 15.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Oadby, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £266,558 Detached: £457,788 | 70 | Primary: 18Secondary: 10 | 15.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Wymeswold, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,011 Detached: £437,208 | 80 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 12.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Rothley, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,011 Detached: £437,208 | 80 | Primary: 3Secondary: | 14.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £278,202 Detached: £430,166 | 74 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 | 15.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Countesthorpe, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 3Secondary: 2 | 13.8% residents in higher managerial positions 5.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Blaby, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 11Secondary: 3 | 13.8% residents in higher managerial positions 5.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Aylestone, Leicestershire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £267,007 Detached: £419,001 | 136 | Primary: 18Secondary: 5 | 8.2% residents in higher managerial positions 12.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Evington, Leicestershire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £267,007 Detached: £419,001 | 136 | Primary: 22Secondary: 9 | 5.8% residents in higher managerial positions 15.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £252,144 Detached: £413,965 | 79 | Primary: 3Secondary: 3 | 13.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Whetstone, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
King's Norton, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Market Harborough, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
Little Stretton, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Oadby, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £266,558 Detached: £457,788 | 70 | Primary: 18Secondary: 10 |
Wymeswold, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,011 Detached: £437,208 | 80 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Rothley, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,011 Detached: £437,208 | 80 | Primary: 3Secondary: |
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £278,202 Detached: £430,166 | 74 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 |
Countesthorpe, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 3Secondary: 2 |
Blaby, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 11Secondary: 3 |
Aylestone, Leicestershire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £267,007 Detached: £419,001 | 136 | Primary: 18Secondary: 5 |
Evington, Leicestershire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £267,007 Detached: £419,001 | 136 | Primary: 22Secondary: 9 |
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £252,144 Detached: £413,965 | 79 | Primary: 3Secondary: 3 |
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