Crap Towns / Leicester / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Leicester?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Leicester couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 29 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 29 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 386 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 161,138 | 97.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Blaby and Whetstone | 7.3 km | 1.3 |
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 5.6 km | 0.5 |
| Enderby and Narborough | 6.8 km | 0.3 |
| Leicester | – | 0.2 |
| Oadby | 5.6 km | 0.2 |
| Groby | 6.7 km | 0.2 |
| Birstall | 5.6 km | 0.2 |
| Wigston | 5.5 km | 0.2 |
| Thurmaston | 5.9 km | 0.2 |
| Syston | 8.5 km | 0.1 |
| Anstey | 5.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |