Crap Towns / Oadby / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Oadby?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Oadby couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.6% of premises, 5% higher than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 22 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,691 | 98.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Blaby and Whetstone | 7.3 km | 1.3 |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 8.4 km | 0.7 |
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 10.2 km | 0.5 |
| Countesthorpe | 7.2 km | 0.4 |
| Enderby and Narborough | 8.9 km | 0.3 |
| Leicester | 5.6 km | 0.2 |
| Oadby | – | 0.2 |
| Birstall | 9.7 km | 0.2 |
| Wigston | 3.1 km | 0.2 |
| Thurmaston | 8.7 km | 0.2 |
| Syston | 10.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |