[1] It lies north of the A47 road east of Leicester, and runs directly into the built up area of Thurnby and Bushby to the south.

For local government the village forms part of the district of Harborough, and constitutes a civil parish.

Services through, to or from Scraptoft were run by Ernest Jordan of Halstead near Tilton-on-the-Hill in the early years of the 20th century.

The 'BMMO' ran a service for many years through to Hungarton numbered originally 599, later renumbered to 598 (1968), 649 (1978) and finally 149 (1980) and for a period (1957-1964) was extended on to Twyford and John 'O Gaunt Station as an X64.

Since the 1980s a variety of infrequent services from the Rutland area to Leicester have passed through Scraptoft operated by Blands of Cottesmore, Nesbit Bros., Paul James Coaches, Skinners of Saltby, Kinchbus, Barton Transport, Abu & Sons, Arriva Fox County and Mark Bland Travel and these continued in some form until spring 2006.

Moving into the 21st century from the spring of 2006 the 'Rural Rider' bus service network covered Scraptoft and much of the sparsely populated East Leicestershire area.

Currently in 2024 the only bus services provided in the east of the county are Arriva Midlands 55/56 Leicester-Scraptoft-Thurnby circulars (currently provided commercially), Centrebus 100 Syston-Barkby-Beeby-Barsby-Twyford-Somerby-Melton Mowbray and Centrebus 747 Leicester-Thurnby-Bushby-Houghton-Billesdon-Belton-Uppingham (both 100 & 747 are County Council subsidised, and subject to regular review and threat of withdrawal).

Over the years, with safety improvements due to increased traffic, the area has altered to become little more than a road junction.

About a mile to the north-east of the village, on the road to Keyham, is the newly established 'Scraptoft natural burial ground'.

[4] The Hall and its grounds were for many years used as a campus of De Montfort University and its predecessors, but this facility was closed in 2003.