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North West Leicestershire

North West Leicestershire is a town or village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 100,000. It has 6 bus stops. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Burglary. Covers 31 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, North West Leicestershire is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 104,704 residents at roughly 375 people per km².

60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 78th of 294 English council areas — better than 73% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability52
Affordable rents61
Good schools66
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation65
Employment90
Low council tax56

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

7°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:28

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

121 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 148 casualties · 11.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

46 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 34 rated 4–5 ★ (30 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£282,397 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-08

Detached£388,218
Semi-detached£245,101
Terraced£196,227
Flat£137,061

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£914 average monthly rent▲ 9.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £634
  • 2 bed £819
  • 3 bed £992

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,708 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (8.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: EG GROUP ASHBY 1 (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Population

104,704 residents in North West Leicestershire · 375/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,001
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,622
  • Net moves+1,379

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 194 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,418 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 49,150)

A £1,612
B £1,881
C £2,150
D £2,418
E £2,956
F £3,493
G £4,030
H £4,836

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

55 schools · 14,327 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

53 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ashby SchoolGood
  • The Castle Rock SchoolRequires improvement
  • Castle Donington College
  • Ibstock School
  • Ivanhoe School
  • The Newbridge School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North West Leicestershire

Care & health services

633 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes165
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists134
  • Homecare agencies172
  • Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

139 applications decided

93.5% granted · 130 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 17
  • Con 11
  • LD 5
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,194 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,300 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.1
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Leicestershire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Coleorton Wood · 0.6 km

    Coleorton Wood is a woodland in the village of Coleorton, near Coalville in northwest Leicestershire, England. It is a six-hectare (15-acre) mixed woodland that was planted during the early days of the National Forest…

  • Coleorton Hall · 1.0 km

    Coleorton Hall is a 19th-century country mansion, formerly the seat of the Beaumont baronets of Stoughton Grange. Situated at Coleorton, Leicestershire, it is a Grade II* listed building now converted into residential…

  • Alton, Leicestershire · 1.4 km

    Alton is a deserted medieval village between Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in North West Leicestershire, England.

  • Ashby de la Zouch Rural District · 1.4 km

    Ashby de la Zouch Rural District was a rural district in England, near Ashby de la Zouch. It was formed in 1894 along with most other rural districts. In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, to f…

  • Coleorton · 1.5 km

    Coleorton is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It is situated on the A512 road approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Ashby de la Zouch. Nearby villages include Newbold, to the north, T…

  • North West Leicestershire (constituency) · 1.5 km

    North West Leicestershire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Amanda Hack of the Labour Party. It had previously been held by Andrew Bridgen since 2010, as a Conser…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)