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Rutland

Rutland is a village in Rutland, England. It has around 1 restaurant or café and the nearest railway station is Oakham, 6.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 3 recorded street crimes, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. Covers 26 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Rutland is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 41,048 residents at roughly 108 people per km².

75/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 3rd of 294 English council areas — better than 99% of them.

Low crime98
Home affordability43
Affordable rents71
Life expectancy92
Low deprivation92
Employment98
Low council tax1

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 85% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 50% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:27

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

43 reported road collisions (2025)

15 killed or seriously injured · 58 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 14 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Oakham (6.5 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Oakham (6.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£307,406 average▼ 2.7% YoY

Across Rutland · to 2026-08

Detached£441,804
Semi-detached£287,239
Terraced£236,815
Flat£133,333

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£961 average monthly rent▲ 1.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £676
  • 2 bed £839
  • 3 bed £993

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

Affordability

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

624 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

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Hambleton Hall (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

41,048 residents in Rutland · 108/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK2,935
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK2,681
  • Net moves+254

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 272 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,738 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 18,140)

A £1,825
B £2,129
C £2,433
D £2,738
E £3,346
F £3,954
G £4,563
H £5,475

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

Schools

27 schools · 7,772 pupils

17 primary · 3 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 6 of 6 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Catmose CollegeOutstanding
  • Casterton College RutlandGood
  • Uppingham Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rutland

Care & health services

47 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes11
  • GP practices6
  • Dentists12
  • Homecare agencies14
  • Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rutland

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

126 applications decided

84.9% granted · 107 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 2
  • Con 7
  • LD 10
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

271 jobs advertised · £36,082 avg

e.g. Generalist Tutor, Sessional Functional Skills Tutor, Plumber ref 465894

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£776 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,310 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 18,463 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.8 women · 65 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hambleton Peninsula · 0.4 km

    The Hambleton Peninsula lies within the reservoir Rutland Water, in Rutland, England. When the Gwash Valley was dammed in 1975, the area surrounding what was then a ridge was submerged, including a small number of pro…

  • List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland · 0.7 km

    Rutland is a landlocked ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. In 1974 it was merged to be part of the administrative county of Leicestershire, but in 1997 it was separated to become a unitary local author…

  • Edith Weston Priory · 1.5 km

    Edith Weston Priory was a small alien house of Benedictine monks in Edith Weston, Rutland. The French parent house of Abbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville was founded by Ralf de Tanquerville, chamberlain to William th…

  • St Matthew's Church, Normanton · 1.5 km

    St Matthew's Church is a de-consecrated church in Normanton, Rutland. It is now on the shore of Rutland Water. The building is Grade II listed.

  • Normanton Hall · 1.7 km

    Normanton Hall was a large, now demolished, country house at Normanton in Rutland.

  • Edith Weston · 1.7 km

    Edith Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 1,042 at the 2001 census, including Normanton and increasing to 1,359 at the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)