Anstey

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 6° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:29

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

76 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Public order9
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Criminal damage & arson8

Neighbourhood team: Anstey · Leicestershire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

163 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

199 food businesses within 2 miles

• 175 rated 4–5 ★ (160 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rothley (3.8 km)
• 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,351 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£960 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £679
• 2 bed £847
• 3 bed £1,029

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

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,332 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

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (6.2 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: The Nook, Leicester 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

183,971 residents in Charnwood · 659/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,429
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,548
• Net moves+881

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 232 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 79,560)

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

80 schools · 27,415 pupils

49 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Charnwood

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

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

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

258 applications decided

93.8% granted · 242 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative

Mid Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 23
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools5
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £16,120 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver / Moped, Bike Delivery Rider, Car Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

£761 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,535 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,396 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 26% · Biomass 20% · Solar 7%

199 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

8 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LE7

• The Billesdon Surgery
• The Anstey Surgery
• The County Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Leicestershire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills281 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND227 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases181 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks147 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

• The Martin High School, Anstey · 0.3 km

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  St Mary's Church, Anstey · 0.4 km

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  Anstey, Leicestershire · 0.6 km

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  Anstey Nomads F.C. · 0.6 km

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  Cropston · 1.7 km

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  Beaumont Shopping Centre · 1.8 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)