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Appleby Magna

Appleby Magna is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 962. There is around 1 restaurant and café, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Waterside Station, 5.7 km away. In June 2026, there were around 10 recorded street crimes, most commonly vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Appleby Magna area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North West Leicestershire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 104,704 residents at roughly 375 people per km².

Council
North West Leicestershire
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire
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

9°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 14° / 7° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:38

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

68US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, 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

8 reported · August 2026▲ 300% YoY

  • Vehicle crime3
  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Other theft1
  • Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Forest · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • You said: You have raised concerns relating to road safety, specifically surrounding our local primary schools. This includes driving at…
  • ASB and drug use around Wilkes Avenue and Millennium Gardens. You said: You have reported drug related ASB, within the location and in th…

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

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

35 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 30 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Waterside Station (6.3 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Polesworth (8.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

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 (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Peggs Close Car Park (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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
  • 28 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

Your MP

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative

Hinckley and Bosworth

Recent votes:

  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32

Source: UK Parliament

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
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £35,048 avg

e.g. Class 2 Refuse Driver, Class 2 Driver

Source: Adzuna

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

Grid electricity

34% low-carbon electricity

Gas 64% · Biomass 28% · Imports 3% · Nuclear 3%

284 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in DE12

  • Measham Medical Unit

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hinckley and Bosworth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Appleby Magna · 0.3 km

    Appleby Magna is a village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It includes the small hamlets of Appleby Parva and Little Wigston.

  • St Michael and All Angels' Church, Appleby Magna · 0.4 km

    St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Appleby Magna is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire.

  • Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School · 0.4 km

    Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School, previously known as Appleby Grammar School, is a junior school situated in the village of Appleby Magna, in Leicestershire, England. The school was constructed between…

  • Appleby Hall · 0.7 km

    Appleby Hall was a manor house or stately home built in the small hamlet of Appleby Parva, on the outskirts of Appleby Magna.

  • Appleby Parva · 1.0 km

    Appleby Parva, or Little Appleby, part of the parish of Appleby Magna in Leicestershire, is a hamlet about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Appleby church. It straddles the A444, south of the crossroads of the highways f…

  • Snarestone railway station · 2.4 km

    Snarestone railway station is a disused railway station that formerly served the village of Snarestone, North West Leicestershire from 1873 to 1931. The station was on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. The station…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Appleby Magna?
Appleby Magna is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the North West Leicestershire local authority.
What is the population of Appleby Magna?
Appleby Magna has an approximate settlement population of 962.
How deprived is Appleby Magna?
The North West Leicestershire local authority, which includes Appleby Magna, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.