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Barlestone

Barlestone is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 2,607. It has 16 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Market Bosworth, 4.2 km away. There were around 17 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Barlestone area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hinckley and Bosworth area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 113,640 residents at roughly 382 people per km².

Council
Hinckley and Bosworth
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
70/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 17th of 294 English council areas — better than 94% of them.

Low crime66
Home affordability73
Affordable rents77
Good schools81
Life expectancy58
Low deprivation74
Employment74
Low council tax64

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:32

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

23 reported · August 2026▲ 188% YoY

  • Shoplifting8
  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Bosworth, Ratby, Groby, Markfield and Stanton · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • Crimes of burglary from dwelling through the rural villages beat.
  • There has been an increase in e-scooters being used, predominantly in the areas of Groby, Ratby and Desford. This is causing alarm to res…

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

Road safety

104 reported road collisions (2025)

38 killed or seriously injured · 123 casualties · 9.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

46 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 44 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Market Bosworth (4.2 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hinckley (12.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£258,960 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-08

Detached£379,839
Semi-detached£251,713
Terraced£202,294
Flat£118,098

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£934 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £639
  • 2 bed £844
  • 3 bed £1,029

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

Affordability

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,701 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: 169.9p · Asda (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (5.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council-Rectory Lane (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

113,640 residents in Hinckley and Bosworth · 382/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,211
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,395
  • Net moves+1,816

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 218 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 52,830)

A £1,588
B £1,853
C £2,118
D £2,383
E £2,912
F £3,442
G £3,971
H £4,765

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

Schools

56 schools · 19,268 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • The Market Bosworth SchoolOutstanding
  • Bosworth AcademyGood
  • Redmoor AcademyGood
  • The Hinckley SchoolGood
  • Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
  • Hastings High School
  • Heath Lane Academy
  • Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy
  • South Charnwood High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hinckley and Bosworth

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
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

138 applications decided

95.7% granted · 132 granted, 6 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

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 9
  • LD 23
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Supermarkets1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,100 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£729 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,005 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 · 52,940 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Wind 20% · Biomass 19% · Imports 2%

247 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81 yrs men

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

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CV13

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

  • Barlestone · 0.2 km

    Barlestone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, adjoining the village of Osbaston. The UK census reported Barlestone's population as 2,471 in 2001, and 2,481…

  • Osbaston Hall · 1.1 km

    Osbaston Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house at Osbaston, Leicestershire. It is the home of the de Lisle family and a Grade II* listed building.

  • Osbaston, Leicestershire · 1.2 km

    Osbaston is a small village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. At the time of the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 266, which had fallen slightly to 255 at th…

  • Nailstone · 1.9 km

    Nailstone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, situated to the west of Leicester and 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Market Bosworth. According to the 2001 cen…

  • Newbold Verdon Hall · 2.3 km

    Newbold Verdon Hall was an 18th-century country house, later a farmhouse, in the village of Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

  • Belcher's Bar · 2.5 km

    Belcher's Bar is a hamlet in Leicestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Barlestone?
Barlestone is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Hinckley and Bosworth local authority.
What is the population of Barlestone?
Barlestone has an approximate settlement population of 2,607.
How deprived is Barlestone?
The Hinckley and Bosworth local authority, which includes Barlestone, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.