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Barwell

Barwell is a town or village in Leicestershire, England, with 43 bus stops, the nearest railway station at Hinckley, 4.3 km away, and around 1 restaurant and café. There were around 62 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 Barwell area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hinckley and Bosworth area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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
71/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

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

Low crime66
Home affordability73
Affordable rents76
Good schools81
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation73
Employment78
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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 11° · 63% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

78 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences29
  • Anti-social behaviour15
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Public order7

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Earl Shilton and Barwell · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • Motorcross bikes are being used in an anti-social manner around the areas of Mill Lane and the Quarry
  • E-scooters are being used to cause anti-social behaviour in Earl Shilton, by riding on the pedestrian footpaths

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

Road safety

123 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

158 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 129 rated 4–5 ★ (105 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hinckley (4.3 km)
  • 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hinckley (4.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£261,584 average 2.9% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-06

Detached£385,858
Semi-detached£254,109
Terraced£202,439
Flat£118,634

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£933 average monthly rent 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £638
  • 2 bed £843
  • 3 bed £1,028

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (6 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council-Stanley Street (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches40
  • Playgrounds8

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 232 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

57 schools · 19,387 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 14 other

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

46inspected 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 homes163
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists135
  • Homecare agencies172
  • Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

134 applications decided

85.8% granted · 115 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative

Hinckley and Bosworth

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools5
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

23 jobs advertised · £21,950 avg

e.g. Become a Drawing Tutor in Barwell – Flexible & Remote, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Barwell – Flexible Schedule, Car Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£729 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 33% · Gas 18% · Imports 4%

110 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81 yrs 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

7 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LE9

  • The Old School Surgery
  • Newbold Verdon Med.Pract.
  • Barwell & Hollycroft Medical Centres

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hinckley and Bosworth:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Barwell · 0.2 km

    Barwell is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents in 2001, increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census. The name "Barwell" literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" a…

  • Kirkby Road · 0.4 km

    Kirkby Road is a cricket ground in Barwell, Leicestershire. Cricket in Barwell dates to 1807, with cricket being played at Kirkby Road since at least 1913. First-class cricket has been played there three times in 1946…

  • Hinckley A.F.C. · 0.4 km

    Hinckley Association Football Club is a football club, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, who play home games at Barwell F.C.'s Kirkby Road. The club was formed in January 2014 when fans of the dissolved Hinckley United f…

  • Barwell F.C. · 0.4 km

    Barwell Football Club is a football club based in Barwell, near Hinckley in Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and play at Kirkby Road.

  • NKF Burbage F.C. · 0.4 km

    NKF Burbage Football Club was a football club based in Burbage, Leicestershire, England. The club was affiliated to the Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association.

  • St Mary's Church, Barwell · 0.6 km

    St Mary's Church is a church in Barwell, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Barwell?
Barwell is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Hinckley and Bosworth local authority.
How deprived is Barwell?
The Hinckley and Bosworth local authority, which includes Barwell, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.