Birstall

17°CFog

• Today: 23° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:24

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

239 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences97
• Anti-social behaviour34
• Public order25
• Criminal damage & arson23

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Belgrave · Leicestershire

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

194 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 236 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 401 rated 4–5 ★ (341 top)
• 29 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Leicester North (1.1 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£276,865 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £677
• 2 bed £845
• 3 bed £1,027

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

66 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Sainsbury's Leicester North (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches49
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds23

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 244 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

64inspected 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 homes163
• GP practices107
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

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

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

214 applications decided

87.9% granted · 188 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

109 jobs advertised · £26,865 avg

e.g. Online Marketing Tutor - Part Time, Become a French Tutor in Birstall (Leicestershire) – Flexible & Remote, Online University admission test preparation Tutoring Job in Birstall – Flexible Schedule

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

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leicester East:

• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities307 local signatures · 16,437 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s265 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership137 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials136 local signatures · 9,621 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office126 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Rushey Mead Academy · 0.6 km

  Rushey Mead Academy, previously known as Rushey Mead School, is a mixed secondary school located in Leicester, Leicestershire, England for students aged 11 to 16. It is part of The Mead Educational Trust which also in…

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  Birstall, Leicestershire · 0.8 km

  Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is three miles north of Leicester city centre and is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area.

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  Church of St James the Great, Birstall · 0.8 km

  The Church of St James the Great is a church in Birstall, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Rushey Mead · 0.9 km

  Rushey Mead is an area, suburb, electoral ward, and administrative division of the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. It comprises the northern Leicester suburb of Rushey Mead in i…

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  Red Hill filling station · 0.9 km

  The Red Hill filling station on the west of the A6, Loughborough Road, approximately 300 metres (980 ft) north of Red Hill Circle in Birstall near Leicester, became a Grade II listed building in 2012.

• Soar Valley College · 1.0 km

  Soar Valley College is an 11–16 coeducational secondary school located in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)