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Coalville

Coalville is a town in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 37,661. It has around 2 pharmacies and 35 restaurants and cafés, 34 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is not given. The average sold house price is around £262,670, and there were around 149 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 Coalville 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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 48% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:31

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)

  • 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

139 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences45
  • Public order23
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Other theft14

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Coalville Town · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • You Said: You have raised concerns relating to road safety, specifically surrounding our local primary schools. This includes driving at…
  • Retail Crime – Belvoir Shopping centre and Whitwick Retail Park. You Said: We are aware that local businesses are being subject to theft…

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

222 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 182 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Loughborough (13.4 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: 169.9p · Asda (2.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (2.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Margaret St Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches16
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds19

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
  • 12 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

Amanda Hack

Labour

North West Leicestershire

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

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

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés38

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

454 jobs advertised · £37,299 avg

e.g. FLT Reach Truck - Weekly Rotating Shift, HGV Class 2 Driver, Contract Electrical Maintenance Engineer

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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Wind 22% · Biomass 19% · Imports 2%

242 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

12 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in LE67

  • Ibstock & Barlestone Surgeries
  • Markfield Medical Centre
  • Whitwick Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Leicestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Coalville · 0.2 km

    Coalville is a town in the North West Leicestershire district in the county of Leicestershire, England. The town is situated on the A511 between Leicester and Burton upon Trent.

  • Coalville Town railway station · 0.2 km

    Coalville Town was a railway station at Coalville in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. Passenger business was carried out at the "Railway Hotel" when the line opened in 1833 until the first Co…

  • The Emporium, Leicestershire · 0.3 km

    The Emporium is a club located in Coalville, Leicestershire established under that name in 1995.

  • North West Leicestershire · 0.6 km

    North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. The towns in the district include of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Castle Donington, Coalville and Ibstock. Notable villages in the district in…

  • The Newbridge School · 0.7 km

    The Newbridge School is a coeducational secondary school located in Coalville in the English county of Leicestershire.

  • Snibston Colliery Ground · 0.7 km

    Snibston Colliery Ground was a cricket ground in Coalville, Leicestershire. The land for the cricket ground was originally set aside for the miners at Snibston Colliery. Snibston Colliery was used as an outground by L…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Coalville?
Coalville is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the North West Leicestershire local authority.
What is the population of Coalville?
Coalville has an approximate settlement population of 37,661.
How deprived is Coalville?
The North West Leicestershire local authority, which includes Coalville, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.