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Ellistown

Ellistown is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 2,800. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Shackerstone, 7.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 10 recorded street crimes, 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 Ellistown 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

10°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:33

9h 30m 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

24 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences12
  • Shoplifting6
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Bardon Hill · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • Roads around schools at drop off and pick up times experiencing dangerous and inconsiderate parking
  • Vehicles travelling at an excessive speed on Grange Road in Hugglescote, Leicester Road in Whitwick, Thornborough Road in Whitwick and Lo…

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

119 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 92 rated 4–5 ★ (75 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Shackerstone (6.7 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Loughborough (14.8 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 (0.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (0.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: High Street Car Park (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches9
  • 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)

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
  • 1 listed building 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

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

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,100 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £43,401 avg

e.g. Engineering Shift Manager, Maintenance Assistant, Shift Manager

Source: Adzuna

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 33% · Biomass 20% · Solar 2%

189 gCO₂/kWh · 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

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

  • Ellistown · 0.6 km

    Ellistown is a village about 2 miles (3 km) south of Coalville in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. It is named after Colonel Joseph Joel Ellis who died in 1885. The village is in the…

  • Ellistown F.C. · 0.7 km

    Ellistown Football Club is a football club based in the village of Ellistown, near Coalville in Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Division One and play at Terrace…

  • Ellistown and Battleflat · 0.8 km

    Ellistown and Battleflat is a civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, just south of the town of Coalville. Most of the parish's population lives in the village of Ellistown in the western part of the paris…

  • Hugglescote railway station · 1.3 km

    Hugglescote railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the large village of Hugglescote where it joined the Leicester - Burton line and Charnwood Forest Rail…

  • Hugglescote and Donington le Heath · 1.9 km

    Hugglescote and Donington le Heath is a civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It includes the villages of Hugglescote and Donington le Heath, each of which is about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of…

  • Hugglescote · 1.9 km

    Hugglescote is a village on the River Sence in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Coalville, and its built-up area is now contiguous with the town.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ellistown?
Ellistown is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Hinckley and Bosworth local authority.
How deprived is Ellistown?
The Hinckley and Bosworth local authority, which includes Ellistown, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.