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Griffydam

Griffydam is a town or village in Leicestershire, England, with 12 bus stops. There were around 6 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 Griffydam 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° / 6° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:31

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US 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

2 reported · August 2026▼ 75% YoY

  • Burglary1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Valley · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • To promote the Share the Road campaign in Belton, to ensure our rural road network is used safely and responsibly by all road users.
  • To address concerns regarding HGV’s breaching the weight restriction within Kegworth

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

39 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 28 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Loughborough (13.2 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: 169.7p · Asda (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: The Green (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds3

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
  • 7 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

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

  • Schools3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

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

  • Griffydam · 0.6 km

    Griffydam is a hamlet within the parish of Worthington, Leicestershire.

  • Gelsmoor · 0.9 km

    Gelsmoor is a hamlet within the parish of Worthington in the English county of Leicestershire.

  • Newbold Coleorton · 1.1 km

    Newbold otherwise Newbold Coleorton is a large hamlet in the parish of Worthington, Leicestershire, England. It is situated in the North West Leicestershire district, approximately midway between the town of Ashby-de-…

  • Peggs Green · 1.3 km

    Peggs Green is a hamlet within the parish of Coleorton, Leicestershire. For many years it had formed part of the civil parish of Thringstone, until this was dissolved in 1936.

  • Worthington, Leicestershire · 1.6 km

    Worthington is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the town of Coalville and a similar distance north-east of the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The pop…

  • Califat Coal Mine · 1.9 km

    The Califat Coal Mine began in 1852, when William Worswick signed a lease with Wyggeston Hospital, Leicester. The Coleorton No 2 Colliery was then sunk. It was named after the town of Calafat, now in Romania, then in…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Griffydam?
Griffydam is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the North West Leicestershire local authority.
How deprived is Griffydam?
The North West Leicestershire local authority, which includes Griffydam, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.