Hinckley

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• Today: 11° / 6° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:30

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

• 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

251 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences72
• Anti-social behaviour51
• Shoplifting43
• Criminal damage & arson25

22 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Hinckley Town Centre · Leicestershire

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

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)

337 food businesses within 2 miles

• 279 rated 4–5 ★ (238 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hinckley (0.5 km)
• 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£258,960 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (2.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (2.4 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Hinckley (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

113,640 residents in Hinckley and Bosworth · 382/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 218 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 52,830)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hinckley and Bosworth

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

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

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

138 applications decided

95.7% granted · 132 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative

Hinckley and Bosworth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 9
• LD 23
• Oth 1

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,100 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

490 jobs advertised · £38,301 avg

e.g. RAC Vehicle Technician - East Midlands, Freezer Warehouse Operative - Dordon, CNC Miller

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 25% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

231 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

9 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LE10

• Station View Health Centre
• Maples Family Med.Pract.
• The Burbage Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hinckley and Bosworth:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth433 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills274 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND221 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases175 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK159 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• Coventry Road · 0.2 km

  Coventry Road Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in Hinckley, Leicestershire. It was located along Coventry Road to the south, Trinity Lane to the east, with Trinity Vicarage Road to the north. Established in 1946, t…

• Hinckley Priory · 0.3 km

  Hinckley Priory was a small medieval monastic house in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire, England.

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  Hinckley · 0.3 km

  Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough, and…

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  St Mary's Church, Hinckley · 0.4 km

  St Mary's Parish Church is the oldest building in Hinckley, and is situated in central Hinckley. It is an Anglican Parish Church in the Diocese of Leicester and is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed…

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  Hinckley railway station · 0.5 km

  Hinckley railway station serves the town of Hinckley and village of Burbage in Leicestershire, England.

• Concordia Theatre · 0.5 km

  Concordia Theatre is a theatre located on Stockwell Head in Hinckley, England. It opened its doors on 28 November 1972, with the first production at the venue being a sold-out production of The Sound of Music.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)