Ibstock

19°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

42 reported · July 2026

• Shoplifting16
• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Public order4

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Bardon Hill · Leicestershire

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

120 reported road collisions (2024)

49 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

74 food businesses within 2 miles

• 58 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shackerstone (4.3 km)
• 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£282,239 average▲ 6.5% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£910 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £631
• 2 bed £816
• 3 bed £987

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Morrisons (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (8.1 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: High Street Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

104,704 residents in North West Leicestershire · 375/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 216 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,418 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 49,150)

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

55 schools · 14,327 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North West Leicestershire

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

• In a conservation area (Ibstock)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

134 applications decided

94% granted · 126 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Amanda Hack

Labour

North West Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 17
• Con 11
• LD 5
• Ref 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £29,977 avg

e.g. Become a Spanish Tutor in Ibstock – Flexible & Remote, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Ibstock – Flexible Schedule, Gym Instructor

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 54% · Solar 16% · Gas 14% · Biomass 13%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Leicestershire:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 1,163 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills505 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership463 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office433 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s326 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Ibstock · 0.2 km

  Ibstock is a former coal mining village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 5,760 at the 2001 census increasing to 6,201 at the 2011 census and 7,615 at the 2…

• Ibstock School · 0.4 km

  Ibstock School is a coeducational secondary school located in Ibstock in the English county of Leicestershire.

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  Ibstock United F.C. · 0.8 km

  Ibstock United Football Club was a football club based in the village of Ibstock, near Coalville in Leicestershire, England. They played at the Welfare Ground.

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  Sence Valley Forest Park · 1.3 km

  Sence Valley Forest Park is located between Ibstock and Heather in North West Leicestershire, and within the National Forest, England.

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  Heather and Ibstock railway station · 1.3 km

  Heather and Ibstock railway station was a railway station on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It once served both the village of Heather and the town of Ibstock. It was originally named Heather, but with the indu…

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  Heather, Leicestershire · 1.8 km

  Heather is a village west of Ibstock in North West Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish was 949 at the 2001 census reducing to 920 at the 2011 census. In the Domesday Book of 1086, its name is r…

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