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Langar

Langar is a village in Leicestershire, England. It has around 1 restaurant or café and the nearest railway station is Aslockton, 7.3 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage and arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Langar area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Melton area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 51,752 residents at roughly 108 people per km².

Council
Melton
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Rutland and Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 53rd of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Low crime71
Home affordability54
Affordable rents79
Good schools31
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation78
Employment62
Low council tax53

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

19°CSunny

  • Today: 25° / 15° · 11% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:24

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

66 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 99 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Aslockton (5.6 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aslockton (5.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£283,892 average 2.2% YoY

Across Melton · to 2026-06

Detached£395,993
Semi-detached£246,231
Terraced£199,130
Flat£117,331

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£796 average monthly rent 6.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £550
  • 2 bed £723
  • 3 bed £888

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

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: The Bingham Townhouse Hotel (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

51,752 residents in Melton · 108/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 248 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 25,100)

A £1,620
B £1,890
C £2,160
D £2,430
E £2,970
F £3,510
G £4,049
H £4,859

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

Schools

32 schools · 7,475 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 10 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

29inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • John Ferneley CollegeRequires improvement
  • Long Field Spencer Academy
  • The Priory Belvoir Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Melton

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

89 applications decided

86.5% granted · 77 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

James Naish

Labour

Rushcliffe

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Independent coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 11
  • LD 1
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,880 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £32,718 avg

e.g. Harvesting Territory Sales Manager - Ireland, HGV Refuse Driver, Trainee Technical Instructor

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£650 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,529 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 25,486 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Biomass 20% · Wind 16% · Solar 5%

241 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rushcliffe:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Langar, Nottinghamshire · 0.2 km

    Langar is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, about four miles south of Bingham, in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The civil parish of Langar cum Barnstone had a population of 980 at the 2011 Census…

  • St Andrew's Church, Langar · 0.3 km

    St Andrew's Church, Langar-cum-Barnstone, is a parish church in the Church of England in Langar, Nottinghamshire. It is Grade I listed as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

  • Langar Hall · 0.3 km

    Langar Hall is a Grade II listed house, now a hotel, next to the church in Langar, Nottinghamshire.

  • Langar cum Barnstone · 0.9 km

    Langar cum Barnstone is a civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough, within the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The overall area had a population of 962 at the 2021 census, a drop from 980 of the 2011 census. The par…

  • Barnstone · 1.5 km

    Barnstone is an English village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, forming part of Langar cum Barnstone parish. It lies on the border with Leicestershire. The nearest retail stores, schools and railway stat…

  • St Mary's Church, Barnstone · 1.6 km

    St Mary's Church, Barnstone is a parish church in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham of the Church of England, situated in Barnstone, Nottinghamshire. It was completed as a chapel of ease for St Andrew's Church,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Langar?
Langar is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Melton local authority.
How deprived is Langar?
The Melton local authority, which includes Langar, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.