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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 (IoD2025). 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
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 64th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime71
Home affordability54
Affordable rents78
Good schools30
Life expectancy84
Low deprivation67
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

8°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 54% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:27

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026

  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Cotgrave & Wiverton · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Priorities: 1 - Burglary 2 - E-bikes and scooters 3 - Rural theft Priority Period: October to December 2026 How priorities are chosen: Th…

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

Road safety

67 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 90 casualties · 12.9 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

No active flood warnings nearby.

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

£286,469 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Melton · to 2026-08

Detached£397,362
Semi-detached£248,889
Terraced£202,669
Flat£119,723

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£806 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £557
  • 2 bed £731
  • 3 bed £899

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

852 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

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,559
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK2,624
  • Net moves+935

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 198 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

33 schools · 7,475 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 5 other

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

29 inspected 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 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

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

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

Planning decisions

87 applications decided

79.3% granted · 69 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

James Naish

Labour

Rushcliffe

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
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

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

2,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £32,343 avg

e.g. Student Placement - Sales and Marketing, Student Placement - Turf & Precision Guidance, Warehouse Operative

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 39% · Wind 26% · Gas 21% · Imports 8%

128 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in NG13

  • The Welby Practice
  • East Bridgford Med Centre
  • Hmp Whatton

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rushcliffe:

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

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 IoD2025.