Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe

22°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 15° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:27

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

66 reported · July 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Other theft8
• Criminal damage & arson7

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Leicester Forest East, Kirby Muxloe and Glenfield · Leicestershire

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

119 reported road collisions (2024)

30 killed or seriously injured · 164 casualties · 11.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

197 food businesses within 2 miles

• 164 rated 4–5 ★ (149 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Narborough (6.0 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,918 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Blaby · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£994 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £709
• 2 bed £909
• 3 bed £1,078

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

70 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Leicester Forest East Welcome Break M1 (S) Services (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

102,924 residents in Blaby · 789/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 281 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,490 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (35% of 44,770)

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

33 schools · 12,126 pupils

27 primary · 3 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 13 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Blaby

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

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

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

103 applications decided

94.2% granted · 97 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative

Mid Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 5
• Con 18
• LD 8
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 2

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,274 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,676 certificates

8.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Biomass 27% · Solar 7% · Imports 4%

260 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Leicestershire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office352 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership343 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s286 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills281 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test266 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Leicester Forest East · 0.3 km

  Leicester Forest East (LFE) is a large suburban village in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester, straddling the M1 motorway. It is part of the Blaby district.

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  Kirby Muxloe railway station · 0.7 km

  Kirby Muxloe railway station was a station on the Midland Railway line between Leicester and Desford that bypassed part of the Leicester and Swannington Railway in Leicestershire, England.

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  Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club Ground · 1.0 km

  Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1952, when the Leicestershire Second XI played the Nottinghamshire Second XI. In…

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  Leicester Forest East services · 1.2 km

  Leicester Forest East services is a motorway service station situated between junctions 21 and 21A of the M1 motorway, near Leicester, England.

• Leicester Forest · 1.3 km

  Leicester Forest was a royal forest that existed to the west of Leicester, England.

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  Kirby Muxloe Castle · 1.4 km

  Kirby Muxloe Castle, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England. William, Lord Hastings, began work on the castle in 1480, founding it on the s…

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