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Lutterworth

Lutterworth is a town in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 9,907. There are around 24 restaurants and cafés, 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, and 1 supermarket, along with 27 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £392,667, and there were around 63 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lutterworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Harborough area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 97,626 residents at roughly 165 people per km².

Council
Harborough
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
South Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 38th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability25
Affordable rents48
Good schools15
Life expectancy84
Low deprivation95
Employment98
Low council tax62

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

6°CClear

  • Today: 10° / 5° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:28

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

54 reported · August 2026▼ 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Other theft6

Neighbourhood team: Lutterworth · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour You told us that you were concerned about Anti social behaviour within our community. examples of this could be dru…
  • Vehicle Crime You have told us that vehicle crime causes you concern. This can include things like theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehic…

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

Road safety

111 reported road collisions (2025)

56 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

92 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 84 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rugby (9.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£341,706 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Harborough · to 2026-08

Detached£469,722
Semi-detached£298,618
Terraced£249,333
Flat£158,083

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£973 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £713
  • 2 bed £911
  • 3 bed £1,117

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

Affordability

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,596 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (10.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (10.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC Bitteswell Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches14
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

97,626 residents in Harborough · 165/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,339
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,256
  • Net moves+2,083

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 283 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,390 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 44,900)

A £1,593
B £1,859
C £2,124
D £2,390
E £2,921
F £3,452
G £3,983
H £4,780

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

Schools

50 schools · 15,634 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Kibworth Mead AcademyGood
  • Lutterworth High SchoolGood
  • Lutterworth College
  • The Robert Smyth Academy
  • Thomas Estley Community College
  • Welland Park Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harborough

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 (Lutterworth)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 67 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

192 applications decided

90.1% granted · 173 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Alberto Costa

Conservative

South Leicestershire

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 2
  • Con 15
  • LD 7
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

452 jobs advertised · £35,130 avg

e.g. HGV class 1 driver, Class 1 Driver, HGV Class 1 Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£857 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,293 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,939 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Biomass 32% · Gas 20% · Imports 4%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LE17

  • The Wycliffe Medical Practice
  • Husbands Bosworth Medical Centre
  • The Masharani Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Leicestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Mary's Church, Lutterworth · 0.1 km

    St Mary's Church is the ancient parish church of the town of Lutterworth, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building and is a member of the Major Churches Network

  • Lutterworth · 0.2 km

    Lutterworth is a historic market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, close to the borders with Warwickshire and Northamptonshire…

  • Lutterworth Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Lutterworth Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England. The structure, which operates as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Sir Frank Whittle Studio School · 0.4 km

    The Sir Frank Whittle Studio School was a 14–19 Studio School, part of The Lutterworth Academies Trust. It was situated alongside Lutterworth College in the rural market town of Lutterworth, South Leicestershire.

  • Lutterworth railway station · 0.5 km

    Lutterworth was a railway station that served the Leicestershire market town of Lutterworth, in England. It was on the Great Central Railway, the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London.

  • Lutterworth High School · 0.6 km

    Lutterworth High School is a coeducational academy school in the market town of Lutterworth, Leicestershire. It has an age range of 11–16. The school achieved an Ofsted rating of "Outstanding" in 2012, and later achie…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lutterworth?
Lutterworth is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Harborough local authority.
What is the population of Lutterworth?
Lutterworth has an approximate settlement population of 9,907.
How deprived is Lutterworth?
The Harborough local authority, which includes Lutterworth, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.