Market Harborough

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 4° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:29

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 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

155 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences55
• Anti-social behaviour21
• Shoplifting21
• Criminal damage & arson18

4 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Harborough and the Bowdens · Leicestershire

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

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)

191 food businesses within 2 miles

• 168 rated 4–5 ★ (150 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Market Harborough (0.9 km)
• 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£341,706 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Harborough · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · Asda (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (11.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: The Commons Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New parish council approved for Market Harborough· 3 Nov 2026
• Residents invited to join Remembrance events across Harborough district· 2 Nov 2026
• Local Government Re-organisation update· 29 Oct 2026
• Kibworth Air Quality Management Area to be revoked following air quality improvements· 27 Oct 2026
• Councils proceed with judicial review claim in view of pause on local government reorganisation· 15 Oct 2026

Source: Harborough Council

97,626 residents in Harborough · 165/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,390 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harborough

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

• In a conservation area (Market Harborough)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 108 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

192 applications decided

90.1% granted · 173 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Neil O'Brien

Conservative

Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens78
• Restaurants & cafés56

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

290 jobs advertised · £38,108 avg

e.g. Senior Care Assistant, Project Engineer, Mortgage Arrears Specialist

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 24% · Gas 22% · Nuclear 7%

136 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in LE16

• Market Harborough Med.Ctr
• Market Harborough Mi (Mhmp)
• Hmp Gartree

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases227 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND204 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth203 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills201 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks192 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  St Dionysius' Church, Market Harborough · 0.1 km

  St Dionysius' Church, Market Harborough is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

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  Harborough District · 0.1 km

  Harborough is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Market Harborough, which is where the council is based. The district also includes the town of Lutterworth and num…

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  Harborough Museum · 0.1 km

  Harborough Museum was opened in 1983 in the former R & W H Symington corset factory that also houses the Harborough District Council offices in the historic market town of Market Harborough. It is run by a partnership…

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  Market Harborough · 0.1 km

  Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Northamptonshire. The population was 24,779 at the 2021 census. It is the administrative headquarters…

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  Market Harborough Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Market Harborough Town Hall is an historic building in the High Street in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. The building, which originally contained assembly rooms on the upper floors that have subsequently…

• Welland Park Academy · 0.4 km

  Welland Park Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Market Harborough in the English county of Leicestershire for 11-16-year-olds.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)