Mountsorrel

19°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

54 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Public order6

Neighbourhood team: Mountsorrel · Leicestershire

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

194 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 236 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

124 food businesses within 2 miles

• 108 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Nunckley Hill (0.8 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£276,865 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £677
• 2 bed £845
• 3 bed £1,027

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

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Hu-Dobbies Leicester (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

183,971 residents in Charnwood · 659/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 244 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 79,560)

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

80 schools · 27,415 pupils

49 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

64inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Charnwood

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
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

214 applications decided

87.9% granted · 188 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative

Mid Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

42 jobs advertised · £33,677 avg

e.g. Managing Quantity Surveyor, Internet Crowd Worker, Transport Planner

Source: Adzuna

£761 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,535 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,396 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

36% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Biomass 20% · Solar 14% · Imports 3%

264 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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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  Mountsorrel · 0.0 km

  Mountsorrel is a large village in Leicestershire on the River Soar, just south of Loughborough. In 2021, it had a population of 12,885. It previously had a population in 2001 of 6,662 inhabitants, increasing to 8,223…

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  Halstead Road Centenary Pasture · 0.6 km

  Halstead Road Centenary Pasture is a 3.2-hectare (7.9-acre) local nature reserve in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Charnwood Borough Council.

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  Main Quarry, Mountsorrel · 1.2 km

  Main Quarry or Castle Hill Quarry is a 14.7 hectares geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Mountsorrel in Leicestershire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

• Swithland Sidings · 1.2 km

  Swithland Sidings is a set of railway sidings on the preserved Great Central Railway, situated just south of Swithland Reservoir and Swithland Viaduct which crosses it. It is the site of the proposed Swithland railway…

• Rothley Imperial F.C. · 1.2 km

  Rothley Imperial Football Club is a football club based in Rothley, Leicestershire England. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Division Two. The club's nickname is the Imps. The club is aff…

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  Rothley Temple · 1.2 km

  Rothley Temple, or more correctly Rothley Preceptory, was a preceptory in the village of Rothley, Leicestershire, England, associated with both the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)