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Mountsorrel

Mountsorrel is a town in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 17,297. It has around 1 pharmacy, around 16 restaurants and cafés, 20 bus stops, and Mountsorrel railway station 1.2 km away. There were around 51 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 Mountsorrel area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Charnwood area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 183,971 residents at roughly 659 people per km².

Council
Charnwood
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 66th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime52
Home affordability61
Affordable rents67
Good schools62
Life expectancy52
Low deprivation78
Employment74
Low council tax60

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

11°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 11% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:32

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

55 reported · August 2026▼ 21% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences21
  • Anti-social behaviour13
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Other theft5

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Mountsorrel · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • The beat team aim to tackle different elements of ASB in Mountsorrel, including the use of e-bikes and scooters.
  • The beat team aim to tackle speeding in Mountsorrel

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

Road safety

163 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

126 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 109 rated 4–5 ★ (89 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Sileby (3.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£270,351 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-08

Detached£413,319
Semi-detached£264,553
Terraced£214,988
Flat£132,631

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£960 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £679
  • 2 bed £847
  • 3 bed £1,029

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

Affordability

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

Property sales

2,332 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: 140.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches13
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

183,971 residents in Charnwood · 659/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,429
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,548
  • Net moves+881

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

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,604
B £1,871
C £2,138
D £2,406
E £2,940
F £3,475
G £4,009
H £4,811

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

Schools

80 schools · 27,415 pupils

49 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Charnwood CollegeGood
  • The Martin High School AnsteyGood
  • Woodbrook Vale SchoolGood
  • Wreake Valley AcademyGood
  • The Roundhill AcademyRequires improvement
  • De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
  • Humphrey Perkins School
  • Iveshead School
  • Limehurst Academy
  • Rawlins
  • The Cedars Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Charnwood

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

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

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

Planning decisions

258 applications decided

93.8% granted · 242 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative

Mid Leicestershire

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 20
  • Con 23
  • Grn 7
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £40,491 avg

e.g. Work from Home (Researcher), Trainee Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 29% · Biomass 22% · Solar 8%

141 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

14 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in LE12

  • Quorn Medical Centre
  • Barrow Health Centre
  • Forest House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Leicestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Mountsorrel?
Mountsorrel is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Charnwood local authority.
What is the population of Mountsorrel?
Mountsorrel has an approximate settlement population of 17,297.
How deprived is Mountsorrel?
The Charnwood local authority, which includes Mountsorrel, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.