Nailstone

18°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 21° / 16° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Bosworth, Ratby, Groby, Markfield and Stanton · Leicestershire

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

123 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

55 food businesses within 2 miles

• 44 rated 4–5 ★ (33 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shackerstone (3.9 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£261,584 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£933 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £638
• 2 bed £843
• 3 bed £1,028

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

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: High Street Car Park (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

113,640 residents in Hinckley and Bosworth · 382/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 232 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 52,830)

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

57 schools · 19,387 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 18 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hinckley and Bosworth

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
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

134 applications decided

85.8% granted · 115 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative

Hinckley and Bosworth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 9
• LD 23
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time, Become a French Tutor in Nailstone – Flexible & Remote, Become a Chemistry Tutor in Nailstone – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£729 median full-time weekly pay

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

£24,005 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,940 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Biomass 39% · Wind 8% · Imports 7%

225 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• 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 Hinckley and Bosworth:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership447 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth433 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office421 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s313 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test274 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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