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North Kilworth

North Kilworth is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 597. It has around 1 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and there were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the North Kilworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Harborough area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 97,626 residents at roughly 165 people per km².

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

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 36th of 294 English council areas — better than 88% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability25
Affordable rents49
Good schools15
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation97
Employment99
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

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:29

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Public order1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

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…
  • Theft You have told us that theft causes you concern. This can be things like , theft from a person or theft from stores within the local…

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

Road safety

64 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 89 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 22 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rugby (13.0 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£345,848 average 9.7% YoY

Across Harborough · to 2026-06

Detached£476,866
Semi-detached£302,379
Terraced£250,393
Flat£159,084

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£963 average monthly rent 2.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £707
  • 2 bed £902
  • 3 bed £1,106

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · ESSO (7.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · ESSO (7.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: 1 West Street (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 308 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

42inspected 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 homes163
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists135
  • Homecare agencies172
  • Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (North Kilworth)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

172 applications decided

88.4% granted · 152 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alberto Costa

Conservative

South Leicestershire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£857 median full-time weekly pay

1.7% 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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 30% · Gas 18% · Imports 4%

108 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 81.7 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Leicestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • North Kilworth · 0.1 km

    North Kilworth is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in south Leicestershire, England, north of South Kilworth. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 597. Largely bypassed by…

  • North Kilworth Nature Reserve · 0.4 km

    North Kilworth Nature Reserve is a 2.0 hectares Local Nature Reserve in North Kilworth Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Harborough District Council, Millennium Green Trustee Management Group and Leicestershi…

  • Welford and Kilworth railway station · 0.7 km

    Welford and Kilworth railway station was a railway station serving Welford and the villages of North Kilworth and South Kilworth in Leicestershire, England. It was opened as Welford on the Rugby and Stamford Railway i…

  • Kilworth House · 1.5 km

    Kilworth House is a four star country house hotel, located west of North Kilworth, Leicestershire.

  • Bosworth Mill Meadow · 1.7 km

    Bosworth Mill Meadow is a 5.7-hectare (14-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Welford in Northamptonshire.

  • South Kilworth · 2.0 km

    South Kilworth is a village and civil parish in the southern part of Leicestershire, England, south of North Kilworth. The parish has a population of 430, according to the 2001 Census, and is part of the district of H…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is North Kilworth?
North Kilworth is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Harborough local authority.
What is the population of North Kilworth?
North Kilworth has an approximate settlement population of 597.
How deprived is North Kilworth?
The Harborough local authority, which includes North Kilworth, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.