Oakthorpe

5°CMist

• Today: 13° / 5° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:36

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

80US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

44 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Vehicle crime5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson3

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Forest · Leicestershire

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

121 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 148 casualties · 11.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

51 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Waterside Station (3.2 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,397 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£914 average monthly rent▲ 9.9% YoY

• 1 bed £634
• 2 bed £819
• 3 bed £992

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

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,708 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: 169.7p · Asda (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (6.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Peggs Close Car Park (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

104,704 residents in North West Leicestershire · 375/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,001
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,622
• Net moves+1,379

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 194 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,418 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 49,150)

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

55 schools · 14,327 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North West Leicestershire

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

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

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

139 applications decided

93.5% granted · 130 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative

Hinckley and Bosworth

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 17
• Con 11
• LD 5
• Ref 1
• Oth 4

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Retail Sales Advisor - 30 Hours. 9 Months Fixed Term

Source: Adzuna

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,194 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 · 54,300 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Biomass 39% · Imports 5% · Nuclear 5%

231 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in DE12

• Measham Medical Unit

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hinckley and Bosworth:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth433 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills274 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND221 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases175 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK159 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Oakthorpe · 0.3 km

  Oakthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.

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  Saltersford Wood · 0.6 km

  Saltersford Wood or Saltersford Valley is a 5.7-hectare (14-acre) Local Nature Reserve north-west of Measham in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council, and it part of The National For…

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  Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford · 0.7 km

  Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford or Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe is a civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,336, incr…

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  Measham · 1.2 km

  Measham is a large village in the North West Leicestershire district in Leicestershire, England, near the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire boundaries. It lies off the A42, 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) south of Ashby…

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  Donisthorpe railway station · 1.3 km

  Donisthorpe railway station is a disused railway station that formerly served the village of Donisthorpe, North West Leicestershire, from 1874 to 1931. The station was on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. The site…

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  Measham railway station · 1.4 km

  Measham railway station is a disused railway station that formerly served the village of Measham, North West Leicestershire from 1873 to 1931. The station was on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)