Old Dalby

7°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:32

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Burglary1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Melton Rural South · Leicestershire

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

67 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 90 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£286,469 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Melton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£806 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £557
• 2 bed £731
• 3 bed £899

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

852 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: 174.9p · ESSO (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · ESSO (8.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Friars Well 22kW-Type 2 (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

51,752 residents in Melton · 108/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,559
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK2,624
• Net moves+935

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 198 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 25,100)

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

33 schools · 7,475 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 10 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Melton

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

• In a conservation area (Old Dalby)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

87 applications decided

79.3% granted · 69 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Edward Argar

Conservative

Melton and Syston

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 11
• LD 1
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £27,677 avg

e.g. Laminating Supervisor - Night Shift, Composite Laminators, Production Operative

Source: Adzuna

£650 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,529 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 25,486 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 27% · Biomass 17% · Imports 1%

232 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in LE14

• Long Clawson Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Melton and Syston:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills248 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth213 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND157 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks143 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Old Dalby · 0.1 km

  Old Dalby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Broughton and Old Dalby, in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is located to the north-west of Melton Mowbray. It was originally kno…

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  Home Farm, Old Dalby · 0.2 km

  Home Farm is an historic farmhouse in Old Dalby, Leicestershire, England. It was built in 1635 and is a Grade II listed building. Dating to the Georgian period, it was substantially enlarged in 1835, when it became ho…

• Dalby Preceptory · 0.5 km

  Dalby Preceptory, also known as Dalby and Heather Preceptory, was a preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller, in the village of Old Dalby, Leicestershire, England.

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  Old Dalby railway station · 0.7 km

  Old Dalby railway station served the village of Old Dalby in Leicestershire, England. It was opened on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The line stil…

• Old Dalby Test Track · 0.7 km

  The Old Dalby Test Track is a railway in the United Kingdom which is used for testing new designs of trains and railway infrastructure. It runs between Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and Edwalton, on the course of the…

• Broughton and Old Dalby · 1.6 km

  Broughton and Old Dalby is a civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,400, rising marginally to 1,405 at the 2011 census. It includes Neth…

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