Ratby

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:27

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

104 reported road collisions (2025)

38 killed or seriously injured · 123 casualties · 9.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

114 food businesses within 2 miles

• 94 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Leicester North (7.6 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£258,960 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£934 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £639
• 2 bed £844
• 3 bed £1,029

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

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

1,701 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: 140.8p · AppleGreen (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (8.2 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Meynells Gorse Park and Ride (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds4

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,211
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,395
• Net moves+1,816

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 218 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

56 schools · 19,268 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

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

46 inspected 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 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
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

138 applications decided

95.7% granted · 132 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative

Mid Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 9
• LD 23
• Oth 1

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

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,100 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £16,080 avg

e.g. Car Delivery Driver, Delivery Rider / Bike, Bike Delivery Rider

Source: Adzuna

£729 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Biomass 34% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LE6

• Groby Surgery
• Ratby Medical Centre
• Bosworth Pcn Wl Ea Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Leicestershire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills281 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND227 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases181 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks147 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Ratby · 0.1 km

  Ratby is a commuter village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester and just south east of the M1 motorway. The population at the 2011 census was 4,468. Oth…

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  Ratby railway station · 0.6 km

  Ratby railway station served the village of Ratby, Leicestershire, England, from 1832 to 1928 on the Leicester and Swannington Railway.

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  Brookvale High School · 1.1 km

  Brookvale High School, opened 1976, was a mixed middle school in the village of Groby in Leicestershire, England, providing education for students aged 11–14. It shared a large campus with Groby Community College whic…

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  Kirby Muxloe F.C. · 1.1 km

  Kirby Muxloe Football Club is a football club based in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Midland League Division One and play at Ratby Lane.

• Brookvale Groby Learning Campus · 1.2 km

  Brookvale Groby Learning Campus is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Groby in the English county of Leicestershire.

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  Groby · 1.2 km

  Groby is a village in the Hinckley and Bosworth borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the north west of Leicester. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)