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Ratby

Ratby is a town in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 4,468. It has one pharmacy, around 5 restaurants and cafés, 30 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Leicester North, 7.6 km away. There were around 37 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ratby area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hinckley and Bosworth area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 113,640 residents at roughly 382 people per km².

Council
Hinckley and Bosworth
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Bosworth
Police force
Leicestershire
70/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 17th of 294 English council areas — better than 94% of them.

Low crime66
Home affordability73
Affordable rents77
Good schools81
Life expectancy58
Low deprivation74
Employment74
Low council tax64

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

6°CClear

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 43% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:29

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

53 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Burglary9
  • Other theft9

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

Local policing priorities

  • Crimes of burglary from dwelling through the rural villages beat.
  • There has been an increase in e-scooters being used, predominantly in the areas of Groby, Ratby and Desford. This is causing alarm to res…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

114 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Leicester (8.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£258,960 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-08

Detached£379,839
Semi-detached£251,713
Terraced£202,294
Flat£118,098

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • 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

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches22
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,588
B £1,853
C £2,118
D £2,383
E £2,912
F £3,442
G £3,971
H £4,765

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • The Market Bosworth SchoolOutstanding
  • Bosworth AcademyGood
  • Redmoor AcademyGood
  • The Hinckley SchoolGood
  • Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
  • Hastings High School
  • Heath Lane Academy
  • Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy
  • South Charnwood High School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

138 applications decided

95.7% granted · 132 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative

Mid Leicestershire

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 9
  • LD 23
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,100 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £16,080 avg

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

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

64% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 33% · Gas 31% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 6%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LE6

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Leicestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ratby?
Ratby is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Hinckley and Bosworth local authority.
What is the population of Ratby?
Ratby has an approximate settlement population of 4,468.
How deprived is Ratby?
The Hinckley and Bosworth local authority, which includes Ratby, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.