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Rearsby

Rearsby is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 1,800. It has 1 pharmacy, 1 restaurant and café, 13 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Syston, 4.5 km away. There were around 10 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 Rearsby area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Charnwood area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 183,971 residents at roughly 659 people per km².

Council
Charnwood
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 65th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime52
Home affordability61
Affordable rents67
Good schools62
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation77
Employment78
Low council tax60

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

17°CFog

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:26

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

8 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Charnwood East · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • There has been an increase in reports of burglaries across the NL61 area.
  • Reports of increased shoplifitng have been received in the NL61 area.

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

Road safety

194 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 236 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

44 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 37 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Syston (4.9 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Syston (5.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£276,865 average 3.8% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-06

Detached£426,878
Semi-detached£270,436
Terraced£218,096
Flat£134,753

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£958 average monthly rent 4% YoY

  • 1 bed £677
  • 2 bed £845
  • 3 bed £1,027

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

Affordability

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Restricted access to Renault customers (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

183,971 residents in Charnwood · 659/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 244 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 79,560)

A £1,604
B £1,871
C £2,138
D £2,406
E £2,940
F £3,475
G £4,009
H £4,811

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

Schools

80 schools · 27,415 pupils

49 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

64inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Charnwood CollegeGood
  • The Martin High School AnsteyGood
  • Woodbrook Vale SchoolGood
  • Wreake Valley AcademyGood
  • The Roundhill AcademyRequires improvement
  • De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
  • Humphrey Perkins School
  • Iveshead School
  • Limehurst Academy
  • Rawlins
  • The Cedars Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Charnwood

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

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

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

Planning decisions

214 applications decided

87.9% granted · 188 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 20
  • Con 22
  • Grn 7
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £42,500 avg

e.g. Associate Financial Planner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£761 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,535 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,396 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Melton and Syston:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rearsby · 0.4 km

    Rearsby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It is known for its Seven Arch Bridge, and is also home to the Preachers Stone.

  • Rearsby railway station · 0.4 km

    Rearsby railway station was a former station serving the villages of Rearsby and Thrussington in Leicestershire. The station was situated at a level crossing on the road between the two.

  • Thrussington · 1.2 km

    Thrussington is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 587. It is on the River Wreake, near to Rearsby, Ratcliffe on…

  • East Goscote · 1.9 km

    East Goscote is a modern village and civil parish in the Borough of Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, just north of the market town of Syston. It is a medium-sized village, with a population measured a…

  • Church of St Michael and All Angels, Brooksby · 2.1 km

    The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a church in Brooksby, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Brooksby Hall · 2.2 km

    Brooksby Hall is a late–16th-century manor house on 3.2 square kilometres of land between Leicester and Melton Mowbray. Situated 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of Leicester, the hall and the neighbouring church of S…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rearsby?
Rearsby is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Charnwood local authority.
How deprived is Rearsby?
The Charnwood local authority, which includes Rearsby, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.