Shepshed

17°CFog

• Today: 24° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:27

12h 53m 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

100 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences38
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Public order15
• Criminal damage & arson12

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shepshed Loughborough West · Leicestershire

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

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)

92 food businesses within 2 miles

• 85 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Loughborough Central (6.4 km)
• 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£276,865 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Asda (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (10.8 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 560 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Shepshed Supermarket (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

183,971 residents in Charnwood · 659/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Charnwood

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

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

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

214 applications decided

87.9% granted · 188 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Jeevun Sandher

Labour

Loughborough

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

41 jobs advertised · £30,813 avg

e.g. Customer Services Assistant, AVON Representatives wanted in Shepshed, Leicestershire, England – start today, HGV Class 1 Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 72% · Biomass 21% · Imports 3% · Wind 3%

308 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Loughborough:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills328 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office288 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s272 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership222 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

• Shepshed railway station · 0.4 km

  Shepshed railway station was a station on the Charnwood Forest Railway. Near the town of Shepshed, Leicestershire.

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  Shepshed · 0.7 km

  Shepshed is a market town and civil parish in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England with a population of 14,875 at the 2021 census. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Loughborough.

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  St Botolph's Church, Shepshed · 0.8 km

  St Botolph's Church, Shepshed is the Church of England Parish Church in Shepshed, Leicestershire.

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  Shepshed Dynamo F.C. · 1.0 km

  Shepshed Dynamo Football Club is an English football club based in the small town of Shepshed in the north west of Leicestershire, England. Founded as Shepshed Albion towards the end of the 19th century, the team pla…

• Iveshead School · 1.0 km

  Iveshead School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated within the town of Shepshed, Leicestershire, England.

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  Morley Quarry · 1.0 km

  Morley Quarry is a 3.1 hectares Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Shepshed in Leicestershire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)