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Sileby

Sileby is a town in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 7,261. It has one pharmacy and around 1 restaurant and café, with 32 bus stops and Sileby railway station 0.5km away. There were around 60 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sileby 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
Loughborough
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: 24° / 15° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

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

70 reported · July 2026 30% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences21
  • Anti-social behaviour19
  • Criminal damage & arson10
  • Public order7

Local policing priorities

  • We have received reports of ASB including the misuse of e-bikes, and groups throwing eggs, kicking doors and damaging vehicles.
  • Burglaries remains a priority for the beat team and we will be looking to reduce this with the high visibility patrols within targeted ar…

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

105 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 95 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sileby (0.2 km)
  • 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sileby (0.2 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 (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: King Street Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds6

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
  • 10 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

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

35 jobs advertised · £36,158 avg

e.g. Reliability Technician -Mars Petcare, Maintenance Electrical Technician, Industrial Mechanical Engineer

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

  • Sileby Primitive Methodist Church · 0.0 km

    Sileby Primitive Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Sileby, Leicestershire.

  • Sileby railway station · 0.2 km

    Sileby railway station serves the industrial village of Sileby in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line, 106 miles 50 chains (171.6 km) north of London St Pancras.

  • Sileby · 0.2 km

    Sileby is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located between Leicester and Loughborough. The village is close to Barrow upon Soar…

  • Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church · 0.3 km

    Sileby Wesleyan Methodist Church is a former Methodist church in Sileby, Leicestershire.

  • St Mary's Church, Sileby · 1.5 km

    St Mary's Church, Sileby is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in Sileby, Leicestershire.

  • Cossington Gate railway station · 1.9 km

    Cossington Gate railway station was a small station serving Cossington village in Leicestershire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sileby?
Sileby is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Charnwood local authority.
What is the population of Sileby?
Sileby has an approximate settlement population of 7,261.
How deprived is Sileby?
The Charnwood local authority, which includes Sileby, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.