South Croxton

16°CFog

• Today: 22° / 15° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:26

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

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Drugs1
• Vehicle crime1

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Charnwood East · 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)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Syston (6.8 km)
• 1 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: 140.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Restricted access to Renault customers (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds1

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

• In a conservation area (South Croxton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 12 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

Edward Argar

Conservative

Melton and Syston

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. .Net Developer, Become a Maths Tutor in South Croxton – Flexible & Remote, Online French Tutor - Part Time

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Biomass 27% · Wind 9% · Imports 5%

259 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 Melton and Syston:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office337 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership327 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s303 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test267 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills247 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  South Croxton · 0.5 km

  South Croxton is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It had a population of 261 in the 2011 census. It is 7.5 miles (12 km) north-east of Leicester city centre. Nearby vill…

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  Baggrave Hall · 1.5 km

  Baggrave Hall is an 18th-century Grade II* listed country house in the parish of Hungarton, Leicestershire, England. It is a two and three-storey building in Palladian style, constructed in ashlar in the 1750s, with a…

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  Barsby · 1.6 km

  Barsby is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gaddesby, in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 162. The surname derives from the village.

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  Ashby Folville Manor · 2.6 km

  Ashby Folville Manor is a late 19th-century house in Neo-Tudor style in the village of Ashby Folville, Leicestershire. The house was substantially rebuilt in 1891-1893 by the architect John Ely of Manchester after a f…

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  St Mary's Church, Ashby Folville · 2.6 km

  St Mary's Church is a church in Ashby Folville, Leicestershire. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Ashby Folville · 2.6 km

  Ashby Folville is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gaddesby, in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, south west of Melton Mowbray. In 1931 the parish had a population of 123.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)