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Stanton under Bardon

Stanton under Bardon is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 1,200. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés and 10 bus stops. There were around 13 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Stanton under Bardon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hinckley and Bosworth area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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
71/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

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

Low crime66
Home affordability73
Affordable rents76
Good schools81
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation73
Employment78
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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 68% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:27

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

10 reported · July 2026 23% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Public order1

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

Local policing priorities

  • ASB - dirtbikes and scrambler motorbikes racing around the villages of Groby and Ratby as well as the Martinshaw woods.
  • Overweight vehicles are driving through restricted areas causing problems for villages and getting stuck.

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

Road safety

123 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

58 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 46 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Loughborough (12.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£261,584 average 2.9% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-06

Detached£385,858
Semi-detached£254,109
Terraced£202,439
Flat£118,634

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£933 average monthly rent 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £638
  • 2 bed £843
  • 3 bed £1,028

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (5.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Mobius Networks Ltd. (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 232 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

57 schools · 19,387 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 18 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

46inspected 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 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
  • 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

134 applications decided

85.8% granted · 115 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mr Peter Bedford

Conservative

Mid Leicestershire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools2
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £25,437 avg

e.g. Class 2 Drivers wanted - start asap - Upto 250km per day

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£729 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

34% low-carbon electricity

Gas 64% · Biomass 18% · Solar 15% · Imports 3%

272 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Leicestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Stanton under Bardon · 0.3 km

    Stanton-under-Bardon is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Coalville, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as…

  • Cliffe Hill Quarry · 0.7 km

    Cliffe Hill Quarry is a 19.2 hectares geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Markfield in Leicestershire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

  • Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway · 1.0 km

    The Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway was a 2 ft narrow gauge industrial railway that connected the Cliffe Hill granite quarry to the nearby London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) between Leicester and Coalville. The lin…

  • Billa Barra Hill · 1.0 km

    Billa Barra Hill is a 20.7 hectares Local Nature Reserve north of Stanton under Bardon in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.

  • South Charnwood High School · 1.2 km

    South Charnwood High School is a mixed secondary school located between the villages of Markfield and Thornton in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire. The school was established in 1935 thus various a…

  • Bardon Park Chapel · 1.7 km

    Bardon Park Chapel is a 300-year-old Christian meeting house at Bardon, Leicestershire, England. It stands back from the A511 road, between Coalville and Markfield, about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) west of M1 junction 22. At…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Stanton under Bardon?
Stanton under Bardon is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Hinckley and Bosworth local authority.
How deprived is Stanton under Bardon?
The Hinckley and Bosworth local authority, which includes Stanton under Bardon, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.