Stapleton

8°CMist

• Today: 14° / 7° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:39

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

11 reported · August 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Public order2
• Anti-social behaviour1

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

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

104 reported road collisions (2025)

38 killed or seriously injured · 123 casualties · 9.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

118 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shenton (4.2 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£258,960 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£934 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £639
• 2 bed £844
• 3 bed £1,029

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,701 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council-Stanley Street (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

113,640 residents in Hinckley and Bosworth · 382/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,211
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,395
• Net moves+1,816

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 218 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 52,830)

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

56 schools · 19,268 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hinckley and Bosworth

633 CQC-registered services

• Care homes165
• GP practices107
• Dentists134
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

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

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

138 applications decided

95.7% granted · 132 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative

Hinckley and Bosworth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 9
• LD 23
• Oth 1

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

• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,100 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

9 jobs advertised · £26,687 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home, Care Assistant - Care Home, Medical Administrator

Source: Adzuna

£729 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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

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

36% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Biomass 23% · Wind 10% · Nuclear 4%

265 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

7 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LE9

• The Old School Surgery
• Newbold Verdon Med.Pract.
• Barwell & Hollycroft Medical Centres

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hinckley and Bosworth:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth433 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills274 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND221 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases175 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK159 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Stapleton, Leicestershire · 0.0 km

  Stapleton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in south-west Leicestershire, England, about ten miles south-west of…

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  Kirkby Road · 1.5 km

  Kirkby Road is a cricket ground in Barwell, Leicestershire. Cricket in Barwell dates to 1807, with cricket being played at Kirkby Road since at least 1913. First-class cricket has been played there three times in 1946…

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  Barwell F.C. · 1.6 km

  Barwell Football Club is a football club based in Barwell, near Hinckley in Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and play at Kirkby Road.

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  NKF Burbage F.C. · 1.6 km

  NKF Burbage Football Club was a football club based in Burbage, Leicestershire, England. The club was affiliated to the Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association.

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  Hinckley A.F.C. · 1.6 km

  Hinckley Association Football Club is a football club, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, who play home games at Barwell F.C.'s Kirkby Road. The club was formed in January 2014 when fans of the dissolved Hinckley United f…

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  Barwell · 1.8 km

  Barwell is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents in 2001, increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census. The name "Barwell" literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" a…

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