Swadlincote

6°CClear

• Today: 11° / 5° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:28

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

212 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences88
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Criminal damage & arson19
• Shoplifting19

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Gresley, Woodville and Swadlincote · Derbyshire

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

121 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 148 casualties · 11.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

199 food businesses within 2 miles

• 159 rated 4–5 ★ (129 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Discovery Station (3.8 km)
• 58 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,397 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£914 average monthly rent▲ 9.9% YoY

• 1 bed £634
• 2 bed £819
• 3 bed £992

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

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,708 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: 140.9p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bus Station Car Park, Swadlincote (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms5
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

104,704 residents in North West Leicestershire · 375/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,001
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,622
• Net moves+1,379

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 194 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,418 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 49,150)

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

55 schools · 14,327 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North West Leicestershire

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

• In a conservation area (Swadlincote)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

139 applications decided

93.5% granted · 130 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Samantha Niblett

Labour

South Derbyshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 17
• Con 11
• LD 5
• Ref 1
• Oth 4

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens135
• Restaurants & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

366 jobs advertised · £36,464 avg

e.g. Loading Shovel Driver, Forklift Driver, Team Leader

Source: Adzuna

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,194 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 · 54,300 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Biomass 32% · Gas 20% · Imports 4%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in DE11

• Newhall Surgery
• Swadlincote Surgery
• Woodville Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills875 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth255 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 143 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide

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

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  Swadlincote Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Swadlincote Town Hall is a municipal building in The Delph in Swadlincote, a town in Derbyshire in England. The building, which serves a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Swadlincote · 0.0 km

  Swadlincote is a historic mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It lies within The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire, 5…

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  Swadlincote railway station · 0.2 km

  Swadlincote railway station was a station that served the town of Swadlincote, South Derbyshire. The station was located off Midland Road near the present day fire station which now occupies the station site. There is…

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  Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield · 0.7 km

  The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield in the English Midlands is one of the smaller British coalfields. The two areas are sometimes separately referred to as the South Derbyshire Coalfield and the Leiceste…

• The Pingle Academy · 0.7 km

  The Pingle Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located at Coronation Street in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, England. The name comes from the former Pingle Farm; Pingle being a Midlands term f…

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  Granville Colliery · 0.8 km

  The Granville Colliery was a coal mine in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, England. It has its origins in a nearby mine established in 1780, but mining began on the site of the colliery in 1823. The Granville Colliery Company…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)