Syston

19°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 11° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:29

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

47 reported · July 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson4

6 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

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)

227 food businesses within 2 miles

• 194 rated 4–5 ★ (162 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Syston (1.6 km)
• 5 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 (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (6.1 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt Sandhills Avenue (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds6

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 30 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

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

81 jobs advertised · £27,692 avg

e.g. Grand Flex Nursery Practitioner, Become a French Tutor in Syston (Leicestershire) – Flexible & Remote, Bike Delivery Rider

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

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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  Barkby · 0.3 km

  Barkby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated north-east of Leicester, and only a short way from Leicester's urban sprawl in Thurmaston and Syston. Nearby vi…

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  St Mary's Church, Barkby · 0.5 km

  St Mary's Church, Barkby is the Church of England Parish Church for Barkby, Leicestershire, England. The church dates from the late 13th century and was extensively renovated in the 19th century. The church features a…

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  Barkby Thorpe · 0.9 km

  Barkby Thorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The hamlet has a population of around 50, and is close to the Leicester urban sprawl in Thurmaston. Nearby villages ar…

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  Syston railway station · 1.6 km

  Syston railway station serves the town of Syston, in Leicestershire, England. The station lies on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough, 103 miles 63 chains (167.0 km) down the line from London St P…

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  St Peter & St Paul's Church, Syston · 2.0 km

  St Peter and St Paul's Church, Syston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Syston, Leicestershire.

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  Syston · 2.1 km

  Syston is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. The population was 11,508 at the 2001 census, rising to 12,804 at the 2011 census.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)