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Twyford (Melton)

Twyford (Melton) is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 1,200. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 1 bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Melton Mowbray, 3.2 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Twyford (Melton) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Melton area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 51,752 residents at roughly 108 people per km².

Council
Melton
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Rutland and Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 64th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime71
Home affordability54
Affordable rents78
Good schools30
Life expectancy84
Low deprivation67
Employment62
Low council tax53

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

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 41% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:28

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026

  • Burglary1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Melton Rural South · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • RURAL THEFTS: Through feedback received at beat surgeries, community engagement events and ongoing discussions with local residents, the…
  • ROAD SAFETY: Through reports received via Neighbourhood Link, social media accounts, beat surgeries and community engagement events, resi…

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

Road safety

67 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 90 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Melton Mowbray (8.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£286,469 average▲ 4.1% YoY

Across Melton · to 2026-08

Detached£397,362
Semi-detached£248,889
Terraced£202,669
Flat£119,723

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£806 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £557
  • 2 bed £731
  • 3 bed £899

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

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

852 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (11 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Tilton on the Hill Village Hall 1 (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

51,752 residents in Melton · 108/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,559
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK2,624
  • Net moves+935

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 198 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 25,100)

A £1,620
B £1,890
C £2,160
D £2,430
E £2,970
F £3,510
G £4,049
H £4,859

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

Schools

33 schools · 7,475 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 10 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • John Ferneley CollegeRequires improvement
  • Long Field Spencer Academy
  • The Priory Belvoir Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Melton

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

87 applications decided

79.3% granted · 69 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Edward Argar

Conservative

Melton and Syston

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Independent coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 11
  • LD 1
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£650 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,529 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 25,486 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Wind 32% · Biomass 23% · Imports 3%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in LE14

  • Long Clawson Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Melton and Syston:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Twyford and Thorpe · 0.7 km

    Twyford and Thorpe is a civil parish in Leicestershire, England, comprising the villages of Twyford and Thorpe Satchville, and the hamlet of John O'Gaunt. The parish, which is in the Melton district, has a population…

  • John O'Gaunt, Leicestershire · 1.0 km

    John O'Gaunt, is a small village in the English county of Leicestershire.

  • John O'Gaunt railway station · 1.3 km

    John O'Gaunt railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Twyford, John O'Gaunt and Burrough on the Hill in Leicestershire, England. on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. I…

  • Burrough Court · 2.1 km

    Burrough Court is a former stately home and now a family-run diversified rural estate located in Burrough on the Hill near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England in the East Midlands. The estate was developed in 1905…

  • Marefield · 2.6 km

    Marefield is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 20. At the census 2011 the population remained less than 100 and is inc…

  • Lowesby Hall · 2.7 km

    Lowesby Hall is a large Grade II* Georgian mansion in the parish and former manor of Lowesby, eight miles east of Leicester in Leicestershire. It is a famous fox-hunting seat in the heart of the Quorn country. The p…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Twyford (Melton)?
Twyford (Melton) is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Melton local authority.
How deprived is Twyford (Melton)?
The Melton local authority, which includes Twyford (Melton), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.