Upper Bruntingthorpe

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:31

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Broughton Astley and Walton · Leicestershire

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

111 reported road collisions (2025)

56 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£341,706 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Harborough · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£973 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £713
• 2 bed £911
• 3 bed £1,117

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

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,596 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: 159.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Hothorpe Hall (6.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• New parish council approved for Market Harborough· 3 Nov 2026
• Residents invited to join Remembrance events across Harborough district· 2 Nov 2026
• Local Government Re-organisation update· 29 Oct 2026
• Kibworth Air Quality Management Area to be revoked following air quality improvements· 27 Oct 2026
• Councils proceed with judicial review claim in view of pause on local government reorganisation· 15 Oct 2026

Source: Harborough Council

97,626 residents in Harborough · 165/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,339
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,256
• Net moves+2,083

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 283 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,390 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 44,900)

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

50 schools · 15,634 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harborough

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
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

192 applications decided

90.1% granted · 173 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• LD 7
• Grn 3
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

5,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

11 jobs advertised · £38,605 avg

e.g. Workshop Adminstrator, Transporter Driver, QC Inspector

Source: Adzuna

£857 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,293 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,939 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LE17

• The Wycliffe Medical Practice
• Husbands Bosworth Medical Centre
• The Masharani Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Leicestershire:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth360 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills242 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND227 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 170 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK154 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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