Whitwick

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 16° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

56 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Shoplifting10
• Public order6

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Bardon Hill · Leicestershire

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

120 reported road collisions (2024)

49 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

207 food businesses within 2 miles

• 160 rated 4–5 ★ (138 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,239 average▲ 6.5% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£910 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £631
• 2 bed £816
• 3 bed £987

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Asda (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (6.5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Vicarage Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds9

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 216 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

53inspected 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 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
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

134 applications decided

94% granted · 126 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Amanda Hack

Labour

North West Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 17
• Con 11
• LD 5
• Ref 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

24 jobs advertised · £30,943 avg

e.g. Roofer, Become a Psychology Tutor in Whitwick – Flexible & Remote, Supply Chain Coordinator

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 47% · Wind 27% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 2%

152 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Leicestershire:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 1,163 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills505 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership463 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office433 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s326 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Whitwick · 0.0 km

  Whitwick is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, some two miles north of Coalville in the northwest of the county. It lies in an ancient parish which…

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  Whitwick railway station · 0.1 km

  Whitwick railway station served the village of Whitwick, Leicestershire, England. It was built by the Charnwood Forest Company, serving the Charnwood Forest Railway, and was officially opened with the rest of the comp…

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  Three Horseshoes, Whitwick · 0.3 km

  The Three Horseshoes is a Grade II listed public house at 11 Leicester Road, Whitwick, Leicestershire LE67 5GN.

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  Grace Dieu and High Sharpley · 0.9 km

  Grace Dieu and High Sharpley is an 86 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Coalville and Shepshed in Leicestershire. Grace Dieu Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site.

• Thringstone Halt railway station · 1.3 km

  Thringstone Halt railway station was a station on the Charnwood Forest Railway. Near the village of Thringstone, Leicestershire at 52.7503354N 1.3638816E. On the outskirts of Whitwick. Opened in 1907 as a stop on th…

• New Swannington · 1.4 km

  New Swannington is an area between Whitwick and Swannington in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)