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Woodville

Woodville is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 2,500. It has one pharmacy, around 10 restaurants and cafés, 29 bus stops, and Discovery Station is 2.4 km away. There were around 124 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Woodville area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North West Leicestershire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 104,704 residents at roughly 375 people per km².

Council
North West Leicestershire
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 78th of 294 English council areas — better than 73% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability52
Affordable rents61
Good schools66
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation65
Employment90
Low council tax56

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

6°CClear

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:28

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

102 reported · August 2026▼ 26% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences38
  • Shoplifting19
  • Anti-social behaviour11
  • Criminal damage & arson8

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Gresley, Woodville and Swadlincote · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1) To deter and enforce shop lifting offences- Swadlincote Town centre 2) Serious Acquisitive Crime 3) Speeding in known hotspot areas 4)…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

184 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 149 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Discovery Station (3.2 km)
  • 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Burton-On-Trent (8.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£282,397 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-08

Detached£388,218
Semi-detached£245,101
Terraced£196,227
Flat£137,061

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 140.9p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Rink Drive Car Park, Swadlincote (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches22
  • Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,418 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,612
B £1,881
C £2,150
D £2,418
E £2,956
F £3,493
G £4,030
H £4,836

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Ashby SchoolGood
  • The Castle Rock SchoolRequires improvement
  • Castle Donington College
  • Ibstock School
  • Ivanhoe School
  • The Newbridge School

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

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
  • 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

139 applications decided

93.5% granted · 130 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Samantha Niblett

Labour

South Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens95
  • Restaurants & cafés30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in DE11

  • Newhall Surgery
  • Swadlincote Surgery
  • Woodville Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Woodville, Derbyshire · 0.1 km

    Woodville is a large suburban village and civil parish that crosses two districts - South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of S…

  • St Stephen's Church, Woodville · 0.2 km

    St Stephen's Church, Woodville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Woodville, Derbyshire.

  • Woodville railway station (England) · 0.5 km

    Woodville railway station is a former railway station on the Swadlincote Loop Line which served the village of Woodville in Derbyshire, England.

  • Granville Academy · 0.8 km

    Granville Academy, formerly Granville Sports College is a comprehensive school on Burton Road (A511) in Woodville, Derbyshire maintained by the Derbyshire County Council. It is part of the Affinity Learning Partnership.

  • Granville Colliery · 1.0 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…

  • Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield · 1.0 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Woodville?
Woodville is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the North West Leicestershire local authority.
How deprived is Woodville?
The North West Leicestershire local authority, which includes Woodville, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.