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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 (IoD2019). 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
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 72nd of 294 English council areas — better than 76% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability52
Affordable rents61
Good schools66
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation68
Employment92
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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 35% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

Crime

165 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences67
  • Anti-social behaviour29
  • Criminal damage & arson17
  • Public order15

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Gresley, Woodville and Swadlincote · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1) Shop thefts 2) Drug use/distribution. 3) Anti-social behaviour including illegal and anti social vehicle use and e bikes.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

183 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 148 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
  • 5 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

£282,239 average 6.5% YoY

Across North West Leicestershire · to 2026-06

Detached£390,100
Semi-detached£244,540
Terraced£193,884
Flat£135,770

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Fuel prices

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

12 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)

Deprivation

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

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%)

53inspected 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 homes163
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists135
  • Homecare agencies172
  • Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 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

134 applications decided

94% granted · 126 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Samantha Niblett

Labour

South Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

5,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Woodville – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Biomass 34% · Imports 6% · Wind 4%

249 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

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

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 IoD2019.