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Wymeswold

Wymeswold is a village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 1,296. The area has around 1 pharmacy, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Rushcliffe Halt, 6.6 km away. In June 2026, there were around 8 recorded street crimes, 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 Wymeswold area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Charnwood area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 183,971 residents at roughly 659 people per km².

Council
Charnwood
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Loughborough
Police force
Leicestershire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 65th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime52
Home affordability61
Affordable rents67
Good schools62
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation77
Employment78
Low council tax60

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° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

9 reported · July 2026 29% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Vehicle crime2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Charnwood North · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • We have received reports of ASB including the misuse of e-bikes, and groups throwing eggs, kicking doors and damaging vehicles.
  • Burglaries remains a priority for the beat team and we will be looking to reduce this with the high visibility patrols within targeted ar…

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

Road safety

194 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 236 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

24 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 22 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rushcliffe Halt (6.3 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Loughborough (6.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£276,865 average 3.8% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-06

Detached£426,878
Semi-detached£270,436
Terraced£218,096
Flat£134,753

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£958 average monthly rent 4% YoY

  • 1 bed £677
  • 2 bed £845
  • 3 bed £1,027

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

Affordability

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 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: 162.9p · Asda (10.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (10 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Church Drive Car Park, Keyworth (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

183,971 residents in Charnwood · 659/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 244 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 79,560)

A £1,604
B £1,871
C £2,138
D £2,406
E £2,940
F £3,475
G £4,009
H £4,811

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

Schools

80 schools · 27,415 pupils

49 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

64inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Charnwood CollegeGood
  • The Martin High School AnsteyGood
  • Woodbrook Vale SchoolGood
  • Wreake Valley AcademyGood
  • The Roundhill AcademyRequires improvement
  • De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
  • Humphrey Perkins School
  • Iveshead School
  • Limehurst Academy
  • Rawlins
  • The Cedars Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Charnwood

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
  • 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

214 applications decided

87.9% granted · 188 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Jeevun Sandher

Labour

Loughborough

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 20
  • Con 22
  • Grn 7
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised

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

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£761 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,535 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,396 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

36% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Biomass 20% · Solar 14% · Imports 3%

264 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Loughborough:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wymeswold · 0.5 km

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  • RAF Wymeswold · 1.7 km

    Royal Air Force Wymeswold, or more simply RAF Wymeswold, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. The airfield is situated between H…

  • Rempstone · 2.3 km

    Rempstone is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is close to Nottingham, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray and Shepshed as well as the Leicestershire border. The population…

  • Thorpe in the Glebe · 2.3 km

    Thorpe in the Glebe was a village in Nottinghamshire, England to the south of Wysall on the Leicestershire border. It was sometimes called Thorpe in the Clottes. Tradition has it that the village was destroyed either…

  • Burton on the Wolds · 2.5 km

    Burton on the Wolds is a village in Leicestershire, England, situated on the B676 road 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the A46 and about the same distance to the east of Loughborough, close to the county border with Nottingh…

  • Hoton, Leicestershire · 2.6 km

    Hoton is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England, on the A60 north-east of Loughborough, just south of the border with Nottinghamshire. Nearby places are Prestwold, Wymeswold, a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Wymeswold?
Wymeswold is a town in Leicestershire, England, in the Charnwood local authority.
What is the population of Wymeswold?
Wymeswold has an approximate settlement population of 1,296.
How deprived is Wymeswold?
The Charnwood local authority, which includes Wymeswold, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.