Market Harborough

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 11° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:28

12h 57m 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 · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

139 reported · July 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences55
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Shoplifting17
• Public order11

6 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Harborough and the Bowdens · Leicestershire

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

489 reported road collisions (2024)

109 killed or seriously injured · 642 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

195 food businesses within 2 miles

• 173 rated 4–5 ★ (158 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Market Harborough (0.8 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£256,610 average▲ 3.4% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£988 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £681
• 2 bed £878
• 3 bed £1,063

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

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: The Commons Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

359,523 residents in North Northamptonshire · 364/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,424 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 161,180)

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

154 schools · 58,508 pupils

111 primary · 20 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 61 of 68 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

144inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Northamptonshire

395 CQC-registered services

• Care homes113
• GP practices37
• Dentists62
• Homecare agencies145
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Northamptonshire

• In a conservation area (Market Harborough)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 105 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

258 applications decided

89.9% granted · 232 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Neil O'Brien

Conservative

Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 11
• LD 1
• Grn 8
• Ref 39
• Oth 5

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens79
• Restaurants & cafés56

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

376 jobs advertised · £38,839 avg

e.g. Catering Apprentice Level 2, Theatre Scrub Nurse, Sanding Operative

Source: Adzuna

£750 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,357 disposable income per head (2024)

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

65% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 49,917 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Biomass 36% · Gas 15% · Imports 5%

104 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.3 women · 58.7 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership394 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office287 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s283 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership251 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases227 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

• 
  Market Harborough · 0.0 km

  Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, close to the border with Northamptonshire. The population was 24,779 at the 2021 census. It is the administrative headquarters…

• 
  Harborough District · 0.1 km

  Harborough is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Market Harborough, which is where the council is based. The district also includes the town of Lutterworth and num…

• 
  Harborough Museum · 0.1 km

  Harborough Museum was opened in 1983 in the former R & W H Symington corset factory that also houses the Harborough District Council offices in the historic market town of Market Harborough. It is run by a partnership…

• 
  St Dionysius' Church, Market Harborough · 0.1 km

  St Dionysius' Church, Market Harborough is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

• 
  Market Harborough Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Market Harborough Town Hall is an historic building in the High Street in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. The building, which originally contained assembly rooms on the upper floors that have subsequently…

• Welland Park Academy · 0.4 km

  Welland Park Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Market Harborough in the English county of Leicestershire for 11-16-year-olds.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)