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East Leake

East Leake is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 6,337. It has one GP surgery and around 4 parks and greens, along with 12 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Rushcliffe Halt, 2.2 km away. There were around 37 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 East Leake area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rushcliffe area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 119,077 residents at roughly 291 people per km².

Council
Rushcliffe
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 24th of 294 English council areas — better than 92% of them.

Home affordability37
Affordable rents59
Good schools85
Life expectancy90
Low deprivation99
Employment90
Low council tax6

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

6°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:28

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, 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

37 reported · August 2026▼ 31% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences16
  • Other theft6
  • Other crime4
  • Anti-social behaviour3

Neighbourhood team: Leake & Keyworth · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Priorities: 1 - Burglary 2 - E-bikes and scooters 3 - Rural theft Priority Period: October to December 2026 How priorities are chosen: Th…

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

Road safety

200 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

43 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 38 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rushcliffe Halt (1.5 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Loughborough (5.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£329,528 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Rushcliffe · to 2026-08

Detached£473,826
Semi-detached£305,342
Terraced£239,373
Flat£155,667

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,047 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £724
  • 2 bed £898
  • 3 bed £1,134

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,902 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: 152.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Esso (11.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Station Road (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches23
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

119,077 residents in Rushcliffe · 291/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,441
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,455
  • Net moves+1,986

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 294 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 55,330)

A £1,762
B £2,056
C £2,350
D £2,643
E £3,231
F £3,818
G £4,405
H £5,287

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

Schools

54 schools · 21,482 pupils

41 primary · 8 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • The West Bridgford SchoolOutstanding
  • The Becket SchoolGood
  • Toot Hill SchoolGood
  • East Leake Academy
  • Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
  • South Nottinghamshire Academy
  • The Nottingham Emmanuel School
  • The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rushcliffe

Care & health services

797 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes282
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists132
  • Homecare agencies205
  • Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (East Leake Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

177 applications decided

91% granted · 161 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

James Naish

Labour

Rushcliffe

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 9
  • Con 23
  • LD 1
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

12 jobs advertised · £26,835 avg

e.g. Catering Assistant, Bar back, Assistant Restaurant Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£856 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,305 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,613 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Wind 32% · Biomass 23% · Imports 3%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Health services

14 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in LE12

  • Quorn Medical Centre
  • Barrow Health Centre
  • Forest House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rushcliffe:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Mary's Church, East Leake · 0.1 km

    St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in East Leake, Nottinghamshire.

  • East Leake · 0.3 km

    East Leake is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England, although its closest town and postal address is Loughborough in Leicestershire. Census data from 2021 shows that t…

  • East Leake railway station · 0.6 km

    East Leake railway station is a former railway station serving East Leake, Nottinghamshire and, along with Woodford Halse is one of only two surviving Great Central Railway stations accessed from an underbridge rather…

  • East Leake Academy · 0.8 km

    East Leake Academy is an academy located in East Leake in the Rushcliffe area of Nottinghamshire, England and a member of the Diverse Academies Trust. The school describes itself as specialising in information communi…

  • Leake Rural District · 1.1 km

    Leake was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935.

  • Rushcliffe Halt railway station · 1.5 km

    Rushcliffe Halt is a railway station on the former Great Central Railway (GCR) London Extension from London Marylebone, and serves the north of East Leake, Nottinghamshire. It is currently in use as part of the Great…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is East Leake?
East Leake is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Rushcliffe local authority.
What is the population of East Leake?
East Leake has an approximate settlement population of 6,337.
How deprived is East Leake?
The Rushcliffe local authority, which includes East Leake, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.