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Kegworth

Kegworth is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 3,601. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 15 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is East Midlands Parkway, 2.5 km away. There were around 48 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 Kegworth 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

7°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 46% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:31

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

27 reported · August 2026▲ 17% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Public order3
  • Shoplifting3

Neighbourhood team: Valley · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • To promote the Share the Road campaign in Belton, to ensure our rural road network is used safely and responsibly by all road users.
  • To address concerns regarding HGV’s breaching the weight restriction within Kegworth

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

63 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 50 rated 4–5 ★ (45 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: East Midlands Parkway (3.3 km)
  • 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from East Midlands Parkway (3.2 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 (9.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Esso (9.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

28 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 560 kW
  • Nearest: Yew Lodge Hotel (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches12
  • 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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 33 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

Amanda Hack

Labour

North West Leicestershire

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
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

52 jobs advertised · £28,419 avg

e.g. Product Lifecycle Manager, Tax Manager, PPT Drivers

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 33% · Biomass 21% · Imports 2%

190 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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in DE74

  • Castle Donington Surgery
  • Orchard Surgery
  • Evans Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Leicestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Andrew's Church, Kegworth · 0.2 km

    St Andrew's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England church in Kegworth, Leicestershire.

  • Kegworth · 0.3 km

    Kegworth is a large village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region, England.

  • Kegworth air disaster · 1.3 km

    The Kegworth air disaster occurred when British Midland Airways Flight 092, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the motorway embankment between the M1 motorway and A453 road near Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, while at…

  • East Midlands Gateway · 1.4 km

    The East Midlands Gateway is a 700-acre (280 ha) rail freight terminal and intermodal freight centre situated to the west of the village of Kegworth in the English East Midlands. It is operated by SEGRO and officially…

  • Kingston Brook · 1.5 km

    Kingston Brook is a small river in central England. It arises near Old Dalby, Leicestershire on the northern edge of the ridge running from Normanton-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire to Belvoir, Leicestershire. It runs throug…

  • Kegworth railway station · 1.5 km

    Kegworth railway station located in Nottinghamshire was a station serving the villages of Kegworth, Leicestershire, Sutton Bonington, and Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Kegworth?
Kegworth is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Rushcliffe local authority.
What is the population of Kegworth?
Kegworth has an approximate settlement population of 3,601.
How deprived is Kegworth?
The Rushcliffe local authority, which includes Kegworth, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.