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Great Casterton

Great Casterton is a village in Rutland, England. The nearest railway station is Stamford, 4 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Great Casterton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rutland area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 41,048 residents at roughly 108 people per km².

Council
Rutland
County
Rutland
Constituency
Rutland and Melton
Police force
Leicestershire
75/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 5th of 294 English council areas — better than 98% of them.

Low crime98
Home affordability43
Affordable rents71
Life expectancy92
Low deprivation95
Employment96
Low council tax1

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 85% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 46% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:24

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 · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

6 reported · July 2026

  • Public order2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Rutland North · Leicestershire

Local policing priorities

  • Road Safety. You said: Speeding vehicles on Rutland roads is a priority you want us to address, specifically the lack of adherence to 30m…
  • Burglary. You Said: Residential houses, outbuildings, garages, sheds and commercial premises being broken into and items being stolen is…

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

Road safety

33 reported road collisions (2024)

11 killed or seriously injured · 43 casualties · 8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

32 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 27 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stamford (4.0 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (4.0 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£299,980 average 4.4% YoY

Across Rutland · to 2026-06

Detached£433,453
Semi-detached£279,626
Terraced£229,182
Flat£129,555

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£962 average monthly rent 2.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £677
  • 2 bed £840
  • 3 bed £994

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

Affordability

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 190.7p · Morrisons (4.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Casterton Business & Enterprise College (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

41,048 residents in Rutland · 108/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 303 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,738 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 18,140)

A £1,825
B £2,129
C £2,433
D £2,738
E £3,346
F £3,954
G £4,563
H £5,475

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

Schools

27 schools · 7,772 pupils

17 primary · 3 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 6 of 6 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

20inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Catmose CollegeOutstanding
  • Casterton College RutlandGood
  • Uppingham Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rutland

Care & health services

46 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes11
  • GP practices6
  • Dentists12
  • Homecare agencies14
  • Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rutland

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

90.1% granted · 118 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 2
  • Con 7
  • LD 10
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Care Assistant (£13.80- £14.25 p/hr and paid travel time)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£776 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,310 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 18,463 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Biomass 25% · Solar 11% · Imports 3%

261 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.8 women · 65 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Casterton College · 0.4 km

    Casterton College, Rutland is one of three secondary schools in the county of Rutland, England.

  • Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Casterton · 0.5 km

    The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church in Great Casterton, Rutland. It is a Grade I listed building. The benefice is shared with Pickworth, Tickencote and Little Casterton.

  • Great Casterton · 0.8 km

    Great Casterton is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in England. It is located at the crossing of the Roman Ermine Street and the River Gwash.

  • St Peter's Church, Tickencote · 0.9 km

    St Peter's Church, Tickencote is a Church of England parish church in Tickencote, Rutland. Apart from the chancel arch and the sexpartite vaulting in the chancel, which are Norman and date from the mid 12th century, t…

  • Tickencote · 1.0 km

    Tickencote is a small village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is noted for St Peter's Church, with its Norman chancel arch. The population at the 2001 census was 67. At th…

  • Great Casterton Road Banks · 1.2 km

    Great Casterton Road Banks is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Stamford in Lincolnshire. It is managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Great Casterton?
Great Casterton is a town in Rutland, England, in the Rutland local authority.
How deprived is Great Casterton?
The Rutland local authority, which includes Great Casterton, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.