Oakham

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 12° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:27

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

64 reported · July 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Shoplifting7

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Oakham Town and Barleythorpe · Leicestershire

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

33 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

132 food businesses within 2 miles

• 112 rated 4–5 ★ (95 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Oakham (0.6 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£299,980 average▼ 4.4% YoY

Across Rutland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · ESSO (10.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Oakham (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

41,048 residents in Rutland · 108/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,738 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rutland

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

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

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

131 applications decided

90.1% granted · 118 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 7
• LD 10
• Oth 8

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés44

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

248 jobs advertised · £33,653 avg

e.g. Speech and Language Therapist, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Chef De Partie

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s298 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership284 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills266 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Oakham · 0.4 km

  Oakham is a market town and civil parish in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The town is located 25 miles east of Leicester, 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Nottingham and 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Peterboro…

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  Rutland Radio · 0.4 km

  Rutland Radio was an Independent Local Radio station which served the county of Rutland and the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire. It broadcast on 107.2 FM in Rutland and 97.4 FM across Stamford and launched on 13 Dec…

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  Oakham Market Cross · 0.5 km

  The Market Cross in Oakham, Rutland, England, is a market cross dating from the 16th or 17th century. Market crosses, also termed butter crosses, may derive from the high crosses or free-standing stones of the Early M…

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  Rutland County Museum · 0.5 km

  Rutland County Museum is located in Oakham, Rutland, in the old Riding School of the Rutland Fencible Cavalry which was built in 1794–1795. The museum, opened in 1969, houses a collection of objects relating to local…

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  Oakham School · 0.6 km

  Oakham School is a public school in Oakham, Rutland, England.

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  All Saints' Church, Oakham · 0.6 km

  All Saints' Church, Oakham is a parish church in the Church of England in Oakham, Rutland. It is Grade I listed.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)