Birstall Wanlip & Riverside

Charnwood · East Midlands · population 9,240 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #793 of 6,856 in England
  • #61 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #4 of 22 in Charnwood
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,058
Median age (est.)42
Density1,478per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above35%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 24%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%
Elementary7%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 31%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 63%Asian 31%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 36% · No religion 30% · Hindu 22%

Born outside the UK: 18%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Birstall Wanlip & Riverside is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #793 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 22 in Charnwood. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (89) and lowest on Crime (66). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 137 sales), 9% above the wider Charnwood median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,956 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 73 · #1,835
Employment 80 · #1,383
Education 69 · #2,096
Health 84 · #1,081
Crime 66 · #2,356
Housing & access 89 · #732
Living environment 77 · #1,582

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · +1.0% yr · n=137
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,000137+1.0%+24.7%
Detached£389,99547+9.1%+43.4%
Semi-detached£282,50066+1.3%+21.9%
Terraced£290,00015+7.0%+30.3%
Flat£149,0009-6.9%+27.4%
This area£300,000
Charnwood£275,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£41,956±£6,008 · #2,863 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,691
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 500 offences
Charnwood68
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,418 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences192
Theft50
Burglary30
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons67
Drugs20
Robbery7
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 102 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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