Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham

Harborough · East Midlands · population 12,699 · 7 LSOAs

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

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #265 of 6,856 in England
  • #16 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #1 of 10 in Harborough
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,176
Median age (est.)45
Density521per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above42%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 4%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #265 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #1 of 10 in Harborough. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (99) and lowest on Housing & access (68). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 264 sales), 9% above the wider Harborough median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,960 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 89 · #732
Employment 90 · #663
Education 89 · #759
Health 87 · #876
Crime 85 · #1,026
Housing & access 68 · #2,192
Living environment 99 · #73

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · -10.6% yr · n=264
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,000264-10.6%-0.7%
Detached£469,995133-1.1%+10.6%
Semi-detached£313,99880-0.3%+15.0%
Terraced£248,00039-3.7%+11.5%
Flat£152,50012-23.8%-15.3%
This area£360,000
Harborough£330,000
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)£49,960±£7,568 · #1,070 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,217
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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 535 offences
Harborough45
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,429 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences292
Theft48
Burglary22
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons39
Drugs22
Robbery2
Other43

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 85 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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