Desford & Newbold Verdon

Hinckley and Bosworth · East Midlands · population 9,008 · 5 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,418 of 6,856 in England
  • #217 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #8 of 14 in Hinckley and Bosworth
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,871
Median age (est.)47
Density202per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 11%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Desford & Newbold Verdon is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,418 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 14 in Hinckley and Bosworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (80) but weak on Housing & access (15). Typical homes here sold for about £285,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 116 sales), 9% above the wider Hinckley and Bosworth median of £262,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,197 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 70 · #2,068
Employment 64 · #2,500
Education 58 · #2,877
Health 60 · #2,726
Crime 80 · #1,376
Housing & access 15 · #5,818
Living environment 75 · #1,691

House prices ?

£285,500median (12m) · -17.2% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£285,500116-17.2%+23.5%
Detached£382,50053-7.5%+3.9%
Semi-detached£249,50048-2.2%+19.5%
Terraced£242,00011-1.2%+42.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£285,500
Hinckley and Bosworth£262,000
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)£44,197±£6,370 · #2,269 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,704
Price-to-income ?6.5×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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
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Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 446 offences
Hinckley and Bosworth59
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,075 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences215
Theft65
Burglary32
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons45
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 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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