Earl Shilton

Hinckley and Bosworth · East Midlands · population 10,694 · 6 LSOAs

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

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,563 of 6,856 in England
  • #315 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #12 of 14 in Hinckley and Bosworth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,632
Median age (est.)43
Density1,296per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 15%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 13% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · 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

Earl Shilton sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,563 of 6,856 in England, and #12 of 14 in Hinckley and Bosworth. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (76) and lowest on Education (34). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 188 sales), 12% below the wider Hinckley and Bosworth median of £262,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,295 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,565 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 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 44 · #3,809
Employment 37 · #4,310
Education 34 · #4,502
Health 45 · #3,748
Crime 34 · #4,488
Housing & access 72 · #1,897
Living environment 76 · #1,643

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=188
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,0001880.0%+21.9%
Detached£323,37554+10.7%+15.1%
Semi-detached£230,000780.0%+23.2%
Terraced£185,99941+4.5%+20.0%
Flat£105,00015-4.5%+12.9%
This area£230,000
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)£34,565±£5,015 · #5,168 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,289
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 690 offences
Hinckley and Bosworth59
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,177 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences359
Theft121
Burglary24
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons62
Drugs12
Robbery6
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 117 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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