Hinckley Central

Hinckley and Bosworth · East Midlands · population 9,107 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,111 of 6,856 in England
  • #363 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #14 of 14 in Hinckley and Bosworth
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,117
Median age (est.)40
Density5,086per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above26%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 10%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 38%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional14%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Hinckley Central is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,111 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 14 in Hinckley and Bosworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Living environment (18). Typical homes here sold for about £205,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 158 sales), 22% below the wider Hinckley and Bosworth median of £262,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,552 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £32,757 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 134 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 41 · #4,022
Employment 38 · #4,228
Education 36 · #4,385
Health 36 · #4,365
Crime 29 · #4,845
Housing & access 89 · #738
Living environment 18 · #5,619

House prices ?

£205,000median (12m) · -0.7% yr · n=158
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,000158-0.7%+22.8%
Detached£320,00023-0.8%+9.9%
Semi-detached£255,00045+2.7%+39.3%
Terraced£193,00065+7.2%+28.7%
Flat£126,50025-2.7%-4.2%
This area£205,000
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)£32,757±£4,742 · #5,748 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,972
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

134 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,222 offences
Hinckley and Bosworth59
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,716 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences565
Theft215
Burglary74
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson115
Public order & weapons128
Drugs40
Robbery13
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 153 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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