Markfield & Thornton

Hinckley and Bosworth · East Midlands · population 8,994 · 6 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,425 of 6,856 in England
  • #220 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #9 of 14 in Hinckley and Bosworth
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,064
Median age (est.)46
Density277per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above31%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 11%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 43% · 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

Markfield & Thornton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,425 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 14 in Hinckley and Bosworth. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (72) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £266,500 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 137 sales), in line with the wider Hinckley and Bosworth median of £262,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,832 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 64 · #2,459
Employment 65 · #2,425
Education 65 · #2,384
Health 70 · #2,075
Crime 56 · #2,987
Housing & access 16 · #5,729
Living environment 72 · #1,945

House prices ?

£266,500median (12m) · +6.6% yr · n=137
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£266,500137+6.6%+21.2%
Detached£338,00063+1.3%+14.6%
Semi-detached£243,00043+2.9%+25.9%
Terraced£175,00029-7.9%+16.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£266,500
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)£36,832±£5,298 · #4,420 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,640
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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 426 offences
Hinckley and Bosworth59
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,896 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences195
Theft46
Burglary37
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson49
Public order & weapons40
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 79 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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