Measham & Appleby Magna

North West Leicestershire · East Midlands · population 8,100 · 4 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,781 of 6,856 in England
  • #249 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #9 of 13 in North West Leicestershire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,839
Median age (est.)45
Density186per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 30%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 13%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 40% · Other 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

Measham & Appleby Magna is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,781 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 13 in North West Leicestershire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (66) and lowest on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £258,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 111 sales), in line with the wider North West Leicestershire median of £265,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,040 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £41,088 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 66 · #2,301
Employment 62 · #2,596
Education 47 · #3,624
Health 64 · #2,480
Crime 58 · #2,863
Housing & access 22 · #5,345
Living environment 54 · #3,131

House prices ?

£258,000median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£258,000111+6.2%+9.8%
Detached£320,00051-9.1%+16.4%
Semi-detached£240,00035+12.9%+33.3%
Terraced£175,00022+6.1%+11.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£258,000
North West Leicestershire£265,000
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)£41,088±£5,830 · #3,095 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,533
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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 382 offences
North West Leicestershire61
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,882 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences157
Theft38
Burglary19
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons38
Drugs6
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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