Market Overton, Cottesmore & Empingham

Rutland · East Midlands · population 9,196 · 4 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,582 of 6,856 in England
  • #141 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #5 of 5 in Rutland
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,953
Median age (est.)39
Density62per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above33%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 14%25–44 31%45–64 23%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 9%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 23%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 25% · Managers & directors 18% · Professional 14%

All occupation groups
Associate professional25%
Managers & directors18%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service4%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 2%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 2%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 37% · Muslim 2%

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

Market Overton, Cottesmore & Empingham is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,582 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of just 5 in Rutland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (97) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £460,500 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 80 sales), 37% above the wider Rutland median of £335,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,082 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 95 · #368
Employment 97 · #176
Education 78 · #1,472
Health 94 · #437
Crime 97 · #217
Housing & access 4 · #6,593
Living environment 33 · #4,577

House prices ?

£460,500median (12m) · +4.6% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£460,50080+4.6%+13.7%
Detached£612,25048+11.3%+33.1%
Semi-detached£293,00023-3.3%+16.6%
Terraced£292,5007+26.6%+12.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£460,500
Rutland£335,000
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)£52,082±£7,973 · #771 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,612
Price-to-income ?8.8×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 445 offences
Rutland42
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,976 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences227
Theft34
Burglary20
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons27
Drugs11
Robbery0
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 13 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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