Oakham West, Langham & Whissendine

Rutland · East Midlands · population 8,210 · 6 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,095 of 6,856 in England
  • #88 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #2 of 5 in Rutland
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,284
Median age (est.)45
Density231per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van11%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 11%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

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 52% · No religion 41% · Hindu 0%

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

Oakham West, Langham & Whissendine is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,095 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of just 5 in Rutland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (91) and lowest on Housing & access (54). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 123 sales), 19% below the wider Rutland median of £335,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,312 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 71 · #1,965
Employment 73 · #1,856
Education 91 · #608
Health 78 · #1,520
Crime 81 · #1,307
Housing & access 54 · #3,179
Living environment 68 · #2,171

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · -1.8% yr · n=123
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,000123-1.8%+13.9%
Detached£405,00044+2.5%+15.3%
Semi-detached£267,00035+2.0%+20.5%
Terraced£235,00032-2.1%+27.0%
Flat£170,97512+3.6%+26.6%
This area£270,000
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)£45,312±£6,740 · #2,007 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,096
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 343 offences
Rutland42
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,399 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences155
Theft74
Burglary14
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons39
Drugs12
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 62 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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