Hinckley and Bosworth: local statistics
Hinckley and Bosworth is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 118,240 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Hinckley and Bosworth, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
An estimated 82.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Hinckley and Bosworth were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 6.1 points either way; the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 76.6% to 84.9%.
2.5% of Hinckley and Bosworth residents aged 16 to 64 (1,755 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.5% in the East Midlands. The rate was the same a year earlier. The five-year high was 3.4% (August 2021); the low was 2.2% (April 2024).
In 2022 to 2024, women in Hinckley and Bosworth had a life expectancy at birth of 83.7 years; for men it was 80.2, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.7 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 less. It is the 10th highest for women of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
Homes in Hinckley and Bosworth sold for an average of £260,187 in July 2026, up 1.7% on July 2025. That is the 12th highest of 35 in the East Midlands; the average for the East Midlands was £242,274. This July figure is the highest in the series, 57% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Hinckley and Bosworth (£35,671) gives a ratio of 7.3. That ratio is 7th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest ratio.
In the year to March 2026, 6,940 offences were recorded by police in Hinckley and Bosworth: 58.7 per 1,000 people, the 22nd highest rate of the 32 council areas in the East Midlands. The rate was 63.3 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 43.6 to 71.1 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in Hinckley and Bosworth pays an average of £2,382.62 in council tax in 2026-27, up £78.48 on 2025-26. That makes it 24th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,537.56, so it has risen 55%.
The ONS estimates that 118,240 people lived in Hinckley and Bosworth in mid-2025, up 1.4% on a year earlier. That is 9,631 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 8.9%, against +8.6% for the East Midlands as a whole, the 14th fastest growth of 35 in the East Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The median full-time employee living in Hinckley and Bosworth was paid £728.50 a week before tax in April 2025 (£35,671 a year). That is 1.1% above the figure for the East Midlands and close to the middle of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands (19th highest). For full-time jobs located in Hinckley and Bosworth the median is £752.50 a week (+£24.00 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £516.80, so it has risen 41% before inflation.
In March 2026, 5,100 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Hinckley and Bosworth, 2% more than in 2016. That is 43 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands (15th highest).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 108,609 |
| 2016 | 109,920 |
| 2017 | 111,431 |
| 2018 | 112,245 |
| 2019 | 112,688 |
| 2020 | 113,051 |
| 2021 | 113,653 |
| 2022 | 114,285 |
| 2023 | 115,267 |
| 2024 | 116,612 |
| 2025 | 118,240 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £166,080 |
| July 2017 | £184,290 |
| July 2018 | £192,297 |
| July 2019 | £198,566 |
| July 2020 | £201,280 |
| July 2021 | £222,748 |
| July 2022 | £254,354 |
| July 2023 | £249,501 |
| July 2024 | £248,762 |
| July 2025 | £255,839 |
| July 2026 | £260,187 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £516.80 a week |
| 2016 | £508.60 a week |
| 2017 | £525.00 a week |
| 2018 | £565.40 a week |
| 2019 | £567.90 a week |
| 2020 | £574.90 a week |
| 2021 | £575.60 a week |
| 2022 | £612.30 a week |
| 2023 | £667.10 a week |
| 2024 | £670.40 a week |
| 2025 | £728.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,537.56 |
| 2017-18 | £1,594.34 |
| 2018-19 | £1,686.15 |
| 2019-20 | £1,768.27 |
| 2020-21 | £1,835.68 |
| 2021-22 | £1,925.21 |
| 2022-23 | £1,988.85 |
| 2023-24 | £2,090.21 |
| 2024-25 | £2,194.09 |
| 2025-26 | £2,304.14 |
| 2026-27 | £2,382.62 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 43.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 49.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 59.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 62.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 62.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 58.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 64.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 71.1 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 67.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 63.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 58.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 81.2% |
| 2016/17 | 79.2% |
| 2017/18 | 76.6% |
| 2018/19 | 84.1% |
| 2019/20 | 84.9% |
| 2020/21 | 79.1% |
| 2021/22 | 80.1% |
| 2022/23 | 77.5% |
| 2023/24 | 82.6% |
| 2024/25 | 79.5% |
| 2025/26 | 82.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.9 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,980 |
| 2017 | 5,110 |
| 2018 | 5,080 |
| 2019 | 5,140 |
| 2020 | 5,365 |
| 2021 | 5,330 |
| 2022 | 5,105 |
| 2023 | 5,020 |
| 2024 | 4,985 |
| 2025 | 5,010 |
| 2026 | 5,100 |
Questions about Hinckley and Bosworth
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Hinckley and Bosworth?
The ONS claimant count was 1,755 in August 2026, 2.5% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Hinckley and Bosworth?
83.7 years for women and 80.2 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average house price in Hinckley and Bosworth?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £260,187.
What is the crime rate in Hinckley and Bosworth?
Home Office figures show 6,940 offences in the year to March 2026, or 58.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How much is Band D council tax in Hinckley and Bosworth?
£2,382.62 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the population of Hinckley and Bosworth?
118,240 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Hinckley and Bosworth?
£728.50 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Hinckley and Bosworth
Every body that makes decisions for Hinckley and Bosworth, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Hinckley and Bosworth council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Hinckley and Bosworth in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Hinckley and Bosworth: Dr Luke Evans (Conservative) MP
- Mid Leicestershire: Mr Peter Bedford (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK employment rate · UK unemployment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Broxtowe · Erewash · Gedling · Mansfield · North West Leicestershire · South Derbyshire
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