Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This village in Leicestershire, East Midlands has a population of 1,301.
Appleby Magna’s strongest subject is jobs & income — the mean household earns £53,426 a year. Walkability is its weak spot: 4% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. It takes 7.8 years of household income in the North West Leicestershire council area to buy the median home, at £425,000. School results trail most towns: primary results beat 38% of towns in England. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B− for health.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Appleby Magna is graded subject by subject only.
The 3 things Appleby Magna does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Appleby Magna is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Appleby Magna’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Appleby Magna.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 41% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 92% of commuters went by car. 1% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, below Leicestershire’s towns (2%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. Home was the main workplace for just over two in five workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
59% of pupils at the 8 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Below is its only school. 110 pupils attend Appleby Magna’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir John Moore Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 110 | C+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Relative to its size, Appleby Magna keeps 161 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. This Leicestershire town has 21 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 2 Grade II*. It has one scheduled monument.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Violence accounts for 15.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Over the year to August 2026, 49 offences were reported in Appleby Magna, along with 4 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 3.1 reports per 1,000, lower than both Leicestershire’s towns (6.9) and England’s towns (7.8). For its size, Appleby Magna records more crime per resident than 74% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Council and housing-body homes hold 11% of households. 7% rent privately, below Leicestershire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. The £425,000 median rests on 54 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £465,000 | 41 |
| Semi-detached | £254,750 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Seeing a GP means leaving Appleby Magna: the nearest practice is 1.6 miles away. The nearest A&E to Appleby Magna is Queens Hospital, 10.4 miles away. 84% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above both Leicestershire’s towns (83%) and England’s towns (82%).
| Census 2021 | Appleby Magna | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Leicestershire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 22% of residents. Ages in Appleby Magna split evenly at 48.5: half are older, half younger. Among adults, 38% have a degree.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Appleby Magna | Leicestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.8% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Leicestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Appleby Magna. Best known first.
ZooTwycross Zoo3.1 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumSir John Moore Museum100 m outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumMoira Furnace Museum4.5 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleby Magna | 1,301 | — | — | B− | B− | B− |
| Measham | 5,373 | 1.7 | C+ | A | C | C+ |
| Austrey | 1,140 | 2.5 | — | D | B+ | B− |
| Donisthorpe | 1,204 | 2.7 | — | A | B− | C+ |
| Moira | 3,198 | 3.7 | B | A | B | C |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | 4.2 | B− | A+ | B− | C |
| Heather | 1,068 | 4.5 | — | A | B+ | C |
| Warton | 1,472 | 4.5 | — | C− | B− | C+ |
Austrey, Donisthorpe, Heather and Warton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 6.6 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £425,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: semi-detached houses £254,750 and detached houses £465,000.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Village in Leicestershire, England
Appleby Magna is a built-up area of 1,301 people, in the North West Leicestershire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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