Bagworth’s story
1 listed building
Historic England lists them inside Bagworth’s built-up area.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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BagworthLeicestershire
Home to 1,869 people, this village lies in Leicestershire, East Midlands.
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Population
1,869
Census 2021 · Hinckley and Bosworth council
Median home
£265K
86 sales in 3 years
Median age
35.7
12% are 65+ · Leicestershire 17%
Degree level
32%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
5%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Bagworth a good place to live?
Housing is within reach: the median home sold for £265,000, 5 years of area income. Walkability is its weak spot — 5% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B for schools, B for health and C+ for jobs & income. Hazard risk is lower than in most UK towns (A).
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency. An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Bagworth is graded subject by subject only.
How Bagworth grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Bagworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
WalkabilityAmong the hardest places to get around without a carD−Open →Hazard risk0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaAOpen →Cost of livingBetter than most of the towns comparedB+Open →SchoolsPrimary results beat 48% of towns in England; secondary results beat 70% of towns in EnglandBOpen →HealthLife expectancy 81.5 for men, 85.7 for womenBOpen →Jobs & income2.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefitsC+Open →Safety25.2 violent and sexual offences and 9.3 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026B−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History1 listed buildingDOpen →Outdoors100% live within 400 m of a park; 11 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsAOpen →Civic life3.7 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryBOpen →
How TownRatings grades towns →
What makes Bagworth stand out
The 2 things Bagworth does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bagworth.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C+
Work tends to be further away for Bagworth: 17% commute under 5 km, below Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns
5%walk, cycle or ride
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 33% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
93% of commuters drove, above Leicestershire’s towns (77%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Before tax, the average household brings in £51K a year. Jobs per working resident: 0.3.
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving93%
On foot2%
Bus2%
Bicycle1%
17%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
33%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£51K
mean household income, before tax
2.1%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every UK town
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
History
Bagworth’s listed buildings: 1, all Grade II
1listed buildingsDHistory Grade
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Per 10,000 residents, Bagworth counts 5 listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919, above Leicestershire’s towns (13%) but below England’s towns (16%).
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II1
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
14%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
5
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
HousingCost of living grade B+
Few households rent privately in Bagworth: 8%, fewer than in Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns
£265Kmedian sale
74% of households own their home, above Leicestershire’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. From September 2023 to August 2026, 86 homes sold inside Bagworth’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £265,000. Private rents average £934 a month across the Hinckley and Bosworth council area.
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Bagworth£265K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £330,000 | 46 |
| Semi-detached | £220,000 | 21 |
| Terraced | £180,000 | 17 |
74%
of households own their home · England 61%
8%
rent privately · England 21%
£934
average private rent a month, Hinckley and Bosworth council area
£2,426
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Health
Just 3.2% of people in Bagworth say their health is bad or very bad, fewer than in Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns
87%good or very good healthBHealth Grade
The nearest A&E to Bagworth is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 9.5 miles away. Asked at the census, 87% of residents of Bagworth said they were in good or very good health. At the census, 14% of people here had a disability, below Leicestershire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (17%) alike. This Leicestershire town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.4 miles away.
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 87%Fair 10%Bad or very bad 3%
| Census 2021 | Bagworth | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
81.5
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
85.7
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Safety
Per resident, Bagworth sees more crime than 54% of UK towns
25.2violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearB−Safety Grade
62% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 84 crimes and 21 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Bagworth’s built-up area. For its size, Bagworth records more crime per resident than nearly three quarters of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 26% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual52
Damage & arson9
Public order6
Other theft6
Other crime5
Burglary3
Vehicle crime2
Theft from person1
Anti-social21
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.
25.2
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
9.3
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
9.5
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
84
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Who lives here
A town of families: 24% of people in Bagworth are under 15, more than in Leicestershire’s towns or England’s towns
35.7median age
The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, below Leicestershire’s towns (14%) and close to England’s towns (12%). Just over one in ten residents have reached 65. Residents of Bagworth have a median age of 35.7.
BagworthLeicestershireEngland
Ages · share of residents
12%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar21%
Degree level32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Bagworth | Leicestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Leicestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Bagworth
15pages on Bagworth
The big questions
SafetyB−25.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingB+Median home £265K · rent £934 a monthHousing20 sold in 12 months · busiest street Station RoadSchoolsBHealthBLife expectancy 81.5 (men), 85.7 (women)Work & commuteC+49% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsA0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
About Bagworth
Village in Leicestershire, England
Bagworth is a built-up area of 1,869 people, in the Hinckley and Bosworth 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
- Population
- 1,869 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- County
- Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)
- ONS code
- E63002530
Bagworth’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
EllistownThorntonBarlestoneIbstockHugglescoteNewbold VerdonMarkfieldBagworth
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagworth | 1,869 | — | — | B+ | B− | B |
| Ellistown | 2,971 | 1.7 | B− | A− | B | C+ |
| Thornton | 1,030 | 1.8 | — | B− | B− | B |
| Barlestone | 2,563 | 2.2 | A− | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Ibstock | 6,806 | 2.5 | C+ | A | C+ | C |
| Hugglescote | 4,630 | 2.8 | B− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Newbold Verdon | 3,097 | 3.2 | B− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Markfield | 4,761 | 3.2 | A | A− | B | B |
Thornton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Bagworth
Who lives in Bagworth?
A young village. At the 2021 Census, 24% of residents were under 15 and 29% were 25 to 44, against 18% and 27% across England’s towns; only 12% were 65 or over.
Does Bagworth flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
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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