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Roughly one resident in 4 is aged 15 to 24. Home to 4,293 people, this town lies in Leicestershire, East Midlands.
Kegworth does especially well on cost of living: a typical home costs £267,500 and rent runs £914 a month. Taken together, its subjects give Kegworth an A− overall, better than 83% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #12 of 50 in Leicestershire. Households here earn well (A): households earn a mean £53,240 a year, and 1.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. What counts against it is safety — 31.2 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 19.3 home and vehicle crimes. Among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 18%. Natural hazards weigh more here: 2.2% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Kegworth 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 Kegworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Kegworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Kegworth. Best known first.
MuseumKegworth Heritage Centrein townMuseumMuseumDiseworth Heritage Centre3.3 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumEast Midlands Aeropark3.6 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumCastle Donington Museum3.1 km outside town, to the westArt galleryArt galleryTarpey Gallery3.5 km outside town, to the westHistoric siteHistoric siteArmstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy3.6 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kegworth.
Degrees are held by 36% of adults, above both Leicestershire’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here. Kegworth has a median age of 34.7 years.
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Kegworth | Leicestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 25% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 28% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 36% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Leicestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Below is its only school. Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 46.7, and 52% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. At the 5 primary schools within 3 km, 64% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kegworth Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 240 | B− |
The social rented sector houses just over one in ten households. The £267,500 median rests on 201 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Households that own their home make up 61%.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £343,750 | 100 |
| Semi-detached | £240,000 | 52 |
| Terraced | £191,250 | 46 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 322 recorded crimes inside Kegworth’s built-up area, and 50 reports of anti-social behaviour. There were 12.7 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), higher than both Leicestershire’s towns (6.7) and England’s towns (7.8). 46% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
One GP practice serves the town; 98% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 85% of Kegworth’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above Leicestershire’s towns (83%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. Disability touches 15% of the town’s population. The nearest A&E to Kegworth is Queen's Medical Centre, 8.4 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Kegworth | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list names 23 listed buildings in Kegworth: 1 Grade II*. Conservation areas cover 12% of the town’s land, above Leicestershire’s towns (6%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. For its size, Kegworth has 54 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 16% of its commuters stay in Kegworth for work. The car carried just over four in five commuters at the census. Also worth knowing: this Leicestershire town counts 3.1 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
23 listed buildings in Kegworth.
Lodge Farmhouse: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Harrison House: Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cottage Restaurant: Photo: Crep171166 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Gables: Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kegworth | 4,293 | — | A− | A− | C− | A− |
| Sutton Bonington | 2,064 | 1.7 | — | A− | A | B |
| Long Whatton | 1,157 | 2.1 | — | B | A | A− |
| Castle Donington | 7,344 | 2.6 | A− | B+ | B− | B− |
| Hathern | 2,351 | 3.1 | — | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Long Eaton | 37,815 | 3.8 | C+ | A− | C− | C |
| Shardlow | 1,190 | 3.9 | — | A | C | B− |
| Gotham | 1,566 | 3.9 | — | A+ | B+ | B |
Sutton Bonington, Long Whatton, Hathern, Shardlow and Gotham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Leicestershire, England
Kegworth is a built-up area of 4,293 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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