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Walking, cycling and public transport carry 14% of commuters. A town in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, home to 8,551 people.
Few weak spots anywhere. At A+ overall, East Leake is better than almost every UK town and ranks #3 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. Its strongest is cost of living (A): the median home sold for £300,000, 4.7 years of area income. Add health to its strengths: life expectancy is 83 for men and 85.5 for women. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety, B− for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far East Leake is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things East Leake does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside East Leake’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →13 listed buildings in East Leake, 1 of them Grade I.
25 Main Street incorporating former Post Office: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Baptist Church: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · The Pinfold: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Glebe Farmhouse: Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in East Leake.
10% live in social housing, below both Nottinghamshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Private tenants account for 8% of households. 476 standard sales inside East Leake’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £300,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £361,273 | 250 |
| Semi-detached | £262,500 | 153 |
| Terraced | £238,250 | 48 |
| Flat or maisonette | £143,000 | 25 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 49.5, with 50% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Brookside Primary School’s results beat 96% of schools in England like it. Of its 4 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. East Leake’s three primaries and one secondary have 2,032 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 411 | B− |
| East Leake AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,118 | B+ |
| Brookside Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 319 | A+ |
Disability touches 16% of East Leake’s population. At the census, 86% of people in East Leake called their health good or very good, above Nottinghamshire’s towns (80%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. The nearest A&E to East Leake is Queen's Medical Centre, 7.8 miles away. 3.9% of residents report bad or very bad health.
| Census 2021 | East Leake | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.9% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. East Leake’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Violence comes to 18.5 per 1,000 residents a year. East Leake logged 351 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 73 complaints of anti-social conduct. Of all the crimes, 46% were 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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 84% of commuters, above Nottinghamshire’s towns (75%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Income per household averages £62K a year, before tax. About 15% of its commuters stay in East Leake for work. Among 16 to 64s, 2% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Children under 15 make up a fifth of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both Nottinghamshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (12%). Over-65s are 20% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| East Leake | Nottinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| Degree level | 41% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Nottinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near East Leake. Best known first.
Historic houseStanford Hall1.2 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumNottingham Transport Heritage Centre4.2 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionManor Farm & Woodlands100 m outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumRuddington Framework Knitters Museum4.7 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumThe Village Museum4.8 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumBarnwright's4.2 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in Nottinghamshire, England
East Leake is a built-up area of 8,551 people, in the Rushcliffe 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Leake | 8,551 | — | A+ | A | B | A |
| Gotham | 1,566 | 2.5 | — | A+ | B+ | B |
| Sutton Bonington | 2,064 | 2.9 | — | A− | A | B |
| Wymeswold | 1,364 | 3.7 | — | C+ | B− | A |
| Burton on the Wolds | 1,260 | 3.9 | — | B− | A | A |
| Hathern | 2,351 | 4 | — | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Kegworth | 4,293 | 4.2 | A− | A− | C− | A− |
| Ruddington | 7,491 | 4.5 | A+ | A | B− | B |
Gotham, Sutton Bonington, Wymeswold, Burton on the Wolds and Hathern have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary schools stand out: Key Stage 2 results beat 90% of towns in England. Secondary results beat 71%.
Band D council tax in East Leake is £2,656 for 2026–27, more than in 93% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
It has less crime than most places its size: less crime per resident than 67% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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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