United Kingdom · East Midlands · Local Authority
Charnwood
Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands, England · population ~188k · 64 state-funded schools
Good pay, high costs. Charnwood offers median weekly earnings of £760.80, above the East Midlands average, but this is offset by a median house price that is 7 times annual pay, and rents taking 28.8% of gross median earnings. Council tax is close to the regional median at £2,406. Crime rates match the regional average, and deprivation is lower than the East Midlands median. However, school performance is a weak point, with 89.9% of pupils in Good or Outstanding places, below the regional average. This suits those prioritising higher earnings over housing affordability and who are less concerned about school quality.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Charnwood ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£39,562/yr
Mid
Around UK average
House price
£275,000
Mid-range
Around UK average
Rent
£949/mo
Mid-range
Better than 55% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,406/yr
Mid
Better than 58% of UK LAs
Crime
67.9/1k
Mid
Better than 57% of UK LAs
Deprivation
13.2
Low
Better than 76% of UK LAs
Schools
95.2%
Strong
Better than 69% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
63 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
60 of 63 (95.2%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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64 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 64 schools, sortable and filterable.
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.