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Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton

Ward

North east Hinckley and Bosworth. About 8,049 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 26 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 60% of people in Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,604
3,629th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
60%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
77.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Ratby, Bagworth and ThorntonMiddle
Population16 wards, Hinckley and Bosworth · 2021
Population: every ward in Hinckley and Bosworth16 areas from 3,100 to 10,631. The middle area is 7,187. Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton is 7,604.
7,6047th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Hinckley and Bosworth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Hinckley and Bosworth16 areas from 0.0% to 87.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton is 60.0%.
60%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Hinckley and Bosworth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Hinckley and Bosworth16 areas from 24.4% to 97.1%. The middle area is 84.7%. Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton is 77.1%.
77.1%5th lowest
Claimant rate16 wards, Hinckley and Bosworth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Hinckley and Bosworth16 areas from 1.0% to 4.2%. The middle area is 2.3%. Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton is 2.2%.
2.2%8th lowest

Is Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton at a rate of 60.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 65.5 per 1,000 people across Hinckley and Bosworth.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (190), anti-social behaviour (92) and other crime (85).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Hinckley and Bosworth

These figures are published for the whole of Hinckley and Bosworth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hinckley and Bosworth and not Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton alone. See Hinckley and Bosworth

Average house price
£258,960
Down 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,671
84th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.3×
Joint 172nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.7
73rd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton in brief

Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton had 7,604 usual residents at the census.

About 60% of people in Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton, 77.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.