# Earl Shilton

Town in Hinckley and Bosworth, East Midlands.

Earl Shilton is a town in Hinckley and Bosworth, East Midlands. Median sale price £240,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 71.7 per 1,000 people. About 11,361 people.

Town. Code E63002740. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Hinckley and Bosworth](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth)

Earl Shilton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Earl Shilton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £240,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Earl Shilton was £240,000 in 2025. Joint 421st cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/earl-shilton#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 10,885** (2021). Earl Shilton had 10,885 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 281st least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/earl-shilton#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 4%** (2022). About 4% of people in Earl Shilton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/earl-shilton#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 82.5%** (January 2026). In Earl Shilton, 82.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/earl-shilton#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63002740) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 4% of people in Earl Shilton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63002740) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 215 homes were sold in Earl Shilton in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63002740) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Earl Shilton.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63002740) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Earl Shilton had 10,885 usual residents at the census.

## How Earl Shilton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Earl Shilton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £240,000 | 52nd most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 10,885 | 31st least populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 4% | joint 22nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 82.5% | 7th lowest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Earl Shilton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Earl Shilton at a rate of 71.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Earl Shilton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (359), other crime (140) and anti-social behaviour (126).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Earl Shilton was 68.2 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Earl Shilton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Earl Shilton has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Earl Shilton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hinckley and Bosworth 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth/neighbourhood/e01025839) | 1,649 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.4% |
| [Hinckley and Bosworth 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth/neighbourhood/e01025840) | 1,675 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.1% |
| [Hinckley and Bosworth 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth/neighbourhood/e01025841) | 1,906 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.0% |
| [Hinckley and Bosworth 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth/neighbourhood/e01025842) | 1,968 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.6% |
| [Hinckley and Bosworth 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth/neighbourhood/e01025843) | 1,804 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.3% |
| [Hinckley and Bosworth 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth/neighbourhood/e01025844) | 1,628 | 116.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.6% |

## Your MP

- [Hinckley and Bosworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hinckley-and-bosworth): Dr Luke Evans (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Hinckley and Bosworth](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth)

## Postcode districts covering Earl Shilton

[LE9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le9)

## Middle areas in Earl Shilton

[Earl Shilton](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth/earl-shilton)

## Towns near Earl Shilton

[Barwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barwell), [Hinckley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hinckley), [Enderby and Narborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/enderby-and-narborough), [Broughton Astley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/broughton-astley), [Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leicester-forest-east-and-kirby-muxloe), [Nuneaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nuneaton)

## Earl Shilton in brief

Earl Shilton is a town in Hinckley and Bosworth, East Midlands.
About 11,361 people lived in Earl Shilton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £240,000 in 2025 across 215 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Earl Shilton was £240,000 in 2025.
Earl Shilton had 10,885 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in Earl Shilton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Earl Shilton, 82.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002740
- Constituency: [Hinckley and Bosworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hinckley-and-bosworth)
- Council: [Hinckley and Bosworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth)
- Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.68 km²
- People, mid-2024: 11,361*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 34

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Barwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barwell), [Hinckley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hinckley), [Enderby and Narborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/enderby-and-narborough), [Broughton Astley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/broughton-astley), [Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leicester-forest-east-and-kirby-muxloe), [Nuneaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nuneaton)

## Latest updates for Earl Shilton

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002740

## How to cite

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