# Whitwick Town in North West Leicestershire, East Midlands. Whitwick is a town in North West Leicestershire, East Midlands. Median sale price £235,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 52.5 per 1,000 people. About 10,631 people. Town. Code E63002386. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North West Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire) Whitwick is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Whitwick 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: £235,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Whitwick was £235,000 in 2025. Joint 397th 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/whitwick#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 10,455** (2021). Whitwick had 10,455 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 259th 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/whitwick#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 57%** (2022). About 57% of people in Whitwick 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/whitwick#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.7%** (January 2026). In Whitwick, 96.7% 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/whitwick#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002386) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 57% of people in Whitwick 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=E63002386) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 135 homes were sold in Whitwick in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002386) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Whitwick. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002386) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Whitwick had 10,455 usual residents at the census. ## How Whitwick compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Whitwick | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £235,000 | joint 51st cheapest | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 10,455 | 28th least populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 57% | joint 49th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.7% | joint 43rd highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Whitwick safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whitwick at a rate of 52.5 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, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whitwick. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (240), other crime (93) and anti-social behaviour (77). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Whitwick was 71.1 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 Whitwick, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Whitwick has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Whitwick | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [North West Leicestershire 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/neighbourhood/e01025960) | 1,444 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% | | [North West Leicestershire 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/neighbourhood/e01025961) | 1,419 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% | | [North West Leicestershire 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/neighbourhood/e01025962) | 1,703 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% | | [North West Leicestershire 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/neighbourhood/e01025966) | 1,474 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% | | [North West Leicestershire 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/neighbourhood/e01025967) | 1,553 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% | | [North West Leicestershire 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/neighbourhood/e01025968) | 1,827 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% | | [North West Leicestershire 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/neighbourhood/e01025969) | 1,703 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% | ## Your MP - [North West Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-leicestershire): Amanda Hack (Labour), 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 [North West Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire) ## Postcode districts covering Whitwick [LE67](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le67) ## Middle areas in Whitwick [Thringstone & Swannington](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/thringstone-and-swannington), [Whitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire/whitwick) ## Towns near Whitwick [Coalville](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coalville), [Shepshed](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shepshed), [Ashby-de-la-Zouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashby-de-la-zouch), [Loughborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughborough), [Swadlincote](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swadlincote), [Long Eaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/long-eaton) ## Whitwick in brief Whitwick is a town in North West Leicestershire, East Midlands. About 10,631 people lived in Whitwick in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 135 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Whitwick was £235,000 in 2025. Whitwick had 10,455 usual residents at the census. About 57% of people in Whitwick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Whitwick, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002386 - Constituency: [North West Leicestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-leicestershire) - Council: [North West Leicestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire) - Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 2.80 km² - People, mid-2024: 10,631* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - 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 [Coalville](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coalville), [Shepshed](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shepshed), [Ashby-de-la-Zouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashby-de-la-zouch), [Loughborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughborough), [Swadlincote](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swadlincote), [Long Eaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/long-eaton) ## Latest updates for Whitwick - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002386 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitwick, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitwick#f-house-sales-median-price. 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