strength
Connect The Crescent with independent shops
The Crescent is an established destination linked to Hinckley’s centre.
Proposed response: Track benefits across surrounding streets.
What could help →Hinckley and Bosworth, in numbers
Issues and SWOT: Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth local authority area. Every figure carries its own date.
Strengths to build on. Pressures to address. Choices to make.
These assessments connect evidence with proposed responses. They are not ratings of council performance.
Strengths
strength
Make room for homes people can afford
Average private rent is £934 a month (August 2026) in Hinckley and Bosworth council area. This is £525 lower than the England average for the same month. Homes rented privately ranged from 8.5% in Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton to 30.2% in Hinckley Castle — a gap of 21.7 percentage points.
Housing costs matter most alongside earnings and the number of affordable homes available. A local average cannot tell us whether a particular household can afford its home.
What could help →strength
Bring support closer to people in poor health
4.7% of people reported bad or very bad health in Hinckley and Bosworth council area (21 March 2021). Across England, the figure was 5.2%. People reporting bad or very bad health ranged from 3.4% in Burbage Sketchley and Stretton to 6.2% in Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill — a gap of 2.8 percentage points.
This is how residents described their health in the census. It can reveal differences between neighbourhoods, but does not diagnose illness or measure current waiting times. Age profiles differ between places, so these shares do not measure service quality.
What could help →Weaknesses
weakness
Replace demolished homes with verified new supply
Peggs Close has approval after residents were rehoused and the old blocks removed.
Proposed response: Publish the construction and letting stages.
What could help →Opportunities
opportunity
Secure long-term care of Burbage Common
The habitat-bank proposal includes long-term management and independent monitoring.
Proposed response: Make the ecological baseline and obligations public.
What could help →opportunity
Plan homes and care around an older population
22.4% of people in Hinckley and Bosworth council area were aged 65 or over (21 March 2021). People aged 65 or over ranged from 15.8% in Hinckley Clarendon to 30.3% in Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone — a gap of 14.6 percentage points.
Age alone does not mean poor health or a need for care. Accessible homes, reliable transport and support close to home matter as people get older.
What could help →opportunity
Connect local skills to local opportunities
29.4% of people aged 16 or over had a degree or equivalent (21 March 2021) in Hinckley and Bosworth council area. Across England, the figure was 33.9%. People aged 16+ with no qualifications ranged from 13% in Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone to 21.9% in Barwell — a gap of 8.9 percentage points.
Qualifications show one part of the skills available locally. They do not show whether people have secure jobs or work that uses those skills.
What could help →opportunity
Target safety work where problems repeat
Mapped police records are available for neighbourhoods in Hinckley and Bosworth council area.
Published locations are approximate and some crimes are not mapped. Counts show recorded incidents, not the chance of an individual becoming a victim.
What could help →opportunity
Turn published plans into visible progress
3 named local projects or plans have official evidence in this collection.
A published plan makes responsibilities and intentions easier to inspect. It does not prove that funding is secured or that promised benefits have arrived.
What could help →opportunity
Target support where disadvantages overlap
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages ranged from 9.5% in Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone to 19.7% in Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill — a gap of 10.1 percentage points.
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
What could help →Threats
threat
Keep visitor pressure and nature protection in balance
The council identifies increasing visitor pressure at Burbage Common.
Proposed response: Manage access without treating developer payments as immediate environmental success.
What could help →| Evidence and response | Who could lead | Related published plans |
|---|---|---|
| Connect The Crescent with independent shopsThe Crescent: Opened in late 2015 | Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council with the named delivery partners | |
| Replace demolished homes with verified new supplyPeggs Close replacement council homes: Planning permission granted | Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council with the named delivery partners | |
| Secure long-term care of Burbage CommonBurbage Common and Woods habitat bank: Agreement and management plan; covenant and registration next | Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council with the named delivery partners | |
| Keep visitor pressure and nature protection in balanceBurbage Common and Woods habitat bank: Agreement and management plan; covenant and registration next | Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council with the named delivery partners | |
| Make room for homes people can affordAverage private rent is £934 a month (August 2026) in Hinckley and Bosworth council area. Homes rented privately ranged from 8.5% in Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton to 30.2% in Hinckley Castle — a gap of 21.7 percentage points. 21 March 2021; 16 of 16 current wards have comparable figures. | The housing and planning authorities, housing associations and developers | |
| Plan homes and care around an older population22.4% aged 65 or over; 21 March 2021. People aged 65 or over ranged from 15.8% in Hinckley Clarendon to 30.3% in Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone — a gap of 14.6 percentage points. 21 March 2021; 16 of 16 current wards have comparable figures. | Adult social care, local health services, housing providers and transport authorities | No reviewed project is linked yet. This remains a proposal, with funding and delivery to establish. |
| Bring support closer to people in poor health4.7% reporting bad or very bad health; 21 March 2021. People reporting bad or very bad health ranged from 3.4% in Burbage Sketchley and Stretton to 6.2% in Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill — a gap of 2.8 percentage points. 21 March 2021; 16 of 16 current wards have comparable figures. | Local health services, public health teams, employers and community organisations | No reviewed project is linked yet. This remains a proposal, with funding and delivery to establish. |
| Connect local skills to local opportunities29.4% with a degree or equivalent; 21 March 2021. People aged 16+ with no qualifications ranged from 13% in Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone to 21.9% in Barwell — a gap of 8.9 percentage points. 21 March 2021; 16 of 16 current wards have comparable figures. | Employers, colleges, universities and the relevant skills authority | |
| Target safety work where problems repeatUse the dated, complete periods shown in Crime and safety; keep anti-social behaviour separate. | The local police force, council community safety team and relevant services | No reviewed project is linked yet. This remains a proposal, with funding and delivery to establish. |
| Target support where disadvantages overlapHouseholds facing two or more measured disadvantages ranged from 9.5% in Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone to 19.7% in Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill — a gap of 10.1 percentage points. 21 March 2021; 16 of 16 wards. | The council's housing, public health and employment teams, with local services |