Stonygate
Suburb · 109 residents
75Very good
Very good · better than 9 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Environment scores 93, well above the typical 60
- Affordability scores 77, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 55 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Food & drink scores 31, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Stonygate
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Is Stonygate a good place to live?
Stonygate scores 75/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (93) and affordability (77).
It scores lowest on food & drink (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Stonygate in East Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Stonygate
Stonygate reads as detached houses on quiet roads, hedges trimmed, cars on the drive rather than the kerb — the kind of place where the average resident is in their fifties and has been for a while. There's little passing trade and not much reason to cut through; this is a destination street, not a route anywhere.
The numbers back up what you'd guess from the pavements: this sits in the top decile nationally for both income and deprivation measures, and a median house price of £310,000 runs about 23% above the wider Hinckley and Bosworth district. That premium buys you detached freehold houses almost exclusively — thirteen of the twenty-five recent sales were detached, twenty-four of twenty-five were freehold — which tells you what a For Sale board here actually means: a family-sized house you own outright, not a flat chain or a leasehold flip. Schooling is solid rather than exceptional; The Hinckley School, an academy, carries a Good rating, and the overall schools grade sits a shade above the national average rather than streets ahead of it. There's barely any public transport presence to speak of, so this is a driving suburb — anyone commuting by rail will be doing it from elsewhere, not stepping out the front door onto a platform.
The green space is real but concentrated — two sites covering nearly 57 hectares between them, so the space exists in large blocks rather than as a pocket park on every corner, good for a proper walk rather than a quick loop. Health outcomes are the one grade that doesn't match the rest of the report card: against a backdrop of top-decile affluence and A-grade safety, the health grade comes in at a C, a genuine outlier worth sitting with rather than explaining away. Broadband is reasonable without being exceptional — full fibre reaches about two-thirds of properties, enough that most households won't think about it, not enough that it's a selling point. Crime is low in absolute terms, 74 incidents across the year, and the safety grade is A with the trend holding flat; violence and sexual offences make up the single biggest share of that total, which is typical of how these figures get categorised rather than a sign of a troubled street.