Standing view · health · Hinckley and Bosworth
deteriorating, held with strong confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Health measures in Hinckley and Bosworth have been worsening, and the view is held strongly. Adults who are obese was 36.74 in 2024/25 and the suicide rate, per 100,000 12.4 across 2022 to 2024, both recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern. Obesity had read 27.94 in 2023/24 and been favourable, so this is a reversal inside one measure as well as two measures agreeing. Adults who are physically active stood at 68.84 and children who are physically active at 46.46, both in 2023/24. The size of the obesity movement is what gives the view its weight.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Hinckley and Bosworth. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are obese | 2023/24 | improving |
| Adults who are obese | 2024/25 | deteriorating |
| Suicide rate, per 100,000 | 2022 - 24 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who are physically active | 2023/24 | — |
| Children who are physically active | 2023/24 | — |