Birmingham commuter townsHinckley vs Rugby
Hinckley vs Rugby: which commuter town suits you?
Rugby is 3 minutes closer to Birmingham, but Hinckley is £24k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to Birmingham
36 min
33 min
Average house price
£255k
£279k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
6.6x
6.5x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
54
60
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
865 Mb
947 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.8
7.5
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
17
31
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
225 ha
250 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
145
162
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
The full picture on each
Living in Hinckley
Leicestershire · 36 min to Birmingham · average sold price £255k.
Read the Hinckley report