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.
Hinckley

#18 of 24

Rugby

#12 of 24

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

Living in Rugby

Warwickshire · 33 min to Birmingham · average sold price £279k.

Read the Rugby report