LE12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shepshed, East Leake and Mountsorrel, in Charnwood and Rushcliffe.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LE12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LE12, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LE12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE12 at a rate of 62.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across LE.
In August 2026 alone, 392 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,652), other crime (794) and anti-social behaviour (722).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE12 was 60.2 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in LE12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE12 has no single figure. Of its 36 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LE12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnwood 001C | 2,351 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.8% |
| Charnwood 005A | 2,688 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Charnwood 005B | 1,428 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Charnwood 005C | 2,007 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.2% |
| Charnwood 005D | 1,800 | 109.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Charnwood 006A | 1,497 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| Charnwood 006B | 1,438 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Charnwood 006C | 1,676 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Charnwood 006D | 2,335 | 95.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.0% |
| Charnwood 008A | 1,358 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 11.1% |
| Charnwood 008B | 1,895 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 10.7% |
| Charnwood 011A | 1,922 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% |
| Charnwood 011B | 1,483 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.4% |
| Charnwood 011C | 2,486 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.0% |
| Charnwood 011D | 1,467 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| Charnwood 012A | 1,907 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| Charnwood 012B | 1,795 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| Charnwood 012C | 1,706 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| Charnwood 012D | 1,851 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.0% |
| Charnwood 013A | 2,127 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.0% |
| Charnwood 013B | 2,216 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Charnwood 013C | 1,917 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Charnwood 013D | 2,159 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.3% |
| Charnwood 014A | 1,904 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
| Charnwood 014B | 1,577 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Charnwood 014C | 2,022 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.2% |
| Charnwood 014D | 1,514 | 18.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Charnwood 016B | 1,741 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.7% |
| North West Leicestershire 002A | 1,417 | 134.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.8% |
| North West Leicestershire 002B | 1,705 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.7% |
| Rushcliffe 014B | 2,524 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.0% |
| Rushcliffe 014C | 2,786 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 70.9% |
| Rushcliffe 015A | 1,692 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.3% |
| Rushcliffe 015B | 1,877 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.7% |
| Rushcliffe 015C | 2,588 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.9% |
| Rushcliffe 015E | 1,347 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 49.2% |
MPs for LE12
- Dr Jeevun SandherLabourMP for Loughborough52% of LE12’s postcodes
- James NaishLabourMP for Rushcliffe19% of LE12’s postcodes
- Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMP for Mid Leicestershire14% of LE12’s postcodes
- Edward ArgarConservativeMP for Melton and Syston11% of LE12’s postcodes
- Amanda HackLabourMP for North West Leicestershire4.7% of LE12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LE129
Postcode sectors in LE125
Councils LE12 covers2
Towns in LE124
Postcode districts next to LE1210
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LE postcode area2
LE12 in brief
LE12 is a postcode district covering Shepshed, East Leake and Mountsorrel, in Charnwood and Rushcliffe.
About 72,252 people lived in LE12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 1,292 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 62.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE12 was £290,000 in 2025.
LE12 had 69,349 usual residents at the census.
In LE12, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LE12, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.