# LE16 8BG: area report for a postcode in Harborough

LE16 8BG is a postcode in Harborough.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Harborough. Open the map at LE16 8BG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) › [LE16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le16) › [LE16 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le16-8)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 50% on July. Harborough 009A: 101 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **Market Harborough, 1.1 km**: About 14 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **2 of 27 properties in LE16 8BG at medium risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Also 3 at low risk. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Harborough 009A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **£341,706 average price**: For the whole of Harborough, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 790 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at LE16 8BG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **Moderate road and rail noise at LE16 8BG**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG
- **8.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Little Bowden School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/little-bowden-school-e119936) | Primary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Welland Park Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/welland-park-academy-e137170) | Secondary | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | Attainment 8 of 52.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Farndon Fields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/farndon-fields-primary-school-e138345) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2023 | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-voluntary-academy-e138080) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, March 2025 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Divergent School Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-divergent-school-harborough-e150863) | Special | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Brooke House College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brooke-house-college-e120341) | Independent | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Market Harborough Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/market-harborough-church-of-england-academy-e141151) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Meadowdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/meadowdale-primary-school-e138346) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2024 | £312,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2026 | £306,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| March 2025 | £435,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| August 2025 | £188,048 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| May 2025 | £265,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 260 m |
| September 2025 | £850,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 280 m |
| September 2025 | £280,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 280 m |
| March 2025 | £305,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 290 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: TORCHWAY PHARMACY (510 m); BOOTS (930 m)
- Dental practices: 106 NORTHAMPTON ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (400 m); PURE DENTAL STUDIO LTD (400 m); FAIRFAX ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (670 m); THE DENTAL PRACTICE (94 ST MARY'S ROAD) (920 m); DENTAL SURGERY (1 km)
- Supermarkets: Waitrose Market Harborough (790 m, Waitrose); Sainsburys Market Harborough (840 m, Sainsburys); Lidl Little Bowden Market Harborough (860 m, Lidl); Cook Market Harborough (890 m, Cook); Tesco Market Harborough High Street Express (980 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £341,706** (August 2026). Harborough’s average house price was £341,706 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 5.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £42,423** (2025). Full-time workers living in Harborough earned a median of £42,423 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 95th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.1×** (2025). A home in Harborough costs 8.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 127th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 9.2** (2025). Harborough has a deprivation score of 9.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 13th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Harborough 009A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 4.0** (2025). Harborough 009A has a deprivation score of 4.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,852nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £331,503** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Harborough 009A was £331,503 in 2025. 12,961st most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,336** (2021). Harborough 009A had 2,336 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 1,799th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.1%** (January 2026). In Harborough 009A, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## LE16 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £345,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LE16 was £345,000 in 2025. Joint 827th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 38,606** (2021). LE16 had 38,606 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 501st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 19%** (2022). About 19% of people in LE16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.3%** (January 2026). In LE16, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough)
- Centre: 52.4698, -0.9131

Council: [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Harborough, Oadby and Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harborough-oadby-and-wigston): Neil O'Brien (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.9131,52.4698,LE168BG

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