LE18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wigston, in Oadby and Wigston.
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 LE18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LE18, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LE18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE18 at a rate of 66.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across LE.
In August 2026 alone, 245 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (930), other crime (438) and anti-social behaviour (336).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE18 was 74.9 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 LE18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE18 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LE18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oadby and Wigston 005A | 1,741 | 205.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Oadby and Wigston 005B | 1,739 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Oadby and Wigston 005C | 1,585 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Oadby and Wigston 005D | 1,470 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Oadby and Wigston 005E | 1,696 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| Oadby and Wigston 006A | 1,244 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Oadby and Wigston 006B | 1,534 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.4% |
| Oadby and Wigston 006C | 1,666 | 122.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Oadby and Wigston 006D | 1,898 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| Oadby and Wigston 006E | 1,773 | 123.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Oadby and Wigston 007A | 1,306 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Oadby and Wigston 007B | 1,408 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| Oadby and Wigston 007C | 1,419 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Oadby and Wigston 007D | 2,239 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Oadby and Wigston 007E | 1,220 | 11.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Oadby and Wigston 007F | 1,378 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Oadby and Wigston 008A | 1,537 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Oadby and Wigston 008B | 1,630 | 102.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| Oadby and Wigston 008C | 1,777 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Oadby and Wigston 008D | 2,002 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| Oadby and Wigston 008E | 1,458 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
MPs for LE18
- Neil O'BrienConservativeMP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston99% of LE18’s postcodes
- Alberto CostaConservativeMP for South Leicestershire1.3% of LE18’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 LE184
Postcode sectors in LE185
Council1
Towns in LE181
Postcode districts next to LE182
Nearest rail stations1
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LE18 in brief
LE18 is a postcode district covering Wigston, in Oadby and Wigston.
About 36,855 people lived in LE18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 439 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE18 was £260,000 in 2025.
LE18 had 34,186 usual residents at the census.
In LE18, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LE18, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.