# LE18

Postcode district covering Wigston, in Oadby and Wigston.

LE18 is a postcode district covering Wigston, in Oadby and Wigston. Median sale price £260,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 66.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code LE18. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [LE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £260,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LE18 was £260,000 in 2025. Joint 829th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 34,186** (2021). LE18 had 34,186 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 696th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 99%** (2022). About 99% of people in LE18 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.5%** (January 2026). In LE18, 97.5% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=LE18) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 99% of people in LE18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=LE18) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 439 homes were sold in LE18 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=LE18) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for LE18.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=LE18) (Census 2021, England and Wales): LE18 had 34,186 usual residents at the census.

## How LE18 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | LE18 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £260,000 | joint 5th cheapest | 21 postcode districts, LE · 2025 |
| Population | 34,186 | 10th least populated | 23 postcode districts, LE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 99% | 2nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 23 postcode districts, LE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.5% | 7th highest | 23 postcode districts, LE · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the LE postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in LE18

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oadby and Wigston 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025992) | 1,741 | 205.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025994) | 1,739 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025997) | 1,585 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025999) | 1,470 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01026005) | 1,696 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025985) | 1,244 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025986) | 1,534 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.4% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025987) | 1,666 | 122.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025988) | 1,898 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025989) | 1,773 | 123.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025990) | 1,306 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025991) | 1,408 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025993) | 1,419 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025998) | 2,239 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01026000) | 1,220 | 11.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01026001) | 1,378 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01025995) | 1,537 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01026003) | 1,630 | 102.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01026004) | 1,777 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01032600) | 2,002 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| [Oadby and Wigston 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/neighbourhood/e01032601) | 1,458 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |

## Your MP

- [Harborough, Oadby and Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harborough-oadby-and-wigston): Neil O'Brien (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 99% of the people here.
- [South Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-leicestershire): Alberto Costa (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 1.3% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in LE18

[South Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/south-wigston), [Wigston Harcourt & Little Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/wigston-harcourt-and-little-hill), [Wigston North](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/wigston-north), [Wigston Town](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston/wigston-town)

## Postcode sectors in LE18

[LE18 1 (150 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18-1), [LE18 2 (174 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18-2), [LE18 3 (208 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18-3), [LE18 4 (166 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18-4), [LE18 9 (49 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18-9)

## Council

[Oadby and Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston)

## Towns in LE18

[Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wigston)

## Postcode districts next to LE18

[LE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le2), [LE8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le8)

## Nearest rail stations

[South Wigston (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.1341,52.5822)

## More in the LE postcode area

[All LE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 99% of people in LE18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LE18, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: LE18
- Postcode area: [LE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le)
- Constituency: [Harborough, Oadby and Wigston †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harborough-oadby-and-wigston)
- Council: [Oadby and Wigston †](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston)
- Area: 23.59 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,855*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 115

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[LE8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le8), [LE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le2)

## Latest updates for LE18

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/LE18

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le18