LE21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Highfields and Braunstone Town, in Leicester and Blaby.
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 LE21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LE21, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LE21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE21 at a rate of 789.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across LE.
In August 2026 alone, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (49), other crime (40) and anti-social behaviour (38).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE21 was 1,041.0 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.
MPs for LE21
- Shockat AdamIndependentMP for Leicester South77% of LE21’s postcodes
- Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMP for Mid Leicestershire23% of LE21’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.
Postcode sectors in LE213
Councils LE21 covers2
Postcode districts next to LE213
Nearest rail stations2
More in the LE postcode area2
LE21 in brief
LE21 is a postcode district covering Highfields and Braunstone Town, in Leicester and Blaby.
About 195 people lived in LE21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 789.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
LE21 had 163 usual residents at the census.
In LE21, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
79.0% of residents in LE21 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.
13.6% of residents in LE21 were aged 65 or over at the census.