# LE3 0BY: area report for a postcode in Leicester

LE3 0BY is a postcode in Leicester.

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 Leicester. Open the map at LE3 0BY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) › [LE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le3) › [LE3 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le3-0)

## Around this postcode

- **119 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 2% on July. Leicester 029E: 116 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **Leicester, 1.6 km**: About 21 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **No property in LE3 0BY listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Leicester 029E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **£226,881 average price**: For the whole of Leicester, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **8 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 390 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 110 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **100% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **Low road and rail noise at LE3 0BY**: Road 42 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **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=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY
- **14.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Shaftesbury Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shaftesbury-junior-school-e120026) | Primary | 550 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2022 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hazel Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hazel-community-primary-school-e120071) | Primary | 680 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [King Richard III Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-richard-iii-infant-and-nursery-school-e120017) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), April 2024 | – |
| [St Mary's Fields Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-fields-academy-e150622) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), January 2023, before the school changed | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Children's Hospital School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-childrens-hospital-school-e120363) | Special | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, October 2023 | – |
| [Fullhurst Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fullhurst-community-college-e120298) | Secondary | 920 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 39.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Leicester College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leicester-college-e131863) | Sixth form and further education | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Imperial Avenue Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/imperial-avenue-infant-school-e120014) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £160,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| September 2023 | £247,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| August 2026 | £190,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| July 2026 | £176,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| December 2025 | £345,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| November 2025 | £242,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| November 2025 | £290,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| March 2026 | £172,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: DR S SHAFI (390 m); NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY (440 m); WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE) (500 m); WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO) (500 m); WALNUT ST MED CTR (560 m)
- Pharmacies: POLY PHARMACY (200 m); PATELS CHEMIST (380 m); RIVERSIDE PHARMACY (470 m); PEAK PHARMACY (500 m); VISION PHARMACY (580 m)
- Dental practices: MM DENTAL CARE UPPERTON ROAD (220 m); DAMIRA WESTCOTES (440 m); WINCHESTER AVENUE DENTAL PRACTICE (580 m); DENTAL SURGERY (620 m); COMMUNITY DENTAL GA SERVICE (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Upperton Road West Bridge Leicester (110 m, Lidl); Morrisons Daily Briton Street (340 m, Morrisons); Iceland Narborough Road (460 m, Iceland); Tesco Leicester Bede Island Express (540 m, Tesco); Morrisons Daily Leicester (610 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £226,881** (August 2026). Leicester’s average house price was £226,881 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £32,281** (2025). Full-time workers living in Leicester earned a median of £32,281 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 9th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.0×** (2025). A home in Leicester costs 7.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 159th most 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: 34.4** (2025). Leicester has a deprivation score of 34.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 16th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Leicester 029E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 14.6** (2025). Leicester 029E has a deprivation score of 14.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,929th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £165,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Leicester 029E was £165,000 in 2025. Joint 3,419th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,429** (2021). Leicester 029E had 1,429 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,527th least 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: 99.2%** (January 2026). In Leicester 029E, 99.2% 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.

## LE3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LE3 was £245,000 in 2025. Joint 705th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 110,195** (2021). LE3 had 110,195 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 4th 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: 46%** (2022). About 46% of people in LE3 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: 98.9%** (January 2026). In LE3, 98.9% 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: [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)
- Centre: 52.6248, -1.1471

Council: [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Leicester West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leicester-west): Liz Kendall (Labour), 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)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [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=-1.1471,52.6248,LE30BY

## How to cite

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