# LE3 3HW: area report for a postcode in Blaby

LE3 3HW is a postcode in Blaby.

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 Blaby. Open the map at LE3 3HW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Blaby](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby) › [LE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le3) › [LE3 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le3-3)

## Around this postcode

- **13 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 24% on July. Blaby 002A: 50 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **Narborough, 5.6 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 460 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **No property in LE3 3HW 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=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Blaby 002A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **£289,282 average price**: For the whole of Blaby, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 430 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at LE3 3HW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **Moderate road and rail noise at LE3 3HW**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW
- **15.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Fossebrook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fossebrook-primary-school-e142410) | Primary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Stafford Leys Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stafford-leys-community-primary-school-e138154) | Primary | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [New Lubbesthorpe Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-lubbesthorpe-primary-school-e147089) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kingsway Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingsway-primary-school-e144538) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2022 | 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Winstanley School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-winstanley-school-e143844) | Secondary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 34.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Emmanuel Christian School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/emmanuel-christian-school-e134595) | Independent | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2026 | £240,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2026 | £225,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| December 2023 | £237,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| December 2025 | £180,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| May 2023 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| March 2026 | £209,995 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2026 | £304,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| December 2024 | £306,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: THORPE ASTLEY PHARMACY (740 m); BOOTS (870 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Waitrose at Leicester Forest East (430 m, Waitrose); Tesco Leicester Forest East Express (610 m, Tesco); Co-op Leicester Forest East (770 m, Central England Co-operative)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £289,282** (July 2026). Blaby’s average house price was £289,282 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £38,279** (2025). Full-time workers living in Blaby earned a median of £38,279 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 168th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.6×** (2025). A home in Blaby costs 7.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 155th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 10.5** (2025). Blaby has a deprivation score of 10.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 31st least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Blaby 002A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.1** (2025). Blaby 002A has a deprivation score of 7.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,163rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £260,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Blaby 002A was £260,000 in 2025. Joint 12,416th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,567** (2021). Blaby 002A had 1,567 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,860th 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: 99.2%** (January 2026). In Blaby 002A, 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: [Blaby](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby)
- Centre: 52.6219, -1.2104

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

## Your MP

- [Mid Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-leicestershire): Mr Peter Bedford (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), July 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=-1.2104,52.6219,LE33HW

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