# LE4 6NW: area report for a postcode in Leicester

LE4 6NW 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 LE4 6NW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) › [LE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le4) › [LE4 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le4-6)

## Around this postcode

- **37 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 32% on July. Leicester 007C: 32 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **Leicester, 2.5 km**: About 31 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **No property in LE4 6NW 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=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Leicester 007C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **£227,322 average price**: For the whole of Leicester, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at LE4 6NW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **Low road and rail noise at LE4 6NW**: Road 49 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **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=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW
- **13.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-patricks-catholic-voluntary-academy-e146147) | Primary | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rushey Mead Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rushey-mead-primary-school-e120009) | Primary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2024 | 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wyvern Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wyvern-primary-school-e120028) | Primary | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Spark Vale Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spark-vale-academy-e151121) | Special | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [North Mead Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/north-mead-primary-academy-e141221) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, January 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Catherine Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/catherine-infant-school-e120002) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | – |
| [Mellor Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mellor-community-primary-school-e120073) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023 | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Darul Uloom Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darul-uloom-leicester-e120345) | Independent | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2024 | £275,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2023 | £318,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| May 2024 | £297,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| July 2026 | £290,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| June 2023 | £265,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| March 2026 | £400,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| April 2023 | £350,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| September 2025 | £189,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: DR B MODI (210 m); BROADHURST STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE (590 m); COSSINGTON PARK SURGERY (920 m); BRANDON SURGERY DR R KAPUR & PARTNER (920 m)
- Pharmacies: SAFYS CHEMIST (630 m); SONI (LEICESTER) LIMITED (670 m); LEONARD SMITH (680 m); PANCHOLI CHEMIST (780 m); OMCARE LATE NIGHT PHARMACY (880 m)
- Dental practices: GIPSY LANE DENTAL (400 m); DONCASTER ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE LTD (620 m); DENTAL SURGERY (670 m); DENTAL SURGERY (700 m); DENTAL CARE CLINIC LIMITED (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Gipsy Lane Belgrave Leicester (470 m, Lidl); Tesco Leicester Melton Rd Express (620 m, Tesco); Morrisons Daily Sandringham (910 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £227,322** (July 2026). Leicester’s average house price was £227,322 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 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 158th most 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: 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 007C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 19.8** (2025). Leicester 007C has a deprivation score of 19.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 14,834th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £290,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Leicester 007C was £290,000 in 2025. Joint 15,254th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,348** (2021). Leicester 007C had 1,348 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,101st 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Leicester 007C, 100.0% 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.

## LE4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £262,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LE4 was £262,000 in 2025. Joint 849th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 109,251** (2021). LE4 had 109,251 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 5th 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: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in LE4 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: 99.0%** (January 2026). In LE4, 99.0% 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: 52.6521, -1.1102

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

## Your MP

- [Leicester East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leicester-east): Shivani Raja (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=-1.1102,52.6521,LE46NW

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le4-6nw.

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