# LE4 7ZR: area report for a postcode in Leicester

LE4 7ZR 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 7ZR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) › [LE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le4) › [LE4 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le4-7)

## Around this postcode

- **39 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 86% on July. Leicester 005B: 108 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **Leicester, 3.7 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 220 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **No property in LE4 7ZR 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=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Leicester 005B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **£227,322 average price**: For the whole of Leicester, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 120 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 610 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at LE4 7ZR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **Low road and rail noise at LE4 7ZR**: Road 49 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **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=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR
- **13.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Herrick Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/herrick-primary-school-e120100) | Primary | 220 m (3 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Soar Valley College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/soar-valley-college-e148877) | Secondary | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 49.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Rushey Mead Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rushey-mead-academy-e141916) | Secondary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 56.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Wyvern Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wyvern-primary-school-e120028) | Primary | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sandfield Close Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sandfield-close-primary-school-e120047) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rushey Mead Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rushey-mead-primary-school-e120009) | Primary | 830 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2024 | 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Mellor Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mellor-community-primary-school-e120073) | Primary | 990 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023 | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Spark Vale Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spark-vale-academy-e151121) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2024 | £71,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 20 m |
| August 2026 | £280,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| June 2024 | £252,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| January 2025 | £250,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| December 2024 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| October 2024 | £302,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| September 2025 | £410,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| May 2025 | £295,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-RUSHEY MEAD (120 m)
- Pharmacies: RUSHEY MEAD PHARMACY (120 m); FUSION PHARMACY (760 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (690 m); GIPSY LANE DENTAL (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Leicester North (610 m, Sainsburys); Morrisons Daily Sandringham (770 m, Morrisons); Lidl Gipsy Lane Belgrave Leicester (790 m, Lidl); Spar - Hks Fosseway (900 m, Spar)

## 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 005B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 31.5** (2025). Leicester 005B has a deprivation score of 31.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,568th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,504** (2021). Leicester 005B had 1,504 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 23,334th 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: 99.7%** (January 2026). In Leicester 005B, 99.7% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 5.0%** (August 2026). In Leicester 005B, 5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 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: 52.6621, -1.1042

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=-1.1042,52.6621,LE47ZR

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