# LE5 0HN: area report for a postcode in Leicester

LE5 0HN 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 LE5 0HN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) › [LE5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5) › [LE5 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-0)

## Around this postcode

- **54 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 4% on July. Leicester 011C: 111 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **Leicester, 2.8 km**: About 35 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **No property in LE5 0HN 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=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Leicester 011C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **£227,322 average price**: For the whole of Leicester, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 440 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 790 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at LE5 0HN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **Moderate road and rail noise at LE5 0HN**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% 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=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN
- **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=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Merrydale Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merrydale-junior-school-e143244) | Primary | 310 m (4 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, March 2025 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Merrydale Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merrydale-infant-school-e120023) | Primary | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | – |
| [North Mead Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/north-mead-primary-academy-e141221) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, January 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Barnabas CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-barnabas-cofe-primary-school-e120187) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Falcons Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/falcons-primary-school-e141011) | Primary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Imam Muhammad Adam Institute School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-imam-muhammad-adam-institute-school-e137561) | Independent | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Humberstone Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/humberstone-junior-school-e139983) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), October 2023 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Humberstone Infant Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/humberstone-infant-academy-e142631) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, June 2024 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £320,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2024 | £82,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| February 2026 | £235,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| November 2025 | £230,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| January 2026 | £265,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 240 m |
| June 2026 | £310,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 250 m |
| February 2026 | £245,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 250 m |
| September 2023 | £263,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 270 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: HUMBERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE (IP JONES) (440 m); EAST LEICESTER MED PRACT(S LONGWORTH) (660 m)
- Pharmacies: SAMAT CHEMIST (130 m); SAFFRON PHARMACY (440 m); BOOTS (730 m); NIVA PHARMACY LIMITED (830 m)
- Dental practices: MM DENTAL CARE UPPINGHAM ROAD (660 m); SMILE DENTAL CARE (730 m); DENTAL SURGERY (760 m); TG'S DENTAL LEICESTER LTD (760 m); DENTAL SURGERY (1 km)
- Supermarkets: Iceland Uppingham Road (790 m, Iceland)

## 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 011C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 38.1** (2025). Leicester 011C has a deprivation score of 38.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,104th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £271,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Leicester 011C was £271,500 in 2025. Joint 13,605th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,970** (2021). Leicester 011C had 2,970 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 104th 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: 98.1%** (January 2026). In Leicester 011C, 98.1% 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.

## LE5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £273,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LE5 was £273,000 in 2025. Joint 934th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 99,206** (2021). LE5 had 99,206 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 7th 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: 90%** (2022). About 90% of people in LE5 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: 99.3%** (January 2026). In LE5, 99.3% 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: 52.6479, -1.0942

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=-1.0942,52.6479,LE50HN

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