# LE5

Postcode district covering Leicester, North Evington and Spinney Hills, in Leicester.

LE5 is a postcode district covering Leicester, North Evington and Spinney Hills, in Leicester. Median sale price £273,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code LE5. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [LE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LE5 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=LE5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 90% of people in LE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=LE5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 547 homes were sold in LE5 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=LE5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for LE5.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=LE5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): LE5 had 99,206 usual residents at the census.

## How LE5 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | LE5 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £273,000 | 11th most expensive | 21 postcode districts, LE · 2025 |
| Population | 99,206 | 4th most populated | 23 postcode districts, LE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 90% | 6th most people in radon Affected Areas | 23 postcode districts, LE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.3% | 2nd highest | 23 postcode districts, LE · Jan 2026 |

## Is LE5 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE5 at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 656 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,863), other crime (1,256) and anti-social behaviour (970).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE5 was 75.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in LE5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE5 has no single figure. Of its 50 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 15 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in LE5

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Leicester 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013653) | 2,970 | 110.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| [Leicester 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013655) | 2,710 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Leicester 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013694) | 2,298 | 93.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013700) | 1,615 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Leicester 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013770) | 1,476 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Leicester 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013771) | 1,673 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013773) | 1,453 | 132.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013654) | 2,654 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Leicester 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013656) | 2,213 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Leicester 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013657) | 1,940 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013658) | 2,857 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Leicester 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013659) | 2,263 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Leicester 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013743) | 2,206 | 14.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Leicester 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013660) | 2,060 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Leicester 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013661) | 1,949 | 88.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013664) | 1,846 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013665) | 2,345 | 74.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [Leicester 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013667) | 1,619 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013668) | 1,357 | 167.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.7% |
| [Leicester 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013662) | 1,943 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| [Leicester 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013663) | 1,819 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013747) | 2,002 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| [Leicester 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013749) | 1,600 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013750) | 1,579 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013758) | 1,666 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013752) | 1,603 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Leicester 022F](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013762) | 1,813 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Leicester 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013666) | 1,702 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013669) | 1,525 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013670) | 1,994 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| [Leicester 025D](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013671) | 1,959 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Leicester 025E](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013672) | 1,540 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| [Leicester 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013757) | 1,698 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013759) | 1,915 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 027E](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013764) | 1,644 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 027G](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013766) | 2,018 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 037B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013698) | 1,711 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 037C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013767) | 1,671 | 90.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 037D](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013768) | 1,947 | 145.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Leicester 037E](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013772) | 1,677 | 79.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 037F](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01032597) | 1,567 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 037G](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01034017) | 1,703 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 037H](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01034018) | 1,519 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 042A](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01032865) | 2,108 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 042B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01032862) | 2,295 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.8% |
| [Leicester 042C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01032863) | 2,380 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Leicester 043A](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01034024) | 1,915 | 184.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| [Leicester 043B](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01034025) | 2,053 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Leicester 043C](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013699) | 2,005 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| [Leicester 043D](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/neighbourhood/e01013696) | 2,498 | 154.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Leicester East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leicester-east): Shivani Raja (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 74% of the people here.
- [Leicester South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leicester-south): Shockat Adam (Independent), MP since July 2024. 22% of the people here.
- [Mid Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-leicestershire): Mr Peter Bedford (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 2.7% of the people here.
- [Melton and Syston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/melton-and-syston): Edward Argar (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 1.1% of the people here.
- [Rutland and Stamford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rutland-and-stamford): Alicia Kearns (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in LE5

[Colchester Road](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/colchester-road), [Crown Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/crown-hills), [Evington](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/evington), [Hamilton North](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/hamilton-north), [Humberstone & Hamilton South](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/humberstone-and-hamilton-south), [North Evington & Rowlatts Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/north-evington-and-rowlatts-hill), [Spinney Hill Road](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/spinney-hill-road), [Stoneygate North](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/stoneygate-north), [Thurnby Lodge](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester/thurnby-lodge)

## Postcode sectors in LE5

[LE5 0 (167 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-0), [LE5 1 (320 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-1), [LE5 2 (176 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-2), [LE5 3 (162 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-3), [LE5 4 (209 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-4), [LE5 5 (224 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-5), [LE5 6 (174 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-6), [LE5 9 (37 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le5-9)

## Council

[Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

## Towns in LE5

[Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

## Postcode districts next to LE5

[LE1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le1), [LE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le2), [LE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le3), [LE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le4), [LE7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le7), [LE19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le19), [LE21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le21)

## Nearest rail stations

[Leicester (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.1253,52.6314)

## More in the LE postcode area

[All LE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## LE5 in brief

LE5 is a postcode district covering Leicester, North Evington and Spinney Hills, in Leicester.
About 102,072 people lived in LE5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £273,000 in 2025 across 547 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE5 was £273,000 in 2025.
LE5 had 99,206 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in LE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LE5, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: LE5
- Postcode area: [LE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le)
- Constituency: [Leicester East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leicester-east)
- Council: [Leicester †](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)
- Area: 17.51 km²
- People, mid-2024: 102,072*
- Neighbourhoods: 50
- Output areas: 255

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[LE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le2), [LE7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le7), [LE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le4), [LE1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le1), [LE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le3), [LE19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/le19)

## Latest updates for LE5

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/LE5

## How to cite

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