LE6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Groby and Ratby, in Hinckley and Bosworth.
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 LE6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LE6, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LE6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE6 at a rate of 51.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across LE.
In August 2026 alone, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (239), anti-social behaviour (114) and other crime (90).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE6 was 56.2 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 LE6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE6 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LE6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinckley and Bosworth 002A | 2,093 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 002B | 1,658 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 002C | 1,573 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 003A | 1,485 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 003B | 1,701 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.3% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 003C | 1,204 | 93.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 003D | 1,672 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
Your MP
- Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMP for Mid Leicestershire
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LE62
Postcode sectors in LE61
Council1
Postcode districts next to LE65
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LE6 in brief
LE6 is a postcode district covering Groby and Ratby, in Hinckley and Bosworth.
About 12,423 people lived in LE6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £289,000 in 2025 across 204 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE6 was £289,000 in 2025.
LE6 had 11,909 usual residents at the census.
In LE6, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LE6, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.