LE65
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Church Yard and Shellbrook, in North West Leicestershire.
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 LE65 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LE65, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LE65 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE65 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE65 at a rate of 66.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across LE.
In August 2026 alone, 139 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE65.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (482), other crime (210) and anti-social behaviour (181).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE65 was 63.7 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 LE65, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE65 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- 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 LE65
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West Leicestershire 003A | 1,184 | 126.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| North West Leicestershire 003B | 1,731 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| North West Leicestershire 003D | 1,678 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.4% |
| North West Leicestershire 003E | 1,824 | 68.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| North West Leicestershire 003F | 1,904 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.8% |
| North West Leicestershire 005C | 1,648 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 70.1% |
| North West Leicestershire 006A | 1,289 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| North West Leicestershire 006B | 1,506 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| North West Leicestershire 006C | 1,983 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| North West Leicestershire 006D | 2,022 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.0% |
MPs for LE65
- Amanda HackLabourMP for North West Leicestershire98% of LE65’s postcodes
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire2.3% of LE65’s postcodes
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 LE652
Postcode sectors in LE653
Council1
Towns in LE651
Postcode districts next to LE655
More in the LE postcode area2
LE65 in brief
LE65 is a postcode district covering Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Church Yard and Shellbrook, in North West Leicestershire.
About 18,317 people lived in LE65 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 313 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE65 was £320,000 in 2025.
LE65 had 17,180 usual residents at the census.
In LE65, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LE65, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.