LE9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Earl Shilton, Barwell and Broughton Astley, in Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby and Harborough.
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 LE9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LE9, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LE9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE9 at a rate of 54.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across LE.
In August 2026 alone, 323 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,379), other crime (556) and anti-social behaviour (541).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE9 was 54.6 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 LE9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE9 has no single figure. Of its 35 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 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 LE9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaby 003B | 1,472 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.7% |
| Blaby 003C | 1,298 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Blaby 003D | 1,605 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.5% |
| Blaby 003E | 1,155 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.0% |
| Blaby 010A | 1,531 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.4% |
| Blaby 010B | 1,614 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| Blaby 010C | 1,213 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
| Blaby 010D | 1,296 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 38.3% |
| Blaby 010E | 1,775 | 19.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Blaby 012A | 2,481 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.8% |
| Blaby 012B | 1,951 | 107.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.5% |
| Blaby 012C | 1,581 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.8% |
| Blaby 012E | 1,860 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Harborough 004A | 2,264 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Harborough 004B | 1,575 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Harborough 004C | 1,672 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Harborough 004D | 2,200 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
| Harborough 004E | 1,938 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 005A | 1,452 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 005B | 1,553 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 49.4% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 005C | 2,090 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 005D | 1,806 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.2% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 005E | 1,973 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 66.7% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 006A | 1,649 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.4% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 006B | 1,675 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.1% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 006C | 1,906 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.0% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 006D | 1,968 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.6% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 006E | 1,804 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.3% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 006F | 1,628 | 116.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.6% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 007A | 1,732 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.4% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 007B | 1,507 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.1% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 007C | 1,626 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.1% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 007D | 1,486 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.3% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 007E | 1,415 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.9% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth 007F | 1,386 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.5% |
MPs for LE9
- Dr Luke EvansConservativeMP for Hinckley and Bosworth48% of LE9’s postcodes
- Alberto CostaConservativeMP for South Leicestershire45% of LE9’s postcodes
- Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMP for Mid Leicestershire7.7% of LE9’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.
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Councils LE9 covers3
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LE9 in brief
LE9 is a postcode district covering Earl Shilton, Barwell and Broughton Astley, in Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby and Harborough.
About 61,420 people lived in LE9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £268,000 in 2025 across 973 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE9 was £268,000 in 2025.
LE9 had 59,512 usual residents at the census.
In LE9, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LE9, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.