LE3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leicester, Westcotes and Braunstone Town, in Leicester and Blaby.
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 LE3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LE3, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LE3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE3 at a rate of 109.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 1,289 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (4,747), other crime (2,373) and anti-social behaviour (1,709).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE3 was 118.9 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 LE3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE3 has no single figure. Of its 64 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 12 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 15 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LE3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaby 002A | 1,567 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Blaby 002B | 1,364 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Blaby 002C | 1,870 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Blaby 002D | 1,265 | 84.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Blaby 003A | 2,021 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| Blaby 004A | 1,559 | 102.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| Blaby 004B | 1,230 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| Blaby 004C | 2,286 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Blaby 004D | 2,201 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Blaby 005A | 1,352 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Blaby 005B | 1,334 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Blaby 005C | 1,358 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Blaby 005D | 1,616 | 106.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Blaby 005E | 1,297 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Blaby 005F | 1,675 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Blaby 005G | 1,354 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Blaby 013A | 1,685 | 137.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Blaby 013B | 1,733 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| Blaby 013C | 2,528 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Blaby 013D | 1,574 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Blaby 013E | 1,841 | 82.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.4% |
| Blaby 013F | 1,459 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 008G | 1,463 | 185.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.1% |
| Leicester 008H | 1,291 | 215.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.8% |
| Leicester 012A | 1,706 | 115.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 012B | 1,504 | 132.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 012C | 1,689 | 183.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 012D | 1,915 | 202.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 012E | 1,805 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 016A | 2,050 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| Leicester 016B | 1,911 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Leicester 016C | 2,394 | 144.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Leicester 016D | 2,395 | 155.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Leicester 020A | 1,289 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Leicester 020B | 1,597 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 020C | 1,513 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Leicester 020D | 1,538 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Leicester 020E | 1,621 | 123.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Leicester 023A | 1,876 | 183.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Leicester 023B | 1,887 | 151.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Leicester 023D | 2,074 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Leicester 023E | 1,716 | 193.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Leicester 023F | 1,478 | 123.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 023G | 1,337 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Leicester 023H | 1,935 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Leicester 023I | 1,512 | 309.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Leicester 026A | 1,604 | 132.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 026B | 1,907 | 155.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Leicester 026C | 1,760 | 116.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Leicester 026D | 2,117 | 121.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 028A | 1,706 | 142.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 028B | 1,498 | 138.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Leicester 028C | 2,096 | 139.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 028D | 1,637 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Leicester 028E | 1,522 | 163.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Leicester 029A | 1,549 | 129.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Leicester 029B | 1,346 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Leicester 029D | 1,918 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Leicester 029F | 1,904 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Leicester 039A | 1,981 | 184.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Leicester 039B | 1,705 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 039C | 1,737 | 161.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 039D | 1,592 | 140.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Leicester 039E | 1,804 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
MPs for LE3
- Liz KendallLabourMP for Leicester West63% of LE3’s postcodes
- Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMP for Mid Leicestershire37% of LE3’s postcodes
- Alberto CostaConservativeMP for South Leicestershire0.1% of LE3’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 LE312
Postcode sectors in LE310
Councils LE3 covers2
Towns in LE32
Postcode districts next to LE38
Nearest rail stations1
More in the LE postcode area2
LE3 in brief
LE3 is a postcode district covering Leicester, Westcotes and Braunstone Town, in Leicester and Blaby.
About 117,594 people lived in LE3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 1,002 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 109.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE3 was £245,000 in 2025.
LE3 had 110,195 usual residents at the census.
In LE3, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LE3, 5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.