DE12 7NS

Measham South · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Postcode district
DE12
Postcode sector
DE12 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE12 7GB 55 m
DE12 7GL 74 m
DE12 7GN 89 m
DE12 7ET 97 m
DE12 7ES 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE12 7NS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE12
Postcode sector
DE12 7
Latitude
52.700908
Longitude
-1.514417
British National Grid easting
432,910
British National Grid northing
311,579

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Parish or community
E04005557
Output area
E00131671
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 012D · E01025949
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 012 · E02005408

Postcode source versions

Explore DE12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
10
Secondary
0
  1. Measham Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    799 m
  2. St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    958 m
  3. Oakthorpe Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
380
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 135
  • Anti social behaviour 53
  • Criminal damage and arson 44
  • Public order 33
  • Vehicle crime 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DE12 7 residents
9,801

Age bands in DE12 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,655 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

980 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.5%

2,382 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

2,883 residents

Age 65 and over
18.8%

1,833 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • MEASHAM MEDICAL UNIT

    HIGH STREET, MEASHAM, SWADLINCOTE, DE12 7HR

    ODS code C82017

    604 m

Nearby transport

  • Furniture Shop

    BCT · Measham

    0.1 miles
  • Furniture Shop

    BCT · Measham

    0.1 miles
  • Tamworth Road

    BCT · Measham

    0.2 miles
  • Tamworth Road

    BCT · Measham

    0.2 miles
  • Burton Road

    BCT · Measham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North West Leicestershire 012D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

3 of 10

Overall England rank

6,972 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 0 secondary schools. Measham Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 799 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

380 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 135 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.