Property market
The five-year median is £150,000 from 721 recorded sales in LE1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Leicester is £228,618 in June 2026, up 1.7% year on year.
LE1
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,717
- Current units
- 721
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 996
Postcode sectors in LE1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
5,078 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Burgess House, 42, Flat 74, Sanvey Gate, Leicester, LE1 4BR | 17 July 2026 | £125,000 |
| The Exchange, 5, Flat 203, Lee Street, Leicester, LE1 3AH | 29 June 2026 | £65,500 |
| Deuce House, 20, Flat 18, Wimbledon Street, Leicester, LE1 1SN | 25 June 2026 | £145,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 1
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 11,900
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,759
- Public order 1,669
- Shoplifting 1,465
- Other theft 1,015
- Anti social behaviour 895
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- LE1 usual residents
- 18,755
- Age-profile population
- 18,859
Age bands in LE1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 12.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 43.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 11.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 4%
2,284 residents
8,187 residents
5,402 residents
2,238 residents
748 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 616 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
570 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 415 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
4
in this district
BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY
29-31 BOWLING GREEN STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 6AS
ODS code Y02686
INCLUSION HEALTHCARE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code C82670
LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code Y00344
LLR SAS PROVIDER
SPECIAL ALLOCATION, PO BOX 11058, LEICESTER, LE1 8FL
ODS code Y03584
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Evidence in context
Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
11,900 published events cover 12 months, averaging 991.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,759 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.