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LE1 1FZ

Castle · Leicester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Castle
Local authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South
Postcode district
LE1
Postcode sector
LE1 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE1 1RF 40 m
LE1 1GE 45 m
LE1 1JA 50 m
LE1 1AP 60 m
LE1 1DF 63 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE1 1FZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE1
Postcode sector
LE1 1
Latitude
52.634343
Longitude
-1.129791
British National Grid easting
458,990
British National Grid northing
304,419

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Leicester · E06000016
Electoral ward
Castle · E05010463
Parish or community
E43000015
Westminster constituency
Leicester South · E14001327
Output area
E00178528
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 041E · E01034022
Middle layer super output area
Leicester 041 · E02006851

Postcode source versions

Explore LE1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
137
Primary
82
Secondary
19

  1. Beauchamp City Sixth Form

    Free schools 16 to 19

    424 m

  2. Moat Community College

    Community school

    685 m

  3. De Montfort University

    Higher education institutions

    705 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
17,118
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,653
  • Public order 2,187
  • Shoplifting 1,902
  • Anti social behaviour 1,471
  • Other theft 1,357

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE1 1 residents
2,249

Age bands in LE1 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
6.5%

157 residents

Age 15 to 24
32.8%

791 residents

Age 25 to 44
44.9%

1,082 residents

Age 45 to 64
12.4%

298 residents

Age 65 and over
3.4%

82 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+
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%

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

55

within 5 km

  • BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY

    29-31 BOWLING GREEN STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 6AS

    ODS code Y02686

    266 m

  • INCLUSION HEALTHCARE

    CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX

    ODS code C82670

    543 m

  • LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE

    CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX

    ODS code Y00344

    543 m

  • DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS

    ST. PETERS HEALTH CENTRE, SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82659

    812 m

  • SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82080

    812 m

  • ST PETER'S MED CENTRE (MANSINGH & MEHRA)

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82660

    812 m

  • HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)

    25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN

    ODS code C82116

    935 m

  • DE MONTFORT SURGERY

    STUDENT HEALTH CENTRE, 100 MILL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 7HX

    ODS code C82020

    1.0 km

  • COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)

    MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU

    ODS code C82643

    1.1 km

  • WALNUT ST MED CTR

    110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE

    ODS code C82662

    1.2 km

  • SPINNEY HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    143 ST SAVIOURS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3HX

    ODS code C82024

    1.4 km

  • DR S SHAFI

    5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA

    ODS code C82620

    1.4 km

  • FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)

    FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE, 334 FOSSE ROAD NORTH, LEICESTER, LE3 5RR

    ODS code C82086

    1.5 km

  • AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE

    91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ

    ODS code C82099

    1.6 km

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82059

    1.6 km

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82653

    1.6 km

  • HERON GP PRACTICE

    MERLYN VAZ H&S CARE CTR, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH

    ODS code Y02469

    1.6 km

  • HIGHFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE MERLYN VAZ CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH

    ODS code C82642

    1.6 km

  • THE CHARNWOOD PRACTICE

    MERLYN VAZ HEALTH CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH

    ODS code C82667

    1.6 km

  • BRANDON SURGERY DR R KAPUR & PARTNER

    BELGRAVE HEALTH CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW

    ODS code C82671

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 55 matching practices.

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.

Nearby transport

  • Rutland Street

    BCT · Leicester

    0.0 miles

  • Charles Street

    BCT · Leicester

    0.0 miles

  • Charles Street

    BCT · Leicester

    0.0 miles

  • Charles Street

    BCT · Leicester

    0.1 miles

  • Charles Street

    BCT · Leicester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 041E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,919 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

137 open schools are in scope, including 82 primary and 19 secondary schools. Beauchamp City Sixth Form is the nearest published school at 424 m.

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

Recorded crime

17,118 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,426.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,653 events.

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