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LE1 1LJ

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 1AR 19 m
LE1 1LA 21 m
LE1 1LE 35 m
LE1 1LH 39 m
LE1 1QB 52 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE1 1LJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE1
Postcode sector
LE1 1
Latitude
52.633476
Longitude
-1.128064
British National Grid easting
459,108
British National Grid northing
304,324

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
E00068903
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 041D · E01032873
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

    304 m

  2. Moat Community College

    Community school

    557 m

  3. Sparkenhoe Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    650 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
16,796
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,505
  • Public order 2,162
  • Shoplifting 1,893
  • Anti social behaviour 1,453
  • Other theft 1,352

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.

GP practices

55

within 5 km straight-line

  • BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02686

    344 m

  • DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code C82659

    665 m

  • SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82080

    665 m

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

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82660

    665 m

  • INCLUSION HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code C82670

    694 m

  • LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00344

    694 m

  • HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)

    25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN

    ODS code C82116

    784 m

  • COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)

    MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU

    ODS code C82643

    999 m

  • DE MONTFORT SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82020

    1.0 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

    1.3 km

  • AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE

    91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ

    ODS code C82099

    1.4 km

  • THE PRACTICE-SAYEED

    352 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5AY

    ODS code C82060

    1.5 km

  • DR S SHAFI

    5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA

    ODS code C82620

    1.5 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

  • EAST PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (RP PANDYA)

    264-266 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5FD

    ODS code C82037

    1.6 km

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82059

    1.7 km

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82653

    1.7 km

Showing 20 of 55 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Charles 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

  • Rutland Street

    BCT · Leicester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 041D, 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

4,270 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
1 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
0
Low risk addresses
55
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 304 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,796 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,399.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,505 events.

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