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LE1 7AF

Castle · Leicester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Castle
Local authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South
Postcode district
LE1
Postcode sector
LE1 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE1 7DR 32 m
LE1 7NP 44 m
LE1 7AB 58 m
LE1 7LG 64 m
LE1 7LA 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE1 7AF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE1
Postcode sector
LE1 7
Latitude
52.627506
Longitude
-1.123071
British National Grid easting
459,454
British National Grid northing
303,664

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
E00168093
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 040E · E01034019
Middle layer super output area
Leicester 040 · E02006850

Postcode source versions

Explore LE1

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
143
Primary
88
Secondary
19

  1. Sparkenhoe Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    445 m

  2. Beauchamp City Sixth Form

    Free schools 16 to 19

    479 m

  3. Medway Community Primary School

    Community school

    593 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
16,435
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,295
  • Public order 2,187
  • Shoplifting 2,019
  • Anti social behaviour 1,295
  • Other theft 1,286

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
56
29 female, 27 male
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE1 7 residents
1,307

Age bands in LE1 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
2.6%
33 residents
Age 15 to 24
68.6%
868 residents
Age 25 to 44
20.6%
261 residents
Age 45 to 64
5.5%
70 residents
Age 65 and over
2.6%
33 residents

This postcode contained 4.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE1 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

  • HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)

    25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN

    ODS code C82116

    370 m

  • DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code C82659

    481 m

  • SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82080

    481 m

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

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82660

    481 m

  • COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)

    MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU

    ODS code C82643

    851 m

  • BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02686

    917 m

  • VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD

    ODS code C82124

    969 m

  • AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE

    91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ

    ODS code C82099

    1.0 km

  • WALNUT ST MED CTR

    110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE

    ODS code C82662

    1.1 km

  • THE PRACTICE-SAYEED

    352 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5AY

    ODS code C82060

    1.2 km

  • DE MONTFORT SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82020

    1.2 km

  • INCLUSION HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code C82670

    1.4 km

  • LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00344

    1.4 km

  • EAST PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (RP PANDYA)

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

    ODS code C82037

    1.4 km

  • SPINNEY HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    143 ST SAVIOURS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3HX

    ODS code C82024

    1.4 km

  • HORIZON HEALTHCARE

    CATHERINE HOUSE, 2B STOUGHTON DRIVE NORTH, LEICESTER, LE5 5UB

    ODS code C82088

    1.5 km

  • DR S SHAFI

    5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA

    ODS code C82620

    1.7 km

  • HERON GP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02469

    1.8 km

  • HIGHFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code C82642

    1.8 km

  • THE CHARNWOOD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C82667

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 55 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Adventist Church

    BCT · Leicester

    124 m

  • Saxby Street

    BCT · Leicester

    141 m

  • Saxby Street

    BCT · Leicester

    157 m

  • Saxby Street

    BCT · Leicester

    159 m

  • Regent Road

    BCT · Southfields

    232 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 040E, 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

3,981 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
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

143 open schools are in scope, including 88 primary and 19 secondary schools. Sparkenhoe Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 445 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,435 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,370 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,295 events.

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