LE12 5DS

Long Whatton & Diseworth · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Loughborough
Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE12 5DW 197 m
LE12 5DZ 246 m
LE12 5DY 329 m
LE12 5EA 352 m
LE12 5DX 390 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE12 5DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 5
Latitude
52.808674
Longitude
-1.302588
British National Grid easting
447,108
British National Grid northing
323,684

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Parish or community
E04005556
Output area
E00131669
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 002B · E01025944
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 002 · E02005398

Postcode source versions

Explore LE12

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Lester Court, Long Whatton, Loughborough, LE12 5DS 26 September 2012 £475,000
4, Lester Court, Long Whatton, Loughborough, LE12 5DS 26 November 2004 £378,000
3, Lester Court, Long Whatton, Loughborough, LE12 5DS 24 May 2002 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. Long Whatton Church of England Primary School and Community Centre

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km
  2. Diseworth Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.1 km
  3. Kegworth Primary School

    Community school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
91
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 23
  • Violence and sexual offences 22
  • Criminal damage and arson 21
  • Other theft 10
  • Anti social behaviour 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

7 female, 8 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.8
LE12 5 residents
8,139

Age bands in LE12 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

1,102 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.7%

1,364 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

1,689 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,242 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

1,770 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE12 5 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.

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

5

within 5 km

  • ORCHARD SURGERY

    DRAGWELL, KEGWORTH, DERBY, DE74 2EL

    ODS code C82040

    3.5 km

  • MANOR HOUSE SURGERY

    1 MILL LANE, BELTON, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 9UJ

    ODS code C82102

    3.6 km

  • FIELD STREET SURGERY

    22 FIELD STREET, SHEPSHED, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 9AL

    ODS code C82656

    4.2 km

  • CASTLE DONINGTON SURGERY

    53 BOROUGH STREET, CASTLE DONINGTON, DERBY, DE74 2LB

    ODS code C82007

    4.5 km

  • FOREST HOUSE SURGERY

    25 LEICESTER ROAD, SHEPSHED, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 9DF

    ODS code C82064

    4.8 km

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

  • Lester Court

    BCT · Long Whatton

    0.0 miles
  • Lester Court

    BCT · Long Whatton

    0.1 miles
  • Sherwood Court

    BCT · Long Whatton

    0.1 miles
  • Sherwood Court

    BCT · Long Whatton

    0.1 miles
  • Smithy Lane

    BCT · Long Whatton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North West Leicestershire 002B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,212 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
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

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Long Whatton Church of England Primary School and Community Centre is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

91 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 23 events.

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