LE12 9GY

Long Whatton & Diseworth · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE12 9SU 976 m
LE12 9SH 1.2 km
LE12 9TF 1.3 km
LE12 9AX 1.3 km
LE12 9SB 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE12 9GY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 9
Latitude
52.787055
Longitude
-1.304283
British National Grid easting
447,017
British National Grid northing
321,278

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Parish or community
E04005556
Output area
E00131668
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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  2. Bowman Academy

    Free schools special

    1.9 km
  3. St Botolph's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
104
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 35
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Vehicle crime 13
  • Burglary 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.5
LE12 9 residents
16,136

Age bands in LE12 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

2,581 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,568 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

4,188 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

4,306 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

3,620 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE12 9 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • FIELD STREET SURGERY

    22 FIELD STREET, SHEPSHED, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 9AL

    ODS code C82656

    1.9 km

  • MANOR HOUSE SURGERY

    1 MILL LANE, BELTON, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 9UJ

    ODS code C82102

    2.5 km

  • FOREST HOUSE SURGERY

    25 LEICESTER ROAD, SHEPSHED, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 9DF

    ODS code C82064

    2.5 km

  • DISHLEY GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    32 MAXWELL DRIVE, GORSE COVERT, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 4RZ

    ODS code C82103

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Ringwood Road

    BCT · Shepshed

    0.7 miles
  • Piper Close

    BCT · Shepshed

    0.8 miles
  • Radnor Drive

    BCT · Shepshed

    0.8 miles
  • Chapel Street

    BCT · Shepshed

    0.8 miles
  • Woodlands Drive

    BCT · Shepshed

    0.9 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
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

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

104 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 35 events.

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