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LE16 7AJ

Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden · Harborough · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden
Local authority
Harborough
Constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE16 7AF 58 m
LE16 7AH 63 m
LE16 7AQ 81 m
LE16 9PU 89 m
LE16 7NL 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 7AJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 7
Latitude
52.480125
Longitude
-0.922224
British National Grid easting
473,293
British National Grid northing
287,455

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Electoral ward
Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden · E05011975
Parish or community
E43000281
Westminster constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston · E14001266
Output area
E00130879
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 008A · E01025795
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 008 · E02005374

Postcode source versions

Explore LE16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
2

  1. Brooke House College

    Other independent school

    195 m

  2. The Divergent School Harborough

    Other independent special school

    212 m

  3. Market Harborough Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    356 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,490
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 523
  • Shoplifting 204
  • Anti social behaviour 154
  • Public order 139
  • Criminal damage and arson 129

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

7 female, 9 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.2
LE16 7 residents
12,931

Age bands in LE16 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

2,026 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

1,404 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

3,151 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

3,966 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

3,120 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE16 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.

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+
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

1

within 5 km

  • MARKET HARBOROUGH MED.CTR

    67 COVENTRY ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LE16 9BX

    ODS code C82009

    380 m

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

  • Bowden Lane

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.0 miles

  • Bowden Lane

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles

  • Heygate Street

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles

  • Doddridge Road

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles

  • Saxon Close

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 008A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,807 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
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

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Brooke House College is the nearest published school at 195 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,490 published events cover 12 months, averaging 124.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 523 events.

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