LE16 7FE

Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden · Harborough · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Harborough
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE16 7FF 60 m
LE16 7DU 104 m
LE16 7DX 141 m
LE16 7DR 160 m
LE16 7DS 160 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 7FE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2007
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 7
Latitude
52.477384
Longitude
-0.916416
British National Grid easting
473,692
British National Grid northing
287,156

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Parish or community
E43000281
Output area
E00130901
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 009A · E01025798
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 009 · E02005375

Postcode source versions

Explore LE16

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
70, Flat 7, St Marys Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7FE 21 January 2025 £188,000
70, Flat 1, St Marys Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7FE 29 April 2022 £182,000
70, Flat 5, St Marys Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7FE 19 October 2021 £175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Little Bowden School

    Community school

    540 m
  2. Welland Park Academy

    Academy converter

    595 m
  3. The Divergent School Harborough

    Other independent special school

    605 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,451
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 511
  • Shoplifting 196
  • Anti social behaviour 142
  • Public order 135
  • Criminal damage and arson 129

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.4
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+
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

1

within 5 km

  • MARKET HARBOROUGH MED.CTR

    67 COVENTRY ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LE16 9BX

    ODS code C82009

    573 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Kettering Road

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles
  • Market Hall

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles
  • Market Hall

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles
  • Britannia Walk

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles
  • Springfield Street

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 009A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,816 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
9 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
8
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

Property market

The five-year median is £182,000 from 3 recorded sales in LE16 7FE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Harborough is £345,848 in June 2026, up 9.7% year on year.

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Little Bowden School is the nearest published school at 540 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,451 published events cover 12 months, averaging 120.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 511 events.

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