LE16 7HZ

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 7HB 73 m
LE16 7EU 133 m
LE16 7HE 158 m
LE16 7HH 168 m
LE16 7HL 231 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 7HZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1984
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 7
Latitude
52.491760
Longitude
-0.905708
British National Grid easting
474,395
British National Grid northing
288,766

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Parish or community
E04005490
Output area
E00130896
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 007C · E01025797
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 007 · E02005373

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. Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School

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    55 m
  2. Ridgeway Primary Academy

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    845 m
  3. Meadowdale Primary School

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    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
350
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 105
  • Shoplifting 43
  • Anti social behaviour 37
  • Public order 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

22 female, 10 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
1.3
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 0.2% 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 straight-line

  • MARKET HARBOROUGH MED.CTR

    67 COVENTRY ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LE16 9BX

    ODS code C82009

    2.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Shoulder of Mutton

    BCT · Great Bowden

    0.1 miles
  • Shoulder of Mutton

    BCT · Great Bowden

    0.1 miles
  • Horseshoe Lane

    BCT · Great Bowden

    0.1 miles
  • Horseshoe Lane

    BCT · Great Bowden

    0.1 miles
  • Welham Road

    BCT · Great Bowden

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 007C, 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

32,030 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
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

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 55 m.

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

Recorded crime

350 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 105 events.

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