LE16 8JB

Market Harborough-Little Bowden · Harborough · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Harborough
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE16 8JA 44 m
LE16 8EH 45 m
LE16 8JG 74 m
LE16 8JE 76 m
LE16 8JF 81 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 8JB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 8
Latitude
52.478078
Longitude
-0.903927
British National Grid easting
474,539
British National Grid northing
287,246

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Parish or community
E43000281
Output area
E00130900
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 009C · E01025800
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 009 · E02005375

Postcode source versions

Explore LE16

25 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Ripley Close, Market Harborough, LE16 8JB 20 December 2019 £355,000
3, Ripley Close, Market Harborough, LE16 8JB 4 March 2016 £330,000
9, Ripley Close, Market Harborough, LE16 8JB 12 December 2014 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Meadowdale Primary School

    Academy converter

    456 m
  2. Little Bowden School

    Community school

    790 m
  3. The Divergent School Harborough

    Other independent special school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,175
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 396
  • Shoplifting 190
  • Public order 118
  • Anti social behaviour 110
  • Criminal damage and arson 108

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.0
LE16 8 residents
10,440

Age bands in LE16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

1,474 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

928 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.8%

1,851 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.1%

3,437 residents

Age 65 and over
26%

2,704 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE16 8 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

    1.4 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

  • Aldi

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles
  • Ashley Way

    BCT · Little Bowden

    0.2 miles
  • Sandringham Way

    BCT · Little Bowden

    0.2 miles
  • Stockwell Close

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.2 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 009C, 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

32,580 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
9 of 10
Living environment
10 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
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

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Meadowdale Primary School is the nearest published school at 456 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,175 published events cover 12 months, averaging 97.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 396 events.

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