LE16 8PA

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 7FQ 68 m
LE16 7FP 178 m
LE16 7XY 183 m
LE16 7NU 209 m
LE16 7XW 213 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 8PA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 8
Latitude
52.482082
Longitude
-0.895567
British National Grid easting
475,100
British National Grid northing
287,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Parish or community
E43000281
Output area
E00170658
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 009B · E01025799
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 009 · E02005375

Postcode source versions

Explore LE16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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

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    293 m
  2. Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km
  3. Ridgeway Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
402
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 114
  • Shoplifting 55
  • Criminal damage and arson 44
  • Anti social behaviour 43
  • Public order 37

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

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

  • Valley Way

    BCT · Little Bowden

    0.2 miles
  • Valley Way

    BCT · Little Bowden

    0.2 miles
  • Stockwell Close

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.2 miles
  • Ashley Way

    BCT · Little Bowden

    0.3 miles
  • Stinford Leys

    BCT · Little Bowden

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 009B, 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

33,322 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

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 293 m.

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

Recorded crime

402 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 114 events.

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