LE16 8QS

Desborough · North Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Kettering
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE16 8QR 71 m
LE16 8QT 74 m
LE16 8QL 115 m
LE16 8QB 118 m
LE16 8QY 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 8QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 8
Latitude
52.483708
Longitude
-0.803001
British National Grid easting
481,383
British National Grid northing
287,981

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
North Northamptonshire · E06000061
Parish or community
E04012446
Westminster constituency
Kettering · E14001311
Output area
E00138012
Lower layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 012C · E01027129
Middle layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 012 · E02005639

Postcode source versions

Explore LE16

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
16, Dallacre Drive, Wilbarston, Market Harborough, LE16 8QS 22 February 2021 £290,000
11, Dallacre Drive, Wilbarston, Market Harborough, LE16 8QS 5 June 2020 £222,000
5, Dallacre Drive, Wilbarston, Market Harborough, LE16 8QS 22 August 2018 £345,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Wilbarston Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    322 m
  2. Cottingham Church of England Primary School

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    3.7 km
  3. Havelock Infant School

    Academy converter

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Other theft 4
  • Burglary 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

17 female, 24 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.9
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 0.4% 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.

Nearby transport

  • (Wilbarston) Fox Inn PH

    BCT · Wilbarston

    0.2 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Wilbarston

    0.2 miles
  • Wilbarston DRT

    BCT · Wilbarston

    0.2 miles
  • (Wilbarston) Fox Inn PH

    BCT · Wilbarston

    0.2 miles
  • (Wilbarston) Queens Road

    BCT · Wilbarston

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Northamptonshire 012C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,152 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wilbarston Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 322 m.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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