LE16 9JS

Market Harborough-Welland · Harborough · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Harborough
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE16 9PN 66 m
LE16 9LJ 92 m
LE16 9PW 110 m
LE16 9PT 121 m
LE16 9LF 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 9JS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 9
Latitude
52.469969
Longitude
-0.929523
British National Grid easting
472,814
British National Grid northing
286,318

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Parish or community
E43000281
Output area
E00130939
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 007G · E01035088
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 007 · E02005373

Postcode source versions

Explore LE16

38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
13, Essex Gardens, Market Harborough, LE16 9JS 26 June 2026 £276,500
6, Essex Gardens, Market Harborough, LE16 9JS 17 December 2024 £312,000
8, Essex Gardens, Market Harborough, LE16 9JS 6 December 2024 £362,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Farndon Fields Primary School

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    542 m
  2. Welland Park Academy

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    628 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy

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    873 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,266
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 466
  • Shoplifting 154
  • Anti social behaviour 124
  • Public order 119
  • Criminal damage and arson 111

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
71

35 female, 36 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.3
LE16 9 residents
14,941

Age bands in LE16 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

2,361 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

1,340 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

3,641 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

3,975 residents

Age 65 and over
22.2%

3,228 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE16 9 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

    855 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

  • Essex Gardens

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles
  • Skippon Close

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.2 miles
  • Southern Estate

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.2 miles
  • Freshman Way

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.2 miles
  • Freshman Way

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 007G, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,626 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 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.

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
4
Medium risk addresses
11
Low risk addresses
12
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 £305,975 from 4 recorded sales in LE16 9JS. 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. Farndon Fields Primary School is the nearest published school at 542 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,266 published events cover 12 months, averaging 105.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 466 events.

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