LE16 9LB

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 9JF 74 m
LE16 9LW 105 m
LE16 9LP 110 m
LE16 9JG 114 m
LE16 9LN 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 9LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 9
Latitude
52.465689
Longitude
-0.928508
British National Grid easting
472,890
British National Grid northing
285,843

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Parish or community
E43000281
Output area
E00130941
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 009D · E01025804
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 009 · E02005375

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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66 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
45, Hopton Fields, Market Harborough, LE16 9LB 3 June 2026 £275,000
37, Hopton Fields, Market Harborough, LE16 9LB 13 February 2026 £231,000
47, Hopton Fields, Market Harborough, LE16 9LB 3 December 2025 £196,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Farndon Fields Primary School

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    195 m
  2. Welland Park Academy

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    1.0 km
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy

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    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,034
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 394
  • Shoplifting 126
  • Public order 99
  • Anti social behaviour 95
  • Criminal damage and arson 91

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
101

56 female, 45 male

Postcode households
40
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE16 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • MARKET HARBOROUGH MED.CTR

    67 COVENTRY ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LE16 9BX

    ODS code C82009

    1.3 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Southern Estate

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.1 miles
  • Rowan Avenue

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.2 miles
  • Essex Gardens

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.3 miles
  • Freshman Way

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.3 miles
  • Freshman Way

    BCT · Market Harborough

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 009D, 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

28,465 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 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
2
Medium risk addresses
2
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £218,750 from 12 recorded sales in LE16 9LB. 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

Published establishments

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Farndon Fields Primary School is the nearest published school at 195 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

1,034 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 394 events.

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