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LE18 3QE

Wigston St Wolstan's · Oadby and Wigston · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Wigston
Ward
Wigston St Wolstan's
Local authority
Oadby and Wigston
Constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Postcode district
LE18
Postcode sector
LE18 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE18 3RD 75 m
LE18 3QB 85 m
LE18 3RE 98 m
LE2 5JB 103 m
LE2 5JF 170 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE18 3QE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE18
Postcode sector
LE18 3
Latitude
52.590281
Longitude
-1.092356
British National Grid easting
461,585
British National Grid northing
299,549

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Oadby and Wigston · E07000135
Electoral ward
Wigston St Wolstan's · E05005540
Parish or community
E43000108
Westminster constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston · E14001266
Output area
E00131956
Lower layer super output area
Oadby and Wigston 008C · E01026004
Middle layer super output area
Oadby and Wigston 008 · E02006818

Postcode source versions

Explore LE18

Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, The Woodlands, Wigston, LE18 3QE 20 October 2020 £195,000
6, The Woodlands, Wigston, LE18 3QE 28 April 2011 £166,000
6, The Woodlands, Wigston, LE18 3QE 5 August 2005 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
76
Primary
41
Secondary
14

  1. Glenmere Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    184 m

  2. Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire

    Academy converter

    293 m

  3. The Meadow Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    563 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,778
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 689
  • Anti social behaviour 202
  • Public order 190
  • Criminal damage and arson 170
  • Shoplifting 147

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

7 female, 9 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.0
LE18 3 residents
8,635

Age bands in LE18 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,387 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

821 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

2,069 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,318 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

2,044 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE18 3 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

26

within 5 km straight-line

  • ROSEMEAD DRIVE SURGERY

    103 ROSEMEAD DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5PP

    ODS code C82048

    719 m

  • THE CENTRAL SURGERY

    BROOKSBY DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5AA

    ODS code C82021

    1.2 km

  • THE CROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 GLEN ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4PE

    ODS code C82067

    1.7 km

  • BUSHLOE SURGERY

    TWO STEEPLES MED CENTRE, ABINGTON CLOSE, WIGSTON, LE18 2EW

    ODS code C82013

    1.8 km

  • WIGSTON CENTRAL SURGERY

    TWO STEEPLES MEDICAL CENTRE, 10 ABINGTON CLOSE, WIGSTON, LE18 2EW

    ODS code C82071

    1.8 km

  • SEVERN SURGERY

    159 UPLANDS ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4NW

    ODS code C82112

    2.0 km

  • SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LIMITED-ASQUITH

    693 WELFORD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 6FQ

    ODS code C82614

    2.1 km

  • SOUTH WIGSTON HEALTH CTR.

    80 BLABY ROAD, SOUTH WIGSTON, WIGSTON, LE18 4SE

    ODS code C82079

    2.7 km

  • STURDEE ROAD HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE

    182 STURDEE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 9DB

    ODS code C82019

    3.5 km

  • SAFFRON GROUP PRACTICE

    509 SAFFRON LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 6UL

    ODS code C82046

    3.5 km

  • HORIZON HEALTHCARE

    CATHERINE HOUSE, 2B STOUGHTON DRIVE NORTH, LEICESTER, LE5 5UB

    ODS code C82088

    3.6 km

  • THE HEDGES MEDICAL CENTRE (SA BAILEY)

    PASLEY ROAD, EYRES MONSELL, LEICESTER, LE2 9BU

    ODS code C82100

    3.7 km

  • VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD

    ODS code C82124

    3.7 km

  • DOWNING DRIVE SURGERY

    155 DOWNING DRIVE, EVINGTON, LEICESTER, LE5 6LP

    ODS code C82030

    4.4 km

  • AYLESTONE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 HALL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 8SF

    ODS code C82092

    4.4 km

  • AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE

    91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ

    ODS code C82099

    4.4 km

  • THE SURGERY @ AYLESTONE

    672 AYLESTONE ROAD, FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE2 8PR

    ODS code C82669

    4.5 km

  • THE PRACTICE-SAYEED

    352 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5AY

    ODS code C82060

    4.6 km

  • HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)

    25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN

    ODS code C82116

    4.7 km

  • DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS

    ST. PETERS HEALTH CENTRE, SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82659

    4.9 km

Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Shenley Road

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.1 miles

  • Shenley Road

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.1 miles

  • The Oval

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.1 miles

  • The Oval

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.2 miles

  • Cheddar Road

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oadby and Wigston 008C, 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

30,128 of 33,755

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

76 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 14 secondary schools. Glenmere Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 184 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,778 published events cover 12 months, averaging 148.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 689 events.

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