Schools
133 open schools are in scope, including 78 primary and 19 secondary schools. Miller House School is the nearest published school at 172 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE2 2YJ
Knighton · Leicester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Knighton
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Postcode district
- LE2
- Postcode sector
- LE2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LE2 2YJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1987
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE2
- Postcode sector
- LE2 2
- Latitude
- 52.615973
- Longitude
- -1.100466
- British National Grid easting
- 461,000
- British National Grid northing
- 302,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Leicester · E06000016
- Electoral ward
- Knighton · E05010468
- Parish or community
- E43000015
- Westminster constituency
- Leicester South · E14001327
- Output area
- E00069180
- Lower layer super output area
- Leicester 032E · E01013712
- Middle layer super output area
- Leicester 032 · E02002858
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LE2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 133
- Primary
- 78
- Secondary
- 19
- 172 m
Miller House School
Other independent special school
- 516 m
Leicester Islamic Academy
Other independent school
- 601 m
Leicester Preparatory School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,984
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,083
- Anti social behaviour 340
- Shoplifting 285
- Criminal damage and arson 255
- Public order 227
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LE2 2 residents
- 7,269
Age bands in LE2 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 11.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 27.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.2%
805 residents
1,983 residents
1,500 residents
1,567 residents
1,306 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
51
within 5 km straight-line
HORIZON HEALTHCARE
CATHERINE HOUSE, 2B STOUGHTON DRIVE NORTH, LEICESTER, LE5 5UB
ODS code C82088
718 m
VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE
203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD
ODS code C82124
1.3 km
AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE
91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ
ODS code C82099
1.6 km
THE PRACTICE-SAYEED
352 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5AY
ODS code C82060
1.7 km
HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)
25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN
ODS code C82116
1.9 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LIMITED-ASQUITH
693 WELFORD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 6FQ
ODS code C82614
2.0 km
EAST PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (RP PANDYA)
264-266 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5FD
ODS code C82037
2.0 km
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)
MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU
ODS code C82643
2.0 km
DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS
ST. PETERS HEALTH CENTRE, SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82659
2.1 km
SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82080
2.1 km
ST PETER'S MED CENTRE (MANSINGH & MEHRA)
SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82660
2.1 km
THE CENTRAL SURGERY
BROOKSBY DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5AA
ODS code C82021
2.3 km
WILLOWS HEALTH
184 COLEMAN ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4LJ
ODS code Y00137
2.4 km
SPINNEY HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
143 ST SAVIOURS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3HX
ODS code C82024
2.5 km
DOWNING DRIVE SURGERY
155 DOWNING DRIVE, EVINGTON, LEICESTER, LE5 6LP
ODS code C82030
2.7 km
WALNUT ST MED CTR
110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE
ODS code C82662
2.8 km
ROSEMEAD DRIVE SURGERY
103 ROSEMEAD DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5PP
ODS code C82048
2.8 km
HERON GP PRACTICE
MERLYN VAZ H&S CARE CTR, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code Y02469
2.9 km
HIGHFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MERLYN VAZ CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code C82642
2.9 km
THE CHARNWOOD PRACTICE
MERLYN VAZ HEALTH CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code C82667
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 51 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Byway Road
BCT · Evington
- 0.1 miles
Highway
BCT · Evington
- 0.2 miles
Knighton Road
BCT · Leicester
- 0.2 miles
Knighton Road
BCT · Leicester
- 0.2 miles
Guildford Road
BCT · Stoneygate
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 032E, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,693 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,984 published events cover 12 months, averaging 248.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,083 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.