Schools
132 open schools are in scope, including 79 primary and 19 secondary schools. Miller House School is the nearest published school at 224 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE2 2YP
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 2YP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 December 1995
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE2
- Postcode sector
- LE2 2
- Latitude
- 52.615108
- Longitude
- -1.104915
- British National Grid easting
- 460,700
- British National Grid northing
- 302,300
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
- E00069211
- Lower layer super output area
- Leicester 030G · E01013711
- Middle layer super output area
- Leicester 030 · E02002856
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
- 132
- Primary
- 79
- Secondary
- 19
- 224 m
Miller House School
Other independent special school
- 314 m
Leicester Islamic Academy
Other independent school
- 441 m
Leicester Preparatory School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,097
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,109
- Anti social behaviour 366
- Criminal damage and arson 274
- Public order 254
- Shoplifting 236
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
52
within 5 km straight-line
HORIZON HEALTHCARE
CATHERINE HOUSE, 2B STOUGHTON DRIVE NORTH, LEICESTER, LE5 5UB
ODS code C82088
836 m
VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE
203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD
ODS code C82124
1.1 km
AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE
91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ
ODS code C82099
1.6 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LIMITED-ASQUITH
693 WELFORD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 6FQ
ODS code C82614
1.7 km
THE PRACTICE-SAYEED
352 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5AY
ODS code C82060
1.8 km
HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)
25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN
ODS code C82116
1.8 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
2.0 km
SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82080
2.0 km
ST PETER'S MED CENTRE (MANSINGH & MEHRA)
SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82660
2.0 km
EAST PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (RP PANDYA)
264-266 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5FD
ODS code C82037
2.1 km
THE CENTRAL SURGERY
BROOKSBY DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5AA
ODS code C82021
2.4 km
SPINNEY HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
143 ST SAVIOURS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3HX
ODS code C82024
2.5 km
WALNUT ST MED CTR
110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE
ODS code C82662
2.5 km
WILLOWS HEALTH
184 COLEMAN ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4LJ
ODS code Y00137
2.6 km
BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY
29-31 BOWLING GREEN STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 6AS
ODS code Y02686
2.8 km
ROSEMEAD DRIVE SURGERY
103 ROSEMEAD DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5PP
ODS code C82048
2.8 km
DE MONTFORT SURGERY
STUDENT HEALTH CENTRE, 100 MILL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 7HX
ODS code C82020
2.9 km
SAFFRON GROUP PRACTICE
509 SAFFRON LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 6UL
ODS code C82046
2.9 km
HERON GP PRACTICE
MERLYN VAZ H&S CARE CTR, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code Y02469
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 52 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Knighton Road
BCT · Leicester
- 0.1 miles
Toller Road
BCT · Stoneygate
- 0.1 miles
Knighton Road
BCT · Leicester
- 0.2 miles
Toller Road
BCT · Stoneygate
- 0.2 miles
Guildford Road
BCT · Stoneygate
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 030G, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,270 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 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
3,097 published events cover 12 months, averaging 258.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,109 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.