Schools
128 open schools are in scope, including 74 primary and 18 secondary schools. Miller House School is the nearest published school at 363 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE2 2YS
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 2YS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1998
- Terminated
- 1 December 1999
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE2
- Postcode sector
- LE2 2
- Latitude
- 52.615951
- Longitude
- -1.097513
- British National Grid easting
- 461,200
- 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
- 128
- Primary
- 74
- Secondary
- 18
- 363 m
Miller House School
Other independent special school
- 710 m
Leicester Islamic Academy
Other independent school
- 723 m
Leicester High School for Girls
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,673
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 944
- Anti social behaviour 315
- Shoplifting 286
- Criminal damage and arson 219
- Public order 197
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
772 m
VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE
203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD
ODS code C82124
1.5 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
1.8 km
EAST PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (RP PANDYA)
264-266 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5FD
ODS code C82037
2.0 km
HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)
25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN
ODS code C82116
2.1 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LIMITED-ASQUITH
693 WELFORD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 6FQ
ODS code C82614
2.1 km
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)
MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU
ODS code C82643
2.1 km
THE CENTRAL SURGERY
BROOKSBY DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5AA
ODS code C82021
2.2 km
DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS
ST. PETERS HEALTH CENTRE, SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82659
2.2 km
SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82080
2.2 km
ST PETER'S MED CENTRE (MANSINGH & MEHRA)
SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82660
2.2 km
WILLOWS HEALTH
184 COLEMAN ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4LJ
ODS code Y00137
2.3 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
2.5 km
ROSEMEAD DRIVE SURGERY
103 ROSEMEAD DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5PP
ODS code C82048
2.7 km
SEVERN SURGERY
159 UPLANDS ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4NW
ODS code C82112
2.9 km
EAST LEICESTER MED PRACT(S LONGWORTH)
131 UPPINGHAM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4BP
ODS code C82063
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
HIGHFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MERLYN VAZ CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code C82642
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 51 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Highway
BCT · Evington
- 0.1 miles
Byway Road
BCT · Evington
- 0.2 miles
Byway Road
BCT · Evington
- 0.2 miles
Byway Road
BCT · Evington
- 0.2 miles
Kingsway Road
BCT · Evington
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
2,673 published events cover 12 months, averaging 222.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 944 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.