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LE2 5WU

Oadby Brocks Hill · Oadby and Wigston · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Leicester
Ward
Oadby Brocks Hill
Local authority
Oadby and Wigston
Constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Postcode district
LE2
Postcode sector
LE2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE2 5WL 47 m
LE2 5WN 52 m
LE2 5WE 106 m
LE2 5WJ 116 m
LE2 5WH 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE2 5WU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE2
Postcode sector
LE2 5
Latitude
52.587820
Longitude
-1.079831
British National Grid easting
462,437
British National Grid northing
299,286

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Oadby and Wigston · E07000135
Electoral ward
Oadby Brocks Hill · E05005531
Parish or community
E43000108
Westminster constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston · E14001266
Output area
E00131791
Lower layer super output area
Oadby and Wigston 003C · E01025972
Middle layer super output area
Oadby and Wigston 003 · E02005412

Postcode source versions

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Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Fenton Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5WU 27 October 2020 £300,000
6, Fenton Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5WU 18 December 2017 £265,000
2, Fenton Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5WU 6 October 2017 £260,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
66
Primary
33
Secondary
14

  1. Brocks Hill Primary School

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    216 m

  2. Gartree High School

    Academy converter

    405 m

  3. Beauchamp College

    Academy converter

    507 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,156
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 518
  • Anti social behaviour 133
  • Public order 107
  • Criminal damage and arson 107
  • Other theft 78

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
40

19 female, 21 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
4.0
LE2 5 residents
8,464

Age bands in LE2 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,528 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

803 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

2,009 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

2,181 residents

Age 65 and over
24.9%

2,164 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE2 5 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

15

within 5 km

  • ROSEMEAD DRIVE SURGERY

    103 ROSEMEAD DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5PP

    ODS code C82048

    661 m

  • THE CROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 GLEN ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4PE

    ODS code C82067

    1.0 km

  • THE CENTRAL SURGERY

    BROOKSBY DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5AA

    ODS code C82021

    1.3 km

  • SEVERN SURGERY

    159 UPLANDS ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4NW

    ODS code C82112

    1.6 km

  • BUSHLOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82013

    2.6 km

  • WIGSTON CENTRAL SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82071

    2.6 km

  • SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LIMITED-ASQUITH

    693 WELFORD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 6FQ

    ODS code C82614

    3.0 km

  • SOUTH WIGSTON HEALTH CTR.

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

    ODS code C82079

    3.4 km

  • HORIZON HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code C82088

    4.1 km

  • STURDEE ROAD HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE

    182 STURDEE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 9DB

    ODS code C82019

    4.3 km

  • DOWNING DRIVE SURGERY

    155 DOWNING DRIVE, EVINGTON, LEICESTER, LE5 6LP

    ODS code C82030

    4.3 km

  • VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD

    ODS code C82124

    4.4 km

  • SAFFRON GROUP PRACTICE

    509 SAFFRON LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 6UL

    ODS code C82046

    4.4 km

  • THE HEDGES MEDICAL CENTRE (SA BAILEY)

    PASLEY ROAD, EYRES MONSELL, LEICESTER, LE2 9BU

    ODS code C82100

    4.6 km

  • AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE

    91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ

    ODS code C82099

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

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

Nearby transport

  • Brocks Hill School

    BCT · Oadby

    0.2 miles

  • Pine Tree Close

    BCT · Oadby

    0.2 miles

  • Vandyke Road

    BCT · Oadby

    0.3 miles

  • Vandyke Road

    BCT · Oadby

    0.3 miles

  • Sibton Lane

    BCT · Oadby

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oadby and Wigston 003C, 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

28,581 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 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

66 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 14 secondary schools. Brocks Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 216 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,156 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 518 events.

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