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LE3 0AE

Westcotes · Leicester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Westcotes
Local authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester West
Postcode district
LE3
Postcode sector
LE3 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE3 0AB 24 m
LE3 0GA 43 m
LE3 0AY 61 m
LE3 0AZ 61 m
LE3 0BJ 65 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE3 0AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE3
Postcode sector
LE3 0
Latitude
52.627886
Longitude
-1.146865
British National Grid easting
457,843
British National Grid northing
303,687

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Leicester · E06000016
Electoral ward
Westcotes · E05010476
Parish or community
E43000015
Westminster constituency
Leicester West · E14001328
Output area
E00069482
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 023I · E01034014
Middle layer super output area
Leicester 023 · E02002849

Postcode source versions

Explore LE3

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
125
Primary
77
Secondary
16

  1. Shaftesbury Junior School

    Community school

    302 m

  2. King Richard III Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    484 m

  3. De Montfort University

    Higher education institutions

    672 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
15,359
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,993
  • Public order 1,905
  • Shoplifting 1,854
  • Other theft 1,237
  • Anti social behaviour 1,206

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE3 0 residents
13,766

Age bands in LE3 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%
1,916 residents
Age 15 to 24
29.4%
4,137 residents
Age 25 to 44
32.9%
4,637 residents
Age 45 to 64
15.9%
2,244 residents
Age 65 and over
8.2%
1,154 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

  • DR S SHAFI

    5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA

    ODS code C82620

    117 m

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82059

    301 m

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82653

    301 m

  • DE MONTFORT SURGERY

    STUDENT HEALTH CENTRE, 100 MILL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 7HX

    ODS code C82020

    392 m

  • DR U K ROY

    FOSSE FAMILY PRACTICE, 16 FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0QD

    ODS code C82114

    521 m

  • NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY

    193 NARBOROUGH ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE3 0PE

    ODS code C82119

    596 m

  • WESTEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0LP

    ODS code C82639

    596 m

  • WALNUT ST MED CTR

    110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE

    ODS code C82662

    655 m

  • FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)

    FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE, 334 FOSSE ROAD NORTH, LEICESTER, LE3 5RR

    ODS code C82086

    1.0 km

  • BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY

    29-31 BOWLING GREEN STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 6AS

    ODS code Y02686

    1.1 km

  • MERRIDALE MEDICAL CENTRE (RP TEW)

    MERRIDALE MEDCIAL CENTRE, 5 FULLHURST AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE3 1BL

    ODS code C82073

    1.3 km

  • INCLUSION HEALTHCARE

    CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX

    ODS code C82670

    1.3 km

  • LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE

    CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX

    ODS code Y00344

    1.3 km

  • GROBY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (ID PATCHETT)

    9 GROBY ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 9ED

    ODS code C82005

    1.8 km

  • DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code C82659

    1.9 km

  • SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82080

    1.9 km

  • ST PETER'S MED CENTRE (MANSINGH & MEHRA)

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82660

    1.9 km

  • HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)

    25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN

    ODS code C82116

    1.9 km

  • VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD

    ODS code C82124

    2.1 km

  • COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)

    MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU

    ODS code C82643

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 51 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Gaul Street

    BCT · West Bridge

    194 m

  • Gaul Street

    BCT · West Bridge

    204 m

  • Ruding Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    254 m

  • Coriander Road

    BCT · West End

    276 m

  • Ruding Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    296 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 023I, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,240 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

125 open schools are in scope, including 77 primary and 16 secondary schools. Shaftesbury Junior School is the nearest published school at 302 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,359 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,280 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,993 events.

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