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LE3 0EQ

Westcotes · Leicester · England

Updated September 2026

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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 0ER 0 m
LE3 0EL 27 m
LE3 0EN 27 m
LE3 0EP 27 m
LE3 0GE 52 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE3 0EQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE3
Postcode sector
LE3 0
Latitude
52.628941
Longitude
-1.147214
British National Grid easting
457,818
British National Grid northing
303,804

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
E00178623
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 023H · E01034013
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
126
Primary
78
Secondary
16

  1. Shaftesbury Junior School

    Community school

    236 m

  2. King Richard III Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    364 m

  3. De Montfort University

    Higher education institutions

    622 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16,108
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,245
  • Public order 2,057
  • Shoplifting 1,859
  • Other theft 1,300
  • Anti social behaviour 1,278

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
98
58 female, 40 male
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

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE3 0 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.

GP practices

51

within 5 km straight-line

  • DR S SHAFI

    5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA

    ODS code C82620

    124 m

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82059

    269 m

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82653

    269 m

  • DE MONTFORT SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82020

    409 m

  • DR U K ROY

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

    ODS code C82114

    441 m

  • WESTEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0LP

    ODS code C82639

    508 m

  • NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY

    193 NARBOROUGH ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE3 0PE

    ODS code C82119

    663 m

  • WALNUT ST MED CTR

    110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE

    ODS code C82662

    744 m

  • FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)

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

    ODS code C82086

    928 m

  • BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02686

    1.1 km

  • INCLUSION HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code C82670

    1.2 km

  • LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00344

    1.2 km

  • MERRIDALE MEDICAL CENTRE (RP TEW)

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

    ODS code C82073

    1.3 km

  • GROBY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (ID PATCHETT)

    9 GROBY ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 9ED

    ODS code C82005

    1.7 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

    2.2 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

  • Ruding Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    140 m

  • Ruding Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    176 m

  • Gaul Street

    BCT · West Bridge

    180 m

  • Gaul Street

    BCT · West Bridge

    221 m

  • Narborough Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    232 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 023H, 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

9,002 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

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

126 open schools are in scope, including 78 primary and 16 secondary schools. Shaftesbury Junior School is the nearest published school at 236 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,108 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,342 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,245 events.

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