LE3 1QY

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields · Leicester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester West
Postcode district
LE3
Postcode sector
LE3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE3 1QA 107 m
LE3 1RD 148 m
LE3 1QF 160 m
LE3 1QD 169 m
LE3 1QL 173 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE3 1QY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE3
Postcode sector
LE3 1
Latitude
52.624652
Longitude
-1.181541
British National Grid easting
455,500
British National Grid northing
303,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Leicester · E06000016
Parish or community
E43000015
Westminster constituency
Leicester West · E14001328
Output area
E00068819
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 026A · E01013631
Middle layer super output area
Leicester 026 · E02002852

Postcode source versions

Explore LE3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
84
Primary
55
Secondary
12
  1. Emmanuel Christian School

    Other independent school

    215 m
  2. Braunstone Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    449 m
  3. Kingsway Primary School

    Academy converter

    734 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,340
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,343
  • Criminal damage and arson 414
  • Anti social behaviour 366
  • Public order 279
  • Vehicle crime 204

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE3 1 residents
15,671

Age bands in LE3 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23.9%

3,855 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.3%

2,311 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.5%

4,436 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.5%

3,795 residents

Age 65 and over
10.8%

1,749 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

39

within 5 km straight-line

  • HOCKLEY FARM MED PRACT (A NANA)

    39 HOCKLEY FARM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 1HN

    ODS code C82053

    715 m

  • MERRIDALE MEDICAL CENTRE (RP TEW)

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

    ODS code C82073

    1.5 km

  • LLR SAS PROVIDER

    SPECIAL ALLOCATION, PO BOX 11058, LEICESTER, LE1 8FL

    ODS code Y03584

    1.6 km

  • NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY

    193 NARBOROUGH ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE3 0PE

    ODS code C82119

    1.9 km

  • OAKMEADOW SURGERY (GJ INGRAMS)

    87 TATLOW ROAD, GLENFIELD, LEICESTER, LE3 8NF

    ODS code C82008

    2.0 km

  • DR U K ROY

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

    ODS code C82114

    2.0 km

  • WESTEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0LP

    ODS code C82639

    2.0 km

  • KINGSWAY SURGERY

    23 KINGSWAY, LEICESTER, LE3 2JN

    ODS code C82039

    2.1 km

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82059

    2.1 km

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82653

    2.1 km

  • DR S SHAFI

    5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA

    ODS code C82620

    2.3 km

  • FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)

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

    ODS code C82086

    2.4 km

  • THE PARKS MEDICAL CENTRE (B HAINSWORTH)

    340 AIKMAN AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE3 9PW

    ODS code C82610

    2.5 km

  • DE MONTFORT SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82020

    2.8 km

  • AYLESTONE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 HALL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 8SF

    ODS code C82092

    2.9 km

  • WALNUT ST MED CTR

    110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE

    ODS code C82662

    2.9 km

  • GROBY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (ID PATCHETT)

    9 GROBY ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 9ED

    ODS code C82005

    3.0 km

  • THE SURGERY @ AYLESTONE

    672 AYLESTONE ROAD, FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE2 8PR

    ODS code C82669

    3.0 km

  • FOREST MEDICAL GROUP

    WARREN LANE, LEICESTER FOREST EAST, LEICESTER, LE3 3LW

    ODS code C82066

    3.1 km

  • INCLUSION HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code C82670

    3.4 km

Showing 20 of 39 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Bendbow Rise

    BCT · Braunstone

    0.0 miles
  • Bendbow Rise

    BCT · Leicester

    0.1 miles
  • Woodshawe Rise

    BCT · Braunstone

    0.2 miles
  • Football Pitches

    BCT · Leicester

    0.2 miles
  • Gallards Hill

    BCT · Braunstone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 026A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,533 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Schools

84 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 12 secondary schools. Emmanuel Christian School is the nearest published school at 215 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,340 published events cover 12 months, averaging 278.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,343 events.

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