LE3 2AZ

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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE3 2AA 33 m
LE3 2AD 65 m
LE3 2AS 71 m
LE3 2AE 73 m
LE3 2AT 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE3 2AZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 2000
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE3
Postcode sector
LE3 2
Latitude
52.621758
Longitude
-1.153528
British National Grid easting
457,400
British National Grid northing
303,000

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
E00069485
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 029D · E01013777
Middle layer super output area
Leicester 029 · E02002855

Postcode source versions

Explore LE3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
120
Primary
74
Secondary
15
  1. St Mary's Fields Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    360 m
  2. Fullhurst Community College

    Foundation school

    497 m
  3. Imperial Avenue Infant School

    Community school

    630 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8,015
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,751
  • Public order 1,013
  • Criminal damage and arson 796
  • Anti social behaviour 698
  • Shoplifting 570

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE3 2 residents
15,428

Age bands in LE3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

2,663 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,595 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.1%

4,569 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

3,804 residents

Age 65 and over
16.9%

2,570 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

53

within 5 km straight-line

  • NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY

    193 NARBOROUGH ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE3 0PE

    ODS code C82119

    292 m

  • MERRIDALE MEDICAL CENTRE (RP TEW)

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

    ODS code C82073

    498 m

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82059

    779 m

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82653

    779 m

  • DR S SHAFI

    5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA

    ODS code C82620

    790 m

  • DR U K ROY

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

    ODS code C82114

    983 m

  • WALNUT ST MED CTR

    110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE

    ODS code C82662

    1.0 km

  • WESTEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0LP

    ODS code C82639

    1.1 km

  • DE MONTFORT SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82020

    1.1 km

  • FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)

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

    ODS code C82086

    1.7 km

  • AYLESTONE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 HALL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 8SF

    ODS code C82092

    1.8 km

  • BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02686

    1.9 km

  • INCLUSION HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code C82670

    2.1 km

  • LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00344

    2.1 km

  • THE SURGERY @ AYLESTONE

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

    ODS code C82669

    2.1 km

  • HOCKLEY FARM MED PRACT (A NANA)

    39 HOCKLEY FARM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 1HN

    ODS code C82053

    2.3 km

  • KINGSWAY SURGERY

    23 KINGSWAY, LEICESTER, LE3 2JN

    ODS code C82039

    2.3 km

  • VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD

    ODS code C82124

    2.3 km

  • SAFFRON GROUP PRACTICE

    509 SAFFRON LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 6UL

    ODS code C82046

    2.4 km

  • HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)

    25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN

    ODS code C82116

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 53 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Imperial Avenue

    BCT · West End

    0.1 miles
  • Hopefield Road

    BCT · West End

    0.1 miles
  • Gaddesby Avenue

    BCT · Leicester

    0.1 miles
  • Westleigh Road

    BCT · West End

    0.1 miles
  • Hopefield Road

    BCT · West End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 029D, 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

5,383 of 33,755

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

120 open schools are in scope, including 74 primary and 15 secondary schools. St Mary's Fields Academy is the nearest published school at 360 m.

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

Recorded crime

8,015 published events cover 12 months, averaging 667.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,751 events.

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