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LE3 5NS

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE3 5PG 26 m
LE3 0TA 34 m
LE3 0TB 77 m
LE3 0RB 85 m
LE3 0RA 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE3 5NS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE3
Postcode sector
LE3 5
Latitude
52.631614
Longitude
-1.148905
British National Grid easting
457,700
British National Grid northing
304,100

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
E00069507
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 023A · E01013774
Middle layer super output area
Leicester 023 · E02002849

Postcode source versions

Explore LE3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
125
Primary
77
Secondary
16

  1. King Richard III Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    59 m

  2. Shaftesbury Junior School

    Community school

    281 m

  3. Castle Mead Academy

    Free schools

    598 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
16,211
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5,274
  • Public order 2,069
  • Shoplifting 1,804
  • Anti social behaviour 1,296
  • Other theft 1,293

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE3 5 residents
7,557

Age bands in LE3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

1,572 residents

Age 15 to 24
20.8%

1,827 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.2%

3,350 residents

Age 45 to 64
17.6%

1,548 residents

Age 65 and over
5.5%

481 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 U K ROY

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

    ODS code C82114

    308 m

  • WESTEND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0LP

    ODS code C82639

    318 m

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82059

    367 m

  • WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)

    2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR

    ODS code C82653

    367 m

  • DR S SHAFI

    5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA

    ODS code C82620

    384 m

  • FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)

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

    ODS code C82086

    610 m

  • DE MONTFORT SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82020

    621 m

  • NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY

    193 NARBOROUGH ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE3 0PE

    ODS code C82119

    863 m

  • WALNUT ST MED CTR

    110 WALNUT STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 7LE

    ODS code C82662

    1.0 km

  • INCLUSION HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code C82670

    1.1 km

  • LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00344

    1.1 km

  • BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02686

    1.1 km

  • GROBY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (ID PATCHETT)

    9 GROBY ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 9ED

    ODS code C82005

    1.4 km

  • MERRIDALE MEDICAL CENTRE (RP TEW)

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

    ODS code C82073

    1.5 km

  • DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code C82659

    2.0 km

  • SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82080

    2.0 km

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

    SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA

    ODS code C82660

    2.0 km

  • HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)

    25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN

    ODS code C82116

    2.1 km

  • HOCKLEY FARM MED PRACT (A NANA)

    39 HOCKLEY FARM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 1HN

    ODS code C82053

    2.4 km

  • COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)

    MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU

    ODS code C82643

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 51 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Narborough Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    0.0 miles

  • Narborough Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Tyndale Street

    BCT · West End

    0.1 miles

  • Ruding Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Ruding Road

    BCT · West Bridge

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 023A, 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

4,374 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

125 open schools are in scope, including 77 primary and 16 secondary schools. King Richard III Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 59 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,211 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,350.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,274 events.

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