Schools
85 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 11 secondary schools. Educ8 Leicestershire is the nearest published school at 469 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE3 6HY
Western · Leicester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Western
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Postcode district
- LE3
- Postcode sector
- LE3 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LE3 6HY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE3
- Postcode sector
- LE3 6
- Latitude
- 52.635469
- Longitude
- -1.185773
- British National Grid easting
- 455,200
- British National Grid northing
- 304,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Leicester · E06000016
- Electoral ward
- Western · E05010477
- Parish or community
- E43000015
- Westminster constituency
- Leicester West · E14001328
- Output area
- E00069263
- Lower layer super output area
- Leicester 020A · E01013729
- Middle layer super output area
- Leicester 020 · E02002846
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LE3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 85
- Primary
- 58
- Secondary
- 11
- 469 m
Educ8 Leicestershire
Other independent special school
- 727 m
Braunstone Frith Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 789 m
Braunstone Community Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,608
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,500
- Criminal damage and arson 479
- Anti social behaviour 359
- Public order 323
- Shoplifting 204
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LE3 6 residents
- 12,937
Age bands in LE3 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.4%
2,646 residents
1,764 residents
3,675 residents
3,152 residents
1,746 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
522 m
OAKMEADOW SURGERY (GJ INGRAMS)
87 TATLOW ROAD, GLENFIELD, LEICESTER, LE3 8NF
ODS code C82008
895 m
THE PARKS MEDICAL CENTRE (B HAINSWORTH)
340 AIKMAN AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE3 9PW
ODS code C82610
1.4 km
WESTEND MEDICAL PRACTICE
FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0LP
ODS code C82639
2.2 km
DR U K ROY
FOSSE FAMILY PRACTICE, 16 FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0QD
ODS code C82114
2.3 km
FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)
FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE, 334 FOSSE ROAD NORTH, LEICESTER, LE3 5RR
ODS code C82086
2.3 km
THE GLENFIELD SURGERY
111 STATION ROAD, GLENFIELD, LEICESTER, LE3 8GS
ODS code C82056
2.3 km
MERRIDALE MEDICAL CENTRE (RP TEW)
MERRIDALE MEDCIAL CENTRE, 5 FULLHURST AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE3 1BL
ODS code C82073
2.5 km
WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)
2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR
ODS code C82059
2.5 km
WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)
2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR
ODS code C82653
2.5 km
NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY
193 NARBOROUGH ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE3 0PE
ODS code C82119
2.5 km
LLR SAS PROVIDER
SPECIAL ALLOCATION, PO BOX 11058, LEICESTER, LE1 8FL
ODS code Y03584
2.6 km
GROBY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (ID PATCHETT)
9 GROBY ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 9ED
ODS code C82005
2.6 km
DR S SHAFI
5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA
ODS code C82620
2.6 km
BEAUMONT LODGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 BAXTERS CLOSE, BEAUMONT LEYS, LEICESTER, LE4 0QR
ODS code C82094
3.1 km
DE MONTFORT SURGERY
STUDENT HEALTH CENTRE, 100 MILL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 7HX
ODS code C82020
3.1 km
KINGSWAY SURGERY
23 KINGSWAY, LEICESTER, LE3 2JN
ODS code C82039
3.3 km
FOREST MEDICAL GROUP
WARREN LANE, LEICESTER FOREST EAST, LEICESTER, LE3 3LW
ODS code C82066
3.3 km
INCLUSION HEALTHCARE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code C82670
3.4 km
LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code Y00344
3.4 km
Showing 20 of 39 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Park Rise
BCT · New Parks
- 0.2 miles
Green Walk
BCT · New Parks
- 0.2 miles
Green Walk
BCT · New Parks
- 0.2 miles
Outwood Close
BCT · New Parks
- 0.2 miles
Outwood Close
BCT · New Parks
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 020A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,514 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
Recorded crime
3,608 published events cover 12 months, averaging 300.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,500 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.