Schools
118 open schools are in scope, including 75 primary and 15 secondary schools. Brook Mead Academy is the nearest published school at 359 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE3 9XQ
Fosse · Leicester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Fosse
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Postcode district
- LE3
- Postcode sector
- LE3 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LE3 9XQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 2004
- Terminated
- 1 August 2005
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE3
- Postcode sector
- LE3 9
- Latitude
- 52.647445
- Longitude
- -1.157630
- British National Grid easting
- 457,089
- British National Grid northing
- 305,854
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Leicester · E06000016
- Electoral ward
- Fosse · E05010466
- Parish or community
- E43000015
- Westminster constituency
- Leicester West · E14001328
- Output area
- E00069074
- Lower layer super output area
- Leicester 008D · E01013685
- Middle layer super output area
- Leicester 008 · E02002834
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
- 118
- Primary
- 75
- Secondary
- 15
- 359 m
Brook Mead Academy
Free schools
- 405 m
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter
- 490 m
Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,350
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,075
- Criminal damage and arson 668
- Anti social behaviour 521
- Public order 504
- Other theft 365
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LE3 9 residents
- 18,147
Age bands in LE3 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 11%
4,170 residents
2,274 residents
4,938 residents
4,030 residents
1,909 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
52
within 5 km straight-line
GROBY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (ID PATCHETT)
9 GROBY ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 9ED
ODS code C82005
594 m
BEAUMONT LODGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 BAXTERS CLOSE, BEAUMONT LEYS, LEICESTER, LE4 0QR
ODS code C82094
1.2 km
FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)
FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE, 334 FOSSE ROAD NORTH, LEICESTER, LE3 5RR
ODS code C82086
1.2 km
THE PARKS MEDICAL CENTRE (B HAINSWORTH)
340 AIKMAN AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE3 9PW
ODS code C82610
1.3 km
MANOR PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
122 PARKER DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE4 0JF
ODS code C82018
1.4 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-BEAUMONT LEYS
BEAUMONT LEYS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 LITTLE WOOD CLOSE, LEICESTER, LE4 0UZ
ODS code C82624
1.7 km
WESTEND MEDICAL PRACTICE
FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0LP
ODS code C82639
1.8 km
INCLUSION HEALTHCARE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code C82670
1.8 km
LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code Y00344
1.8 km
DR U K ROY
FOSSE FAMILY PRACTICE, 16 FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0QD
ODS code C82114
1.9 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
2.2 km
BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY
29-31 BOWLING GREEN STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 6AS
ODS code Y02686
2.3 km
DE MONTFORT SURGERY
STUDENT HEALTH CENTRE, 100 MILL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 7HX
ODS code C82020
2.4 km
BRANDON SURGERY DR R KAPUR & PARTNER
BELGRAVE HEALTH CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82671
2.4 km
COSSINGTON PARK SURGERY
BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82107
2.4 km
HOCKLEY FARM MED PRACT (A NANA)
39 HOCKLEY FARM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 1HN
ODS code C82053
2.6 km
NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY
193 NARBOROUGH ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE3 0PE
ODS code C82119
2.6 km
BROADHURST STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 BROADHURST STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NF
ODS code C82651
2.7 km
Showing 20 of 52 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mary Road
BCT · Leicester Frith
- 0.1 miles
Garland Crescent
BCT · Leicester
- 0.1 miles
Mary Road
BCT · Leicester Frith
- 0.2 miles
Snow Hill
BCT · Leicester
- 0.2 miles
Garland Crescent
BCT · Leicester
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 008D, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,341 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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
Recorded crime
5,350 published events cover 12 months, averaging 445.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,075 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.