Schools
49 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 9 secondary schools. Hallam Fields, Birstall is the nearest published school at 607 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE4 3BY
Birstall West · Charnwood · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Birstall West
- Local authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Postcode district
- LE4
- Postcode sector
- LE4 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LE4 3BY
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 2010
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE4
- Postcode sector
- LE4 3
- Latitude
- 52.690014
- Longitude
- -1.130416
- British National Grid easting
- 458,873
- British National Grid northing
- 310,611
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Charnwood · E07000130
- Electoral ward
- Birstall West · E05014669
- Parish or community
- E04012882
- Westminster constituency
- Mid Leicestershire · E14001364
- Output area
- E00178475
- Lower layer super output area
- Charnwood 019E · E01034006
- Middle layer super output area
- Charnwood 019 · E02005363
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 LE4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 49
- Primary
- 36
- Secondary
- 9
- 607 m
Hallam Fields, Birstall
Free schools
- 799 m
The Cedars Academy
Academy converter
- 805 m
ALP Leicester
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 721
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 252
- Anti social behaviour 107
- Criminal damage and arson 77
- Public order 64
- Vehicle crime 61
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LE4 3 residents
- 7,477
Age bands in LE4 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
1,331 residents
730 residents
2,066 residents
1,811 residents
1,358 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 92.9%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 92.9%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 92.9%
- Gigabit-capable
- 92.9%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 92.9%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
18
within 5 km
GREENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GREENGATE LANE, BIRSTALL, LEICESTER, LE4 3JF
ODS code C82003
1.1 km
BIRSTALL MEDICAL CENTRE
4 WHILES LANE, BIRSTALL, LEICESTER, LE4 4EE
ODS code C82091
1.8 km
THURMASTON HEALTH CENTRE
573A MELTON ROAD, THURMASTON, LEICESTER, LE4 8EA
ODS code C82678
2.7 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SILVERDALE DRIVE, THURMASTON, LEICESTER, LE4 8NN
ODS code C82627
3.3 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-BEAUMONT LEYS
BEAUMONT LEYS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 LITTLE WOOD CLOSE, LEICESTER, LE4 0UZ
ODS code C82624
3.5 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-RUSHEY MEAD
RUSHEY MEAD HEALTH CENTRE, 8 LOCKERBIE WALK, LEICESTER, LE4 7ZX
ODS code C82680
3.5 km
CHARNWOOD SURGERY
39 LINKFIELD ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7DJ
ODS code C82097
3.6 km
MANOR PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
122 PARKER DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE4 0JF
ODS code C82018
3.9 km
ALPINE HOUSE SURGERY
86 ROTHLEY ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7JU
ODS code C82095
3.9 km
BEAUMONT LODGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 BAXTERS CLOSE, BEAUMONT LEYS, LEICESTER, LE4 0QR
ODS code C82094
4.1 km
BROADHURST STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 BROADHURST STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NF
ODS code C82651
4.1 km
THE ANSTEY SURGERY
21A THE NOOK, ANSTEY, LEICESTER, LE7 7AZ
ODS code C82032
4.3 km
THE COUNTY PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, MELTON ROAD, SYSTON, LEICESTER, LE7 2EQ
ODS code C82042
4.3 km
THE JUBILEE MEDICAL PRACTICE
SYSTON HEALTH CENTRE, 1330 MELTON ROAD, SYSTON, LEICESTER, LE7 2EQ
ODS code C82078
4.3 km
DR B MODI
122 CANON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NL
ODS code C82084
4.4 km
BRANDON SURGERY DR R KAPUR & PARTNER
BELGRAVE HEALTH CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82671
4.7 km
COSSINGTON PARK SURGERY
BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82107
4.7 km
THE BANKS SURGERY
9 THE BANKS, SILEBY, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7RD
ODS code C82600
4.9 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Birstall Meadow Road
BCT · Birstall
- 0.3 miles
Birstall Park and Ride
BCT · Birstall
- 0.3 miles
Birstall Meadow Road
BCT · Birstall
- 0.4 miles
Denegate Avenue
BCT · Birstall
- 0.4 miles
Sandgate Avenue
BCT · Birstall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Charnwood 019E, 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
23,171 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
721 published events cover 12 months, averaging 60.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 252 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.