Schools
59 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 9 secondary schools. Hallam Fields, Birstall is the nearest published school at 422 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE4 3WJ
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 3WJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 2004
- Terminated
- 1 January 2004
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE4
- Postcode sector
- LE4 3
- Latitude
- 52.683099
- Longitude
- -1.136293
- British National Grid easting
- 458,485
- British National Grid northing
- 309,837
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
- E00130299
- Lower layer super output area
- Charnwood 019B · E01025680
- 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
- 59
- Primary
- 44
- Secondary
- 9
- 422 m
Hallam Fields, Birstall
Free schools
- 431 m
Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre
Academy converter
- 953 m
Glebelands Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 925
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 325
- Anti social behaviour 134
- Criminal damage and arson 93
- Public order 85
- Vehicle crime 74
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.
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
GREENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GREENGATE LANE, BIRSTALL, LEICESTER, LE4 3JF
ODS code C82003
596 m
BIRSTALL MEDICAL CENTRE
4 WHILES LANE, BIRSTALL, LEICESTER, LE4 4EE
ODS code C82091
1.5 km
THURMASTON HEALTH CENTRE
573A MELTON ROAD, THURMASTON, LEICESTER, LE4 8EA
ODS code C82678
2.5 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-BEAUMONT LEYS
BEAUMONT LEYS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 LITTLE WOOD CLOSE, LEICESTER, LE4 0UZ
ODS code C82624
2.6 km
MANOR PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
122 PARKER DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE4 0JF
ODS code C82018
3.0 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-RUSHEY MEAD
RUSHEY MEAD HEALTH CENTRE, 8 LOCKERBIE WALK, LEICESTER, LE4 7ZX
ODS code C82680
3.1 km
BEAUMONT LODGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 BAXTERS CLOSE, BEAUMONT LEYS, LEICESTER, LE4 0QR
ODS code C82094
3.2 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SILVERDALE DRIVE, THURMASTON, LEICESTER, LE4 8NN
ODS code C82627
3.3 km
BROADHURST STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 BROADHURST STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NF
ODS code C82651
3.5 km
THE ANSTEY SURGERY
21A THE NOOK, ANSTEY, LEICESTER, LE7 7AZ
ODS code C82032
3.6 km
DR B MODI
122 CANON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NL
ODS code C82084
3.8 km
BRANDON SURGERY DR R KAPUR & PARTNER
BELGRAVE HEALTH CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82671
4.0 km
COSSINGTON PARK SURGERY
BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82107
4.0 km
CHARNWOOD SURGERY
39 LINKFIELD ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7DJ
ODS code C82097
4.3 km
GROBY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (ID PATCHETT)
9 GROBY ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 9ED
ODS code C82005
4.4 km
ALPINE HOUSE SURGERY
86 ROTHLEY ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7JU
ODS code C82095
4.7 km
THE PARKS MEDICAL CENTRE (B HAINSWORTH)
340 AIKMAN AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE3 9PW
ODS code C82610
4.9 km
THE COUNTY PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, MELTON ROAD, SYSTON, LEICESTER, LE7 2EQ
ODS code C82042
4.9 km
THE JUBILEE MEDICAL PRACTICE
SYSTON HEALTH CENTRE, 1330 MELTON ROAD, SYSTON, LEICESTER, LE7 2EQ
ODS code C82078
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Westgate Avenue
BCT · Birstall
- 0.1 miles
Highgate Avenue
BCT · Birstall
- 0.1 miles
Queensgate Drive
BCT · Birstall
- 0.2 miles
Denegate Avenue
BCT · Birstall
- 0.3 miles
Ambergate Drive
BCT · Birstall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Charnwood 019B, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,641 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
925 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 325 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.