Schools
116 open schools are in scope, including 73 primary and 15 secondary schools. Rushey Mead Academy is the nearest published school at 183 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE4 7SQ
Rushey Mead · Leicester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Rushey Mead
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Postcode district
- LE4
- Postcode sector
- LE4 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LE4 7SQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1982
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE4
- Postcode sector
- LE4 7
- Latitude
- 52.663713
- Longitude
- -1.112795
- British National Grid easting
- 460,100
- British National Grid northing
- 307,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Leicester · E06000016
- Electoral ward
- Rushey Mead · E05010470
- Parish or community
- E43000015
- Westminster constituency
- Leicester East · E14001326
- Output area
- E00069307
- Lower layer super output area
- Leicester 006E · E01013738
- Middle layer super output area
- Leicester 006 · E02002832
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
- 116
- Primary
- 73
- Secondary
- 15
- 183 m
Rushey Mead Academy
Academy converter
- 521 m
Herrick Primary School
Community school
- 612 m
Soar Valley College
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,661
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,073
- Anti social behaviour 333
- Public order 253
- Criminal damage and arson 221
- Other theft 176
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LE4 7 residents
- 12,172
Age bands in LE4 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.1%
1,676 residents
1,197 residents
2,957 residents
3,099 residents
2,533 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
44
within 5 km straight-line
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-RUSHEY MEAD
RUSHEY MEAD HEALTH CENTRE, 8 LOCKERBIE WALK, LEICESTER, LE4 7ZX
ODS code C82680
610 m
THURMASTON HEALTH CENTRE
573A MELTON ROAD, THURMASTON, LEICESTER, LE4 8EA
ODS code C82678
1.1 km
BROADHURST STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 BROADHURST STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NF
ODS code C82651
1.2 km
DR B MODI
122 CANON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NL
ODS code C82084
1.3 km
BIRSTALL MEDICAL CENTRE
4 WHILES LANE, BIRSTALL, LEICESTER, LE4 4EE
ODS code C82091
1.4 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SILVERDALE DRIVE, THURMASTON, LEICESTER, LE4 8NN
ODS code C82627
1.8 km
BRANDON SURGERY DR R KAPUR & PARTNER
BELGRAVE HEALTH CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82671
1.9 km
COSSINGTON PARK SURGERY
BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82107
1.9 km
GREENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GREENGATE LANE, BIRSTALL, LEICESTER, LE4 3JF
ODS code C82003
2.2 km
MANOR PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
122 PARKER DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE4 0JF
ODS code C82018
2.2 km
HERON GP PRACTICE
MERLYN VAZ H&S CARE CTR, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code Y02469
2.5 km
HIGHFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MERLYN VAZ CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code C82642
2.5 km
THE CHARNWOOD PRACTICE
MERLYN VAZ HEALTH CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code C82667
2.5 km
HUMBERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE (IP JONES)
HUMBERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE, 150 WYCOMBE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 0PR
ODS code C82033
2.6 km
EAST LEICESTER MED PRACT(S LONGWORTH)
131 UPPINGHAM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4BP
ODS code C82063
2.7 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-BEAUMONT LEYS
BEAUMONT LEYS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 LITTLE WOOD CLOSE, LEICESTER, LE4 0UZ
ODS code C82624
2.8 km
SPINNEY HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
143 ST SAVIOURS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3HX
ODS code C82024
2.9 km
BEAUMONT LODGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 BAXTERS CLOSE, BEAUMONT LEYS, LEICESTER, LE4 0QR
ODS code C82094
3.3 km
JOHNSON MEDICAL PRACTICE
HILLTOP SURGERY, 22 MAIDENWELL AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE5 1BL
ODS code C82031
3.3 km
INCLUSION HEALTHCARE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code C82670
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 44 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Uxbridge Road
BCT · Belgrave
- 0.1 miles
Uxbridge Road
BCT · Belgrave
- 0.1 miles
Rushey Mead School
BCT · Belgrave
- 0.2 miles
Oakland Avenue
BCT · Leicester
- 0.2 miles
Oakland Avenue
BCT · Leicester
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 006E, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,600 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
2,661 published events cover 12 months, averaging 221.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,073 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.