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LE5 1HY

Humberstone & Hamilton · Leicester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Humberstone & Hamilton
Local authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester East
Postcode district
LE5
Postcode sector
LE5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE5 1DA 82 m
LE5 2FF 161 m
LE5 1DD 220 m
LE5 1DB 222 m
LE5 1LE 238 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE5 1HY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE5
Postcode sector
LE5 1
Latitude
52.644274
Longitude
-1.071302
British National Grid easting
462,934
British National Grid northing
305,573

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Leicester · E06000016
Electoral ward
Humberstone & Hamilton · E05010467
Parish or community
E43000015
Westminster constituency
Leicester East · E14001326
Output area
E00069127
Lower layer super output area
Leicester 043C · E01013699
Middle layer super output area
Leicester 043 · E02006965

Postcode source versions

Explore LE5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
97
Primary
56
Secondary
11

  1. Humberstone Infant Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    454 m

  2. Humberstone Junior School

    Academy converter

    454 m

  3. St Joseph's Catholic Academy

    Academy converter

    697 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,502
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,580
  • Criminal damage and arson 441
  • Anti social behaviour 343
  • Public order 327
  • Other theft 163

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE5 1 residents
21,521

Age bands in LE5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.5%

5,232 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

2,624 residents

Age 25 to 44
31%

6,620 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.8%

4,668 residents

Age 65 and over
10.4%

2,224 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

31

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTRE (JA WOOD)

    NETHERHALL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 1DR

    ODS code C82676

    817 m

  • JOHNSON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HILLTOP SURGERY, 22 MAIDENWELL AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE5 1BL

    ODS code C82031

    945 m

  • HUMBERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE (IP JONES)

    HUMBERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE, 150 WYCOMBE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 0PR

    ODS code C82033

    1.2 km

  • WILLOWS HEALTH

    184 COLEMAN ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4LJ

    ODS code Y00137

    1.5 km

  • EAST LEICESTER MED PRACT(S LONGWORTH)

    131 UPPINGHAM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4BP

    ODS code C82063

    1.6 km

  • DOWNING DRIVE SURGERY

    155 DOWNING DRIVE, EVINGTON, LEICESTER, LE5 6LP

    ODS code C82030

    2.2 km

  • EAST PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (RP PANDYA)

    264-266 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5FD

    ODS code C82037

    2.5 km

  • HERON GP PRACTICE

    MERLYN VAZ H&S CARE CTR, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH

    ODS code Y02469

    2.6 km

  • HIGHFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE MERLYN VAZ CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH

    ODS code C82642

    2.6 km

  • THE CHARNWOOD PRACTICE

    MERLYN VAZ HEALTH CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH

    ODS code C82667

    2.6 km

  • SPINNEY HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    143 ST SAVIOURS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3HX

    ODS code C82024

    2.7 km

  • THE PRACTICE-SAYEED

    352 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5AY

    ODS code C82060

    2.8 km

  • DR B MODI

    122 CANON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NL

    ODS code C82084

    2.9 km

  • AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE

    91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ

    ODS code C82099

    3.0 km

  • SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-RUSHEY MEAD

    RUSHEY MEAD HEALTH CENTRE, 8 LOCKERBIE WALK, LEICESTER, LE4 7ZX

    ODS code C82680

    3.0 km

  • COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)

    MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU

    ODS code C82643

    3.1 km

  • HORIZON HEALTHCARE

    CATHERINE HOUSE, 2B STOUGHTON DRIVE NORTH, LEICESTER, LE5 5UB

    ODS code C82088

    3.2 km

  • BROADHURST STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    10 BROADHURST STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NF

    ODS code C82651

    3.4 km

  • SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 SILVERDALE DRIVE, THURMASTON, LEICESTER, LE4 8NN

    ODS code C82627

    3.4 km

  • BRANDON SURGERY DR R KAPUR & PARTNER

    BELGRAVE HEALTH CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW

    ODS code C82671

    3.5 km

Showing 20 of 31 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Abbots Road North

    BCT · Humberstone

    0.1 miles

  • Abbots Road North

    BCT · Humberstone

    0.1 miles

  • Averil Road

    BCT · New Humberstone

    0.1 miles

  • Colchester Road

    BCT · New Humberstone

    0.1 miles

  • Colchester Road

    BCT · New Humberstone

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 043C, 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

16,665 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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

Schools

97 open schools are in scope, including 56 primary and 11 secondary schools. Humberstone Infant Academy is the nearest published school at 454 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,502 published events cover 12 months, averaging 291.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,580 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.