Schools
132 open schools are in scope, including 78 primary and 19 secondary schools. Jameah Academy is the nearest published school at 164 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE5 3RU
North Evington · Leicester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Leicester
- Ward
- North Evington
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Postcode district
- LE5
- Postcode sector
- LE5 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LE5 3RU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE5
- Postcode sector
- LE5 3
- Latitude
- 52.636708
- Longitude
- -1.102213
- British National Grid easting
- 460,853
- British National Grid northing
- 304,705
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Leicester · E06000016
- Electoral ward
- North Evington · E05010469
- Parish or community
- E43000015
- Westminster constituency
- Leicester East · E14001326
- Output area
- E00068958
- Lower layer super output area
- Leicester 021A · E01013662
- Middle layer super output area
- Leicester 021 · E02002847
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 LE5
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 42, London Street, Leicester, LE5 3RU | 17 January 2014 | £215,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 132
- Primary
- 78
- Secondary
- 19
- 164 m
Jameah Academy
Other independent school
- 189 m
Jameah Boys Academy
Other independent school
- 296 m
The Imam Muhammad Adam Institute School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,123
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,444
- Anti social behaviour 730
- Public order 580
- Criminal damage and arson 541
- Other theft 427
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LE5 3 residents
- 12,586
Age bands in LE5 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 9%
2,708 residents
1,974 residents
3,802 residents
2,780 residents
1,120 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
51
within 5 km
EAST PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (RP PANDYA)
264-266 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5FD
ODS code C82037
370 m
SPINNEY HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
143 ST SAVIOURS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3HX
ODS code C82024
479 m
HERON GP PRACTICE
MERLYN VAZ H&S CARE CTR, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code Y02469
665 m
HIGHFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MERLYN VAZ CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code C82642
665 m
THE CHARNWOOD PRACTICE
MERLYN VAZ HEALTH CENTRE, 1 SPINNEY HILL ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 3GH
ODS code C82667
665 m
THE PRACTICE-SAYEED
352 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5AY
ODS code C82060
719 m
EAST LEICESTER MED PRACT(S LONGWORTH)
131 UPPINGHAM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4BP
ODS code C82063
769 m
WILLOWS HEALTH
184 COLEMAN ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 4LJ
ODS code Y00137
876 m
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE (ZS OSAMA)
MOAT CENTRE, MELBOURNE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 0GU
ODS code C82643
897 m
AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE
91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ
ODS code C82099
948 m
HUMBERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE (IP JONES)
HUMBERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE, 150 WYCOMBE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 0PR
ODS code C82033
1.3 km
DR R KAPUR & PARTNERS
ST. PETERS HEALTH CENTRE, SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82659
1.3 km
SHEFA MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82080
1.3 km
ST PETER'S MED CENTRE (MANSINGH & MEHRA)
SPARKENHOE STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0TA
ODS code C82660
1.3 km
HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)
25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN
ODS code C82116
1.4 km
HORIZON HEALTHCARE
CATHERINE HOUSE, 2B STOUGHTON DRIVE NORTH, LEICESTER, LE5 5UB
ODS code C82088
1.6 km
DR B MODI
122 CANON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6NL
ODS code C82084
1.8 km
BRANDON SURGERY DR R KAPUR & PARTNER
BELGRAVE HEALTH CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82671
1.8 km
COSSINGTON PARK SURGERY
BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE, 52 BRANDON STREET, LEICESTER, LE4 6AW
ODS code C82107
1.8 km
BOWLING GREEN STREET SURGERY
29-31 BOWLING GREEN STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 6AS
ODS code Y02686
2.1 km
Showing 20 of 51 matching practices.
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St Saviour's Road
BCT · North Evington
- 0.1 miles
Leicester Street
BCT · North Evington
- 0.1 miles
Leicester Street
BCT · North Evington
- 0.1 miles
East Park Road
BCT · North Evington
- 0.1 miles
Rosebery Street
BCT · North Evington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Leicester 021A, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
8,146 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
- 9
- 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
6,123 published events cover 12 months, averaging 510.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,444 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.