LE7 9JY

Thurnby & Houghton · Harborough · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Leicester
Local authority
Harborough
Postcode district
LE7
Postcode sector
LE7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE7 9JT 34 m
LE7 9JH 130 m
LE7 9JR 265 m
LE7 9JX 280 m
LE7 9JA 443 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE7 9JY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE7
Postcode sector
LE7 9
Latitude
52.658281
Longitude
-0.983762
British National Grid easting
468,835
British National Grid northing
307,211

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Parish or community
E04012796
Westminster constituency
Rutland and Stamford · E14001458
Output area
E00130987
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 002C · E01025815
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 002 · E02005368

Postcode source versions

Explore LE7

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Hollies, Main Street, Hungarton, Leicester, LE7 9JY 24 July 2015 £281,000
Willowghyll, Main Street, Hungarton, Leicester, LE7 9JY 12 September 2007 £750,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School

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    4.2 km
  2. Fernvale Primary School

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    4.6 km
  3. Netherhall Mead Academy

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    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other theft 1
  • Shoplifting 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

9 female, 9 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.6
LE7 9 residents
11,956

Age bands in LE7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,976 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,172 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

2,782 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

3,330 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

2,802 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE7 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Hungarton

    0.1 miles
  • Church Lane

    BCT · Hungarton

    0.1 miles
  • Ingarsby Lane

    BCT · Hungarton

    0.9 miles
  • Ingarsby Lane

    BCT · Hungarton

    0.9 miles
  • Snows Lane

    BCT · Keyham

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 002C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,788 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
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

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 3 events.

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