Property market
The five-year median is £286,500 from 3,400 recorded sales in LE8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Blaby is £282,918 in June 2026, up 0.3% year on year.
LE8
UK postcode district
Part of Leicester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,309
- Current units
- 886
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 19
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 1,423
Postcode sectors in LE8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
22,240 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Tigers Road, Fleckney, Leicester, LE8 8EG | 24 July 2026 | £380,000 |
| 16, Smith Close, Fleckney, Leicester, LE8 8EF | 16 July 2026 | £232,000 |
| 4, Aspen Close, Great Glen, Leicester, LE8 9AN | 15 July 2026 | £408,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,546
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,028
- Anti social behaviour 314
- Criminal damage and arson 222
- Public order 218
- Other theft 185
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- LE8 usual residents
- 40,677
- Age-profile population
- 40,702
Age bands in LE8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.5%
- 7,119 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- 4,082 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.1%
- 9,389 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- 11,180 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
- 8,932 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 862 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 775 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 512 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 5 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
COUNTESTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE
CENTRAL STREET, COUNTESTHORPE, LEICESTER, LE8 5QJ
ODS code C82002
HAZELMERE MEDICAL CENTRE
58 LUTTERWORTH ROAD, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4DN
ODS code C82098
NORTHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
12 VILLERS COURT, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4NS
ODS code C82068
SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE MEDICAL GROUP
SMEETON ROAD, KIBWORTH BEAUCHAMP, LEICESTER, LE8 0LG
ODS code C82001
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,546 published events cover 12 months, averaging 212 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,028 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.