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LE8 1PH

Wigston St Wolstan's · Oadby and Wigston · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Wigston St Wolstan's
Local authority
Oadby and Wigston
Constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Postcode district
LE8
Postcode sector
LE8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE18 3PH 2 m
LE18 3PU 43 m
LE18 3QH 131 m
LE18 3RQ 134 m
LE18 3RH 159 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE8 1PH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE8
Postcode sector
LE8 1
Latitude
52.588953
Longitude
-1.098613
British National Grid easting
461,163
British National Grid northing
299,396

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Oadby and Wigston · E07000135
Electoral ward
Wigston St Wolstan's · E05005540
Parish or community
E43000108
Westminster constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston · E14001266
Output area
E00131946
Lower layer super output area
Oadby and Wigston 008C · E01026004
Middle layer super output area
Oadby and Wigston 008 · E02006818

Postcode source versions

Explore LE8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
77
Primary
41
Secondary
14

  1. The Meadow Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    313 m

  2. Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire

    Academy converter

    364 m

  3. Glenmere Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    580 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,728
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 674
  • Public order 190
  • Anti social behaviour 186
  • Criminal damage and arson 168
  • Shoplifting 136

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

28

within 5 km straight-line

  • ROSEMEAD DRIVE SURGERY

    103 ROSEMEAD DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5PP

    ODS code C82048

    1.2 km

  • BUSHLOE SURGERY

    TWO STEEPLES MED CENTRE, ABINGTON CLOSE, WIGSTON, LE18 2EW

    ODS code C82013

    1.4 km

  • WIGSTON CENTRAL SURGERY

    TWO STEEPLES MEDICAL CENTRE, 10 ABINGTON CLOSE, WIGSTON, LE18 2EW

    ODS code C82071

    1.4 km

  • THE CENTRAL SURGERY

    BROOKSBY DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5AA

    ODS code C82021

    1.6 km

  • SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LIMITED-ASQUITH

    693 WELFORD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 6FQ

    ODS code C82614

    1.9 km

  • THE CROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 GLEN ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4PE

    ODS code C82067

    2.1 km

  • SOUTH WIGSTON HEALTH CTR.

    80 BLABY ROAD, SOUTH WIGSTON, WIGSTON, LE18 4SE

    ODS code C82079

    2.3 km

  • SEVERN SURGERY

    159 UPLANDS ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4NW

    ODS code C82112

    2.5 km

  • STURDEE ROAD HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE

    182 STURDEE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 9DB

    ODS code C82019

    3.0 km

  • SAFFRON GROUP PRACTICE

    509 SAFFRON LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 6UL

    ODS code C82046

    3.2 km

  • THE HEDGES MEDICAL CENTRE (SA BAILEY)

    PASLEY ROAD, EYRES MONSELL, LEICESTER, LE2 9BU

    ODS code C82100

    3.3 km

  • VICTORIA PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    203 VICTORIA PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1XD

    ODS code C82124

    3.6 km

  • HORIZON HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code C82088

    3.7 km

  • AYLESTONE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 HALL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 8SF

    ODS code C82092

    4.1 km

  • THE SURGERY @ AYLESTONE

    672 AYLESTONE ROAD, FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE2 8PR

    ODS code C82669

    4.1 km

  • AL-WAQAS MEDICAL CENTRE

    91 ST PETERS ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 1DJ

    ODS code C82099

    4.5 km

  • COUNTESTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE

    CENTRAL STREET, COUNTESTHORPE, LEICESTER, LE8 5QJ

    ODS code C82002

    4.6 km

  • NORTHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 VILLERS COURT, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4NS

    ODS code C82068

    4.7 km

  • THE PRACTICE-SAYEED

    352 EAST PARK ROAD, LEICESTER, LE5 5AY

    ODS code C82060

    4.7 km

  • HIGHFIELDS SURGERY (R WADHWA)

    25 SEVERN STREET, LEICESTER, LE2 0NN

    ODS code C82116

    4.7 km

Showing 20 of 28 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Cheddar Road

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.0 miles

  • Cheddar Road

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.1 miles

  • Bull Head Street

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.1 miles

  • Bull Head Street

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.1 miles

  • Cleveland Road

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oadby and Wigston 008C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,128 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Schools

77 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 14 secondary schools. The Meadow Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 313 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,728 published events cover 12 months, averaging 144 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 674 events.

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