LE8 2QS

Wigston All Saints · Oadby and Wigston · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Oadby and Wigston
Postcode district
LE8
Postcode sector
LE8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE18 2QW 6 m
LE18 2QU 43 m
LE18 2QT 62 m
LE18 2RU 153 m
LE18 2RT 199 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE8 2QS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
1 December 1986
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE8
Postcode sector
LE8 2
Latitude
52.571063
Longitude
-1.105811
British National Grid easting
460,700
British National Grid northing
297,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Oadby and Wigston · E07000135
Parish or community
E43000108
Output area
E00131884
Lower layer super output area
Oadby and Wigston 007B · E01025991
Middle layer super output area
Oadby and Wigston 007 · E02005416

Postcode source versions

Explore LE8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
32
Secondary
9
  1. Thythorn Field Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    134 m
  2. Wigston Menphys Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.2 km
  3. Little Hill Primary

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
709
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 339
  • Anti social behaviour 78
  • Public order 63
  • Criminal damage and arson 50
  • Other theft 44

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

16

within 5 km straight-line

  • BUSHLOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82013

    1.6 km

  • WIGSTON CENTRAL SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82071

    1.6 km

  • SOUTH WIGSTON HEALTH CTR.

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

    ODS code C82079

    1.9 km

  • COUNTESTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE

    CENTRAL STREET, COUNTESTHORPE, LEICESTER, LE8 5QJ

    ODS code C82002

    2.8 km

  • ROSEMEAD DRIVE SURGERY

    103 ROSEMEAD DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5PP

    ODS code C82048

    2.9 km

  • STURDEE ROAD HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE

    182 STURDEE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 9DB

    ODS code C82019

    3.3 km

  • SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LIMITED-ASQUITH

    693 WELFORD ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 6FQ

    ODS code C82614

    3.5 km

  • THE CENTRAL SURGERY

    BROOKSBY DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5AA

    ODS code C82021

    3.5 km

  • THE HEDGES MEDICAL CENTRE (SA BAILEY)

    PASLEY ROAD, EYRES MONSELL, LEICESTER, LE2 9BU

    ODS code C82100

    3.6 km

  • THE CROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 GLEN ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4PE

    ODS code C82067

    3.6 km

  • HAZELMERE MEDICAL CENTRE

    58 LUTTERWORTH ROAD, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4DN

    ODS code C82098

    3.9 km

  • NORTHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 VILLERS COURT, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4NS

    ODS code C82068

    4.0 km

  • SEVERN SURGERY

    159 UPLANDS ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4NW

    ODS code C82112

    4.1 km

  • SAFFRON GROUP PRACTICE

    509 SAFFRON LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 6UL

    ODS code C82046

    4.1 km

  • THE SURGERY @ AYLESTONE

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

    ODS code C82669

    4.8 km

  • AYLESTONE HEALTH CENTRE

    15 HALL LANE, LEICESTER, LE2 8SF

    ODS code C82092

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Durnford Road

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.2 miles
  • Rawson Drive

    BCT · Wigston Harcourt

    0.2 miles
  • Rawson Drive

    BCT · Wigston Harcourt

    0.2 miles
  • Durnford Road

    BCT · Wigston Magna

    0.2 miles
  • Navigation Inn

    BCT · Wigston Harcourt

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oadby and Wigston 007B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,467 of 33,755

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

50 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 9 secondary schools. Thythorn Field Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 134 m.

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

Recorded crime

709 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 339 events.

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