CheckNear.me

LE8 5TW

Countesthorpe · Blaby · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Leicester
Ward
Countesthorpe
Local authority
Blaby
Constituency
South Leicestershire
Postcode district
LE8
Postcode sector
LE8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE8 5QZ 49 m
LE8 5WX 77 m
LE8 5WT 95 m
LE8 5TY 112 m
LE8 5WS 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE8 5TW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE8
Postcode sector
LE8 5
Latitude
52.552717
Longitude
-1.134000
British National Grid easting
458,814
British National Grid northing
295,336

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Blaby · E07000129
Electoral ward
Countesthorpe · E05015264
Parish or community
E04005345
Westminster constituency
South Leicestershire · E14001488
Output area
E00130000
Lower layer super output area
Blaby 011B · E01025617
Middle layer super output area
Blaby 011 · E02005343

Postcode source versions

Explore LE8

Property

View all property records
33 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
22, Lewis Way, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5TW 17 December 2024 £265,000
13, Lewis Way, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5TW 31 August 2022 £235,000
10, Lewis Way, Countesthorpe, Leicester, LE8 5TW 21 January 2019 £225,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
4

  1. Greenfield Primary School

    Community school

    567 m

  2. Countesthorpe Academy

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  3. Foxfields Academy

    Free schools special

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
286
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 126
  • Shoplifting 26
  • Public order 25
  • Burglary 21
  • Anti social behaviour 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
52

26 female, 26 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.6
LE8 5 residents
8,293

Age bands in LE8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,426 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

798 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

1,801 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

2,259 residents

Age 65 and over
24%

1,979 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE8 5 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+
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

8

within 5 km

  • COUNTESTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE

    CENTRAL STREET, COUNTESTHORPE, LEICESTER, LE8 5QJ

    ODS code C82002

    276 m

  • HAZELMERE MEDICAL CENTRE

    58 LUTTERWORTH ROAD, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4DN

    ODS code C82098

    3.1 km

  • SOUTH WIGSTON HEALTH CTR.

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

    ODS code C82079

    3.1 km

  • NORTHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 VILLERS COURT, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4NS

    ODS code C82068

    3.4 km

  • BUSHLOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82013

    3.6 km

  • WIGSTON CENTRAL SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82071

    3.6 km

  • STURDEE ROAD HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE

    182 STURDEE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 9DB

    ODS code C82019

    4.2 km

  • THE HEDGES MEDICAL CENTRE (SA BAILEY)

    PASLEY ROAD, EYRES MONSELL, LEICESTER, LE2 9BU

    ODS code C82100

    4.4 km

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Scotland Way

    BCT · Countesthorpe

    0.1 miles

  • Wigston Street

    BCT · Countesthorpe

    0.2 miles

  • Green Lane

    BCT · Countesthorpe

    0.2 miles

  • Green Lane

    BCT · Countesthorpe

    0.2 miles

  • Foston Lane

    BCT · Countesthorpe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blaby 011B, 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

27,289 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £250,000 from 2 recorded sales in LE8 5TW. 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.

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Greenfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 567 m.

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

Recorded crime

286 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 126 events.

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