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LE87 2WW

Cosby & South Whetstone · Blaby · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Cosby & South Whetstone
Local authority
Blaby
Constituency
South Leicestershire
Postcode district
LE87
Postcode sector
LE87 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE87 2AD 0 m
LE8 6YB 80 m
LE8 6XW 87 m
LE8 6NU 90 m
LE8 6ZQ 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE87 2WW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
1 June 2026
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE87
Postcode sector
LE87 2
Latitude
52.557875
Longitude
-1.183003
British National Grid easting
455,485
British National Grid northing
295,871

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Blaby · E07000129
Electoral ward
Cosby & South Whetstone · E05015263
Parish or community
E04005363
Westminster constituency
South Leicestershire · E14001488
Output area
E00187425
Lower layer super output area
Blaby 009A · E01025615
Middle layer super output area
Blaby 009 · E02005341

Postcode source versions

Explore LE87

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
20
Secondary
4

  1. Badgerbrook Primary School

    Academy converter

    539 m

  2. Cosby Primary School

    Academy converter

    791 m

  3. Brooke House Day School

    Other independent school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
555
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 248
  • Anti social behaviour 89
  • Other theft 39
  • Public order 39
  • Shoplifting 37

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    65 LEICESTER ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE19 2DU

    ODS code C82055

    2.1 km

  • HAZELMERE MEDICAL CENTRE

    58 LUTTERWORTH ROAD, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4DN

    ODS code C82098

    2.2 km

  • NORTHFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 VILLERS COURT, BLABY, LEICESTER, LE8 4NS

    ODS code C82068

    2.5 km

  • COUNTESTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE

    CENTRAL STREET, COUNTESTHORPE, LEICESTER, LE8 5QJ

    ODS code C82002

    3.2 km

  • ENDERBY MEDICAL CENTRE

    SHORTRIDGE LANE, ENDERBY, LEICESTER, LE19 4LY

    ODS code C82631

    3.8 km

  • THE ORCHARD MED PRACTICE

    ORCHARD ROAD, BROUGHTON ASTLEY, LEICESTER, LE9 6RG

    ODS code C82093

    4.2 km

  • SOUTH WIGSTON HEALTH CTR.

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

    ODS code C82079

    4.4 km

  • THE HEDGES MEDICAL CENTRE (SA BAILEY)

    PASLEY ROAD, EYRES MONSELL, LEICESTER, LE2 9BU

    ODS code C82100

    4.5 km

  • STURDEE ROAD HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE

    182 STURDEE ROAD, LEICESTER, LE2 9DB

    ODS code C82019

    4.5 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Recreation Field

    BCT · Cosby

    0.2 miles

  • Recreation Field

    BCT · Cosby

    0.2 miles

  • Bruce Way

    BCT · Whetstone

    0.2 miles

  • Bruce Way

    BCT · Whetstone

    0.3 miles

  • Springwell Lane

    BCT · Whetstone

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blaby 009A, 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

31,684 of 33,755

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

27 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Badgerbrook Primary School is the nearest published school at 539 m.

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

Recorded crime

555 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 248 events.

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