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LE9 7BF

Earl Shilton · Hinckley and Bosworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Leicester
Local authority
Hinckley and Bosworth
Postcode district
LE9
Postcode sector
LE9 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE9 7BP 66 m
LE9 7AE 87 m
LE9 7BY 97 m
LE9 7BQ 102 m
LE9 7BL 142 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE9 7BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE9
Postcode sector
LE9 7
Latitude
52.574539
Longitude
-1.309684
British National Grid easting
446,879
British National Grid northing
297,635

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Hinckley and Bosworth · E07000132
Parish or community
E04005513
Westminster constituency
Hinckley and Bosworth · E14001288
Output area
E00131122
Lower layer super output area
Hinckley and Bosworth 006F · E01025844
Middle layer super output area
Hinckley and Bosworth 006 · E02005382

Postcode source versions

Explore LE9

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Old School Court, Flat 12, Peggs Close, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7BF 18 July 2025 £109,000
Old School Court, Flat 5, Peggs Close, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7BF 18 December 2024 £110,000
Old School Court, Flat 1, Peggs Close, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7BF 8 April 2024 £107,750

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    127 m
  2. Townlands Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    335 m
  3. Saint Peters Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    602 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
791
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 360
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Criminal damage and arson 65
  • Public order 54
  • Shoplifting 53

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33
14 female, 19 male
Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.1
LE9 7 residents
12,656

Age bands in LE9 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%
2,084 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.5%
1,226 residents
Age 25 to 44
25.1%
3,224 residents
Age 45 to 64
28%
3,593 residents
Age 65 and over
21.1%
2,716 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE9 7 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • HEATH LANE SURGERY

    HEATH LANE, EARL SHILTON, LEICESTER, LE9 7PB

    ODS code C82121

    901 m

  • BARWELL & HOLLYCROFT MEDICAL CENTRES

    BARWELL MEDICAL CENTRE, 55 HIGH STREET, BARWELL, LEICESTER, LE9 8DS

    ODS code C82061

    2.8 km

  • THE OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

    HINCKLEY ROAD, STONEY STANTON, LEICESTER, LE9 4LJ

    ODS code C82027

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Astley Road

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    49 m
  • Northleigh Way

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    252 m
  • Almeys Lane

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    253 m
  • Almeys Lane

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    289 m
  • Lyndene Close

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    313 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hinckley and Bosworth 006F, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,817 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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 £107,750 from 7 recorded sales in LE9 7BF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Hinckley and Bosworth is £261,584 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 127 m.

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

Recorded crime

791 published events cover 12 months, averaging 66 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 360 events.

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