LE9 7DE

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 7DF 71 m
LE9 7LQ 72 m
LE9 7EG 79 m
LE9 7LR 81 m
LE9 7NQ 81 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE9 7DE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE9
Postcode sector
LE9 7
Latitude
52.576517
Longitude
-1.312855
British National Grid easting
446,662
British National Grid northing
297,853

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
E00131128
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

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Carrs Drive, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7DE 26 June 2024 £215,000
2, Carrs Drive, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7DE 18 February 2022 £220,000
2, Carrs Drive, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7DE 29 April 2021 £162,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    270 m
  2. Townlands Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    499 m
  3. Saint Peters Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    604 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
822
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 375
  • Anti social behaviour 97
  • Criminal damage and arson 67
  • Public order 59
  • Shoplifting 54

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

7 female, 7 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.1% 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • HEATH LANE SURGERY

    HEATH LANE, EARL SHILTON, LEICESTER, LE9 7PB

    ODS code C82121

    698 m

  • BARWELL & HOLLYCROFT MEDICAL CENTRES

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

    ODS code C82061

    2.7 km

  • THE OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

    HINCKLEY ROAD, STONEY STANTON, LEICESTER, LE9 4LJ

    ODS code C82027

    3.8 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

  • Almeys Lane

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    0.1 miles
  • Almeys Lane

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    0.1 miles
  • Park House Grange

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    0.1 miles
  • Park Close

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    0.1 miles
  • Library

    BCT · Earl Shilton

    0.2 miles

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 £217,500 from 2 recorded sales in LE9 7DE. 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 270 m.

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

Recorded crime

822 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 375 events.

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