LE postcode area: Leicester
The LE postcode area is known as the Leicester area. It is every postcode that begins LE followed by a number. It has 26 districts and 23,346 postcodes in use, across 14 councils.
Homes in the LE area sold for a typical £272,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £117,000 in LE1 (Leicester) to £354,900 in LE14 (Asfordby).
For the town itself, see Leicester postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 52.6433
Longitude -1.1359
This is the middle of the postcodes in the LE area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the LE area?
Homes in the LE area sold for a typical £272,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 10,516 sales, down 2.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £389,995 3,601 sales
- Semi-detached £260,000 3,775 sales
- Terraced £215,000 2,509 sales
- Flat or maisonette £133,000 631 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the LE districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- LE1 postcode district: LeicesterLeicester, Blaby 721 postcodes Typical price£117,000 Gigabit, every home415 of 616 At flood risk11 of 721
- LE2 postcode district: LeicesterLeicester, Oadby and Wigston, Blaby, Harborough 2,062 postcodes Typical price£257,000 Gigabit, every home1,821 of 2,010 At flood risk121 of 2,062
- LE3 postcode district: LeicesterLeicester, Blaby, Hinckley and Bosworth 1,828 postcodes Typical price£250,000 Gigabit, every home1,635 of 1,751 At flood risk176 of 1,828
- LE4 postcode district: LeicesterLeicester, Charnwood, Blaby 1,864 postcodes Typical price£265,000 Gigabit, every home1,724 of 1,847 At flood risk268 of 1,864
- LE5 postcode district: LeicesterLeicester, Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough 1,469 postcodes Typical price£273,000 Gigabit, every home1,361 of 1,419 At flood risk282 of 1,469
- LE6 postcode district: GrobyHinckley and Bosworth, Charnwood 258 postcodes Typical price£292,000 Gigabit, every home190 of 250 At flood risk11 of 258
- LE7 postcode district: SystonCharnwood, Harborough, Melton, Leicester, Blaby 1,241 postcodes Typical price£318,750 Gigabit, every home868 of 1,197 At flood risk186 of 1,241
- LE8 postcode district: Blaby and WhetstoneBlaby, Harborough, Oadby and Wigston 886 postcodes Typical price£290,000 Gigabit, every home512 of 862 At flood risk86 of 886
- LE9 postcode district: Earl ShiltonHinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Harborough 1,285 postcodes Typical price£270,000 Gigabit, every home804 of 1,250 At flood risk70 of 1,285
- LE10 postcode district: HinckleyHinckley and Bosworth, Rugby, Blaby 1,189 postcodes Typical price£258,000 Gigabit, every home834 of 1,088 At flood risk22 of 1,189
- LE11 postcode district: LoughboroughCharnwood 1,211 postcodes Typical price£236,000 Gigabit, every home1,020 of 1,125 At flood risk288 of 1,211
- LE12 postcode district: ShepshedCharnwood, Rushcliffe, North West Leicestershire 1,606 postcodes Typical price£280,000 Gigabit, every home1,035 of 1,562 At flood risk187 of 1,606
- LE13 postcode district: Melton MowbrayMelton 651 postcodes Typical price£235,000 Gigabit, every home481 of 589 At flood risk108 of 651
- LE14 postcode district: AsfordbyMelton, Rushcliffe, Charnwood, Harborough 688 postcodes Typical price£354,900 Gigabit, every home251 of 668 At flood risk74 of 688
- LE15 postcode district: OakhamRutland, Melton, Harborough, North Northamptonshire 1,116 postcodes Typical price£325,000 Gigabit, every home613 of 1,076 At flood risk81 of 1,116
- LE16 postcode district: Market HarboroughHarborough, North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire, Rutland 1,083 postcodes Typical price£340,000 Gigabit, every home720 of 993 At flood risk114 of 1,083
- LE17 postcode district: LutterworthHarborough, Rugby, West Northamptonshire, Blaby 822 postcodes Typical price£325,000 Gigabit, every home298 of 798 At flood risk24 of 822
- LE18 postcode district: WigstonOadby and Wigston, Blaby 747 postcodes Typical price£255,000 Gigabit, every home602 of 674 At flood risk20 of 747
- LE19 postcode district: Enderby and NarboroughBlaby 508 postcodes Typical price£279,950 Gigabit, every home396 of 465 At flood risk22 of 508
- LE21 postcode district: LeicesterLeicester, Blaby 13 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
- LE41 postcode district: LeicesterBlaby 21 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
- LE65 postcode district: Ashby-de-la-ZouchNorth West Leicestershire, South Derbyshire 469 postcodes Typical price£290,000 Gigabit, every home339 of 451 At flood risk43 of 469
- LE67 postcode district: CoalvilleNorth West Leicestershire, Hinckley and Bosworth, Charnwood 1,562 postcodes Typical price£249,000 Gigabit, every home993 of 1,485 At flood risk50 of 1,562
- LE87 postcode district: LeicesterLeicester, Oadby and Wigston, Blaby 39 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
- LE94 postcode district: Market HarboroughHarborough 4 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
- LE95 postcode district: LeicesterBlaby 3 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the LE area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the LE area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the LE area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Leicester6,098 postcodes
- Charnwood3,890 postcodes
- Harborough2,676 postcodes
- Blaby2,360 postcodes
- Hinckley and Bosworth2,172 postcodes
- North West Leicestershire1,870 postcodes
- Melton1,348 postcodes
- Oadby and Wigston1,215 postcodes
- Rutland1,093 postcodes
- Rushcliffe336 postcodes
- North Northamptonshire138 postcodes
- West Northamptonshire84 postcodes
- Rugby55 postcodes
- South Derbyshire11 postcodes
Near the LE area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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