Leicestershire County Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Leicestershire County Council is the county council for Leicestershire. It runs schools, roads, social care and libraries. Bins, council tax and planning are run by its 7 district councils. ONS places 17,072 postcodes in use in Leicestershire, in 41 postcode districts across 6 postcode areas.
88% of homes and businesses in Leicestershire can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 5,667 homes and businesses in Leicestershire in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Its website
Leicestershire County Council
leicestershire.gov.ukName and website as GOV.UK gives them.
Do it on Leicestershire County Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Roads and parking
Schools
Care, support and libraries
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Leicestershire County Council. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Leicestershire?
Across Leicestershire, 88% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 83% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Leicestershire are at risk of flooding?
Across Leicestershire, the Environment Agency puts 5,667 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,519 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Leicestershire the Environment Agency counts 10,801 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water, 9,949 at medium risk and 33,744 at low risk. Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
District councils in Leicestershire
Bins, council tax and planning are run by the district, borough or city council for each part of Leicestershire.
Postcode districts with postcodes in Leicestershire
- B79 postcode district1 of its 708 postcodes in use is in Leicestershire.
- CV9 postcode district104 of its 681 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- CV10 postcode district8 of its 1,042 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- CV11 postcode district1 of its 958 postcodes in use is in Leicestershire.
- CV13 postcode district370 of its 372 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- DE11 postcode district63 of its 1,083 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- DE12 postcode district356 of its 568 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- DE72 postcode district3 of its 452 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- DE73 postcode district50 of its 536 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- DE74 postcode district336 of its 341 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE1 postcode district29 of its 721 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE2 postcode district610 of its 2,062 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE3 postcode district669 of its 1,828 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE4 postcode district532 of its 1,864 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE5 postcode district59 of its 1,469 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE6 postcode districtAll 258 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE7 postcode district1,234 of its 1,241 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE8 postcode districtAll 886 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE9 postcode districtAll 1,285 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE10 postcode district1,139 of its 1,189 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE11 postcode districtAll 1,211 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE12 postcode district1,303 of its 1,606 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE13 postcode districtAll 651 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE14 postcode district655 of its 688 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE15 postcode district31 of its 1,116 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE16 postcode district855 of its 1,083 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE17 postcode district815 of its 822 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE18 postcode districtAll 747 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE19 postcode districtAll 508 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE21 postcode district3 of its 13 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE41 postcode districtAll 21 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE65 postcode district458 of its 469 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE67 postcode districtAll 1,562 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE87 postcode district3 of its 39 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE94 postcode districtAll 4 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- LE95 postcode districtAll 3 of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- NG10 postcode district4 of its 994 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- NG13 postcode district150 of its 716 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- NG32 postcode district72 of its 624 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- NG33 postcode district22 of its 473 postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
- NN6 postcode district1 of its 1,191 postcodes in use is in Leicestershire.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Leicestershire.
Towns and villages
The 24 with the most postcodes in Leicestershire, of 56. Browse places A to Z.
Is an address in Leicestershire?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Leicestershire covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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