LE12 postcode district: Shepshed and around

LE12 is a postcode district mostly in Leicestershire, with 1,606 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Shepshed, Mountsorrel, East Leake and 5 more places. It is split between 3 councils: Charnwood (1,228 postcodes), Rushcliffe (303) and North West Leicestershire (75). 1,303 are in Leicestershire and 303 in Nottinghamshire.

Postcodes in use: 1,606
Sectors: 5
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 8 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in LE12, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 137
In use before 2020: 1,469
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,606 postcodes in LE12 that ONS places, 137 are new since 2020 and 1,469 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.7684, longitude -1.1918. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

LE12 5FPJuly 2026 LE12 8ZNJuly 2026 LE12 9YGJune 2026 LE12 9YPJune 2026 LE12 9ZBJune 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE12 6AX, is the newest of them.
14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE12 5FP, is the newest of them.
8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE12 8ZR, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE12 8ZH, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE12 6BL, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE12 7YG, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in LE12?

Ofcom reports on 1,562 of the 1,606 postcodes in LE12. At 1,035 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 12 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,035 of 1,562

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,385 of 1,562

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband12 of 1,562

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is LE12 at risk of flooding?

187 of the 1,606 postcodes in LE12 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 755 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 187 of 1,606 postcodes High: 532Medium: 223Low: 1,128Very low: 73

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, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and 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

What do homes sell for in LE12?

Homes in LE12 sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 964 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£280,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£290,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 3.4% on the 12 months before

Detached £413,475 368 sales
Semi-detached £255,000 335 sales
Terraced £225,000 216 sales
Flat or maisonette £132,000 45 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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