LE2 postcode district: Leicester and around

LE2 is a postcode district in England, with 2,062 postcodes in use in 10 sectors. It has postcodes in Leicester, Oadby and Wigston. It is split between 4 councils: Leicester (1,452 postcodes), Oadby and Wigston (475), Blaby (110) and 1 other. 610 of its 2,062 postcodes are in Leicestershire. ONS lists no county for the other 1,452.

Postcodes in use: 2,062
Sectors: 10
Councils: 4 councils
Places: 3 places

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

Every postcode in LE2, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 55
In use before 2020: 2,007
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 2,062 postcodes in LE2 that ONS places, 55 are new since 2020 and 2,007 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 150 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 52.6072, longitude -1.1167. 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

LE2 4WEFebruary 2026 LE2 4WGJanuary 2026 LE2 9DXJanuary 2026 LE2 7QYDecember 2025 LE2 7QZDecember 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE2 4WE, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE2 0BN, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE2 2GN, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LE2 9DX, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in LE2?

Ofcom reports on 2,010 of the 2,062 postcodes in LE2. At 1,821 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,821 of 2,010

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,970 of 2,010

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 2,010

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 LE2 at risk of flooding?

121 of the 2,062 postcodes in LE2 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 828 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 121 of 2,062 postcodes High: 93Medium: 735Low: 666Very low: 65

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 LE2?

Homes in LE2 sold for a typical £257,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 811 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£257,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£260,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 1.2% on the 12 months before

Detached £427,500 178 sales
Semi-detached £272,500 277 sales
Terraced £220,000 261 sales
Flat or maisonette £130,000 95 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