LE3 postcode district: Leicester and around
LE3 is a postcode district in England, with 1,828 postcodes in use in 10 sectors. It has postcodes in Leicester and Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe. It is split between 3 councils: Leicester (1,159 postcodes), Blaby (668) and Hinckley and Bosworth (1). 669 of its 1,828 postcodes are in Leicestershire. ONS lists no county for the other 1,159.
- Postcodes in use
- 1,828
- Sectors
- 10
- Councils
- 3 councils
- Places
- 2 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in LE3, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 59
- In use before 2020: 1,769
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,828 postcodes in LE3 that ONS places, 59 are new since 2020 and 1,769 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 52.6318, longitude -1.1768. 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
What broadband can you get in LE3?
Ofcom reports on 1,751 of the 1,828 postcodes in LE3. At 1,635 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is LE3 at risk of flooding?
176 of the 1,828 postcodes in LE3 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 1,381 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium 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, 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 LE3?
Homes in LE3 sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 811 sales, up 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £350,250 166 sales
- Semi-detached £258,000 352 sales
- Terraced £188,000 244 sales
- Flat or maisonette £123,000 49 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
Postcodes in LE3
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
Places in LE3
Towns and villages with postcodes in LE3, and how many each has here.
Who covers LE3
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Leicester1,159
- Blaby668
- Hinckley and Bosworth1
Constituencies
- Leicester West1,159
- Mid Leicestershire668
- South Leicestershire1
Police force areas
- Leicestershire1,828
Next to LE3
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after LE3 in the LE area.
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