LE5 postcode district: Leicester and around
LE5 is a postcode district in England, with 1,469 postcodes in use in 8 sectors. It has postcodes in Leicester. It is split between 4 councils: Leicester (1,410 postcodes), Blaby (40), Charnwood (16) and 1 other. 59 of its 1,469 postcodes are in Leicestershire. ONS lists no county for the other 1,410.
- Postcodes in use
- 1,469
- Sectors
- 8
- Councils
- 4 councils
- Places
- Leicester
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in LE5, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 36
- At medium risk at worst: 71
- At low risk at worst: 117
- At very low risk only: 58
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,187
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 1,469 postcodes in LE5 that ONS places, 36 have a home or business at high risk, 71 are at medium risk at worst, 117 are at low risk at worst, 58 are at very low risk only and 1,187 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 52.6383, longitude -1.0852. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
36 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 45 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LE5 3NX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LE5 5FN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LE5 4WR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LE5 2DJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LE5 2BD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What broadband can you get in LE5?
Ofcom reports on 1,419 of the 1,469 postcodes in LE5. At 1,361 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 LE5 at risk of flooding?
282 of the 1,469 postcodes in LE5 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 804 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 LE5?
Homes in LE5 sold for a typical £273,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 440 sales, down 0.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £385,000 72 sales
- Semi-detached £290,000 173 sales
- Terraced £245,000 166 sales
- Flat or maisonette £125,000 29 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 LE5
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
Places in LE5
Towns and villages with postcodes in LE5, and how many each has here.
Who covers LE5
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Leicester1,410
- Blaby40
- Charnwood16
- Harborough3
Constituencies
- Leicester East1,081
- Leicester South329
- Mid Leicestershire40
- Melton and Syston16
- Rutland and Stamford3
Police force areas
- Leicestershire1,469
Next to LE5
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after LE5 in the LE area.
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