Cosby

Cosby is covered by postcode district LE9. It is in the Blaby council area, Leicestershire.

Typical price £280,000 Homes sold in Cosby, last 12 months. ▲ 3.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 39 of 66 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 11 of 66 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 30 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Cosby, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cosby, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Cosby that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 55 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Cosby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. LE9 1AB: not on the flood risk listLE9 1RE: not on the flood risk listLE9 1RJ: not on the flood risk listLE9 1RP: not on the flood risk listLE9 1RU: not on the flood risk listLE9 1RW: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SA: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SB: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SD: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SE: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SF: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SH: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SJ: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SL: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SN: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SR: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SS: not on the flood risk listLE9 1ST: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SU: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SW: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SX: not on the flood risk listLE9 1SY: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TA: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TB: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TE: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TF: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TH: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TJ: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TL: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TN: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TP: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TQ: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TS: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TU: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TW: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TX: not on the flood risk listLE9 1TY: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UA: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UB: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UE: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UF: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UG: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UH: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UJ: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UN: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UP: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UQ: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UR: not on the flood risk listLE9 1US: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UT: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UX: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UY: not on the flood risk listLE9 1UZ: not on the flood risk listLE9 1WE: not on the flood risk listLE9 1ZP: not on the flood risk listLE9 1RB: low flood risk at worstLE9 1RL: low flood risk at worstLE9 1RR: low flood risk at worstLE9 1TR: low flood risk at worstLE9 1RN: medium flood risk at worstLE9 1TT: medium flood risk at worstLE9 1UD: medium flood risk at worstLE9 1UW: medium flood risk at worstLE9 1RG: high flood riskLE9 1RQ: high flood riskLE9 1UU: high flood risk Cosby 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LE9 1UU, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Cosby, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Cosby that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 55 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Cosby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Cosby
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 55
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 66 postcodes in Cosby that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 55 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 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5514, longitude -1.1938. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

LE9 1UU3 at high riskLE9 1RQ1 at high riskLE9 1RG1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LE9 1UU, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Cosby?

Homes sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 39 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 30 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 66 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Limes Medical Centre, 2.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Narborough, 2.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Cosby?

Homes in Cosby sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£280,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£270,400
12 months to August 2026
£280,000

▲ up 3.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£380,000 13 sales
Semi-detached£275,000 18 sales
Terraced£231,000 8 sales

Across the whole LE9 district, Cosby's main postcode district: a typical £270,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cosby: 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

Are new homes being built in Cosby?

None of the 66 postcodes now in use in Cosby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Cosby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE9 district, 7%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn CosbyAcross the LE9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 39 (0%) 7 of 741 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 31 (0%) 64 of 963 (7%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Cosby?

Ofcom reports on 66 of the 66 postcodes in Cosby. At 39 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit39 of 66
Postcodes where every home can get superfast62 of 66

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 Cosby at risk of flooding?

11 of the 66 postcodes in Cosby 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 30 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 11 of 66 postcodes High: 5Medium: 25Low: 55

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

Which schools are in Cosby?

The open schools at the postcodes in Cosby. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Cosby?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cosby is Narborough Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Narborough Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
  • South Wigston Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive
  • Leicester Rail Station Railway station 10.0 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Cosby?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Cosby. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Cosby safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 217 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cosby over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 20 September 2025
  2. 14 October 2025
  3. 15 November 2025
  4. 17 December 2025
  5. 24 January 2026
  6. 17 February 2026
  7. 15 March 2026
  8. 23 April 2026
  9. 13 May 2026
  10. 22 June 2026
  11. 13 July 2026
  12. 24 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences73 reports
Anti-social behaviour44 reports
Shoplifting25 reports
Public order17 reports
Other theft16 reports
Burglary15 reports
Criminal damage and arson12 reports
Vehicle crime10 reports

Also: drugs 2, other crime 2, robbery 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Cosby?

District, borough or city council
Blaby
County council
Leicestershire
Parliamentary constituency
South Leicestershire
Police force area
Leicestershire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Alberto Costa (Conservative)

All 66 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Cosby

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Cosby postcodes

66 postcodes in use in Cosby, by district:

LE9 postcode district,66 postcodes

That district is in the LE postcode area.

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Places near Cosby

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cosby's £280,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Blaby and Whetstone2.4 km, £272,000Broughton Astley3.2 km, £279,000Enderby and Narborough3.3 km, £267,000Countesthorpe3.4 km, £295,000Stoney Stanton5.9 km, £310,000Sapcote6.1 km, £317,000Wigston6.6 km, £255,000Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe8.3 km, £330,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Cosby

What is it like to live in Cosby?
Homes sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 39 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 30 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 66 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Limes Medical Centre, 2.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Narborough, 2.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Cosby?
Cosby is covered by postcode district LE9, across 66 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cosby in?
Cosby is in the Blaby council area, and Leicestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Cosby?
Cosby is in the South Leicestershire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alberto Costa (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Cosby?
Homes in Cosby sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cosby?
In Cosby, primary schools at its postcodes include Brooke House Day School and Cosby Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Brooke House Day School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cosby have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cosby is Narborough, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cosby?
Ofcom reports on 66 of the 66 postcodes in Cosby. At 39 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cosby at risk of flooding?
11 of the 66 postcodes in Cosby 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 30 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Cosby?
None of the 66 postcodes now in use in Cosby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Cosby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE9 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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