Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray is covered by postcode districts LE13 and LE14. It is in the Melton council area, Leicestershire.
Every postcode in Melton Mowbray, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 17
- At medium risk at worst: 8
- At low risk at worst: 55
- At very low risk only: 27
- Not on the at-risk list: 521
Of the 628 postcodes in Melton Mowbray that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 55 are at low risk at worst, 27 are at very low risk only and 521 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. 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 52.7659, longitude -0.8873. 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
17 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.
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
What is it like to live in Melton Mowbray?
Homes sold for a typical £230,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.7% on the 12 months before. At 470 of the 572 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 143 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 107 of its 628 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Melton Mowbray, 550 metres 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 Melton Mowbray?
Homes in Melton Mowbray sold for a typical £230,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 340 sales, down 2.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £320,000 110 sales
- Semi-detached £227,750 140 sales
- Terraced £176,000 78 sales
- Flat or maisonette £122,500 12 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LE13 district, Melton Mowbray's main postcode district: a typical £235,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Melton Mowbray: 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 Melton Mowbray?
46 of the 628 postcodes now in use in Melton Mowbray came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 480 homes sold in Melton Mowbray were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE13 district, 29%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Melton Mowbray | Across the LE13 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 7 of 340 (2%) | 30 of 372 (8%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 31 of 480 (6%) | 186 of 639 (29%) |
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 Melton Mowbray?
Ofcom reports on 572 of the 628 postcodes in Melton Mowbray. At 470 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Melton Mowbray at risk of flooding?
107 of the 628 postcodes in Melton Mowbray 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 143 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
Which schools are in Melton Mowbray?
The open schools at the postcodes in Melton Mowbray. 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
- The Grove Primary School550 m 187 pupils, 266 places
- Saint Francis Catholic Primary School700 m 197 pupils, 315 places
- Brownlow Primary School750 m 517 pupils, 593 places
- Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre1.3 km 351 pupils, 420 places
- Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)1.5 km 246 pupils, 240 places
- Sherard Primary School1.5 km 443 pupils, 420 places
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School1.8 km 179 pupils, 210 places
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 Melton Mowbray?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Melton Mowbray is Melton Mowbray Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Melton Mowbray Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- Oakham Rail Station Railway station 14.7 kmDrive
- Syston Rail Station Railway station 15.4 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 Melton Mowbray?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Melton Mowbray. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Latham House Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01664 503000 250 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Melton Mowbray safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,095 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Melton Mowbray 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
- 183 September 2025
- 173 October 2025
- 190 November 2025
- 160 December 2025
- 185 January 2026
- 119 February 2026
- 169 March 2026
- 159 April 2026
- 200 May 2026
- 179 June 2026
- 182 July 2026
- 196 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 41, burglary 35, possession of weapons 25, theft from the person 17, bicycle theft 13, robbery 6.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Melton Mowbray?
- District, borough or city council
- Melton
- County council
- Leicestershire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Police force area
- Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Edward Argar (Conservative)
All 628 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 Melton Mowbray
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Melton about council tax Council tax, on melton.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Melton Mowbray
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Melton Mowbray postcodes
628 postcodes in use in Melton Mowbray, by district:
Those districts are all in the LE postcode area.
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Places near Melton Mowbray
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Melton Mowbray's £230,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Melton Mowbray
- What is it like to live in Melton Mowbray?
- Homes sold for a typical £230,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.7% on the 12 months before. At 470 of the 572 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 143 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 107 of its 628 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Melton Mowbray, 550 metres 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 Melton Mowbray?
- Melton Mowbray is covered by postcode districts LE13 and LE14, across 628 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Melton Mowbray in?
- Melton Mowbray is in the Melton council area, and Leicestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Melton Mowbray?
- Melton Mowbray is in the Melton and Syston parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Edward Argar (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Melton Mowbray?
- Homes in Melton Mowbray sold for a typical £230,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 340 sales, down 2.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Melton Mowbray?
- In Melton Mowbray, primary schools at its postcodes include The Grove Primary School, Saint Francis Catholic Primary School and Brownlow Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Long Field Spencer Academy, Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School) and John Ferneley College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Melton Mowbray have a railway station?
- Yes: Melton Mowbray is 550 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Melton Mowbray, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Melton Mowbray?
- Ofcom reports on 572 of the 628 postcodes in Melton Mowbray. At 470 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Melton Mowbray at risk of flooding?
- 107 of the 628 postcodes in Melton Mowbray 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 143 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 Melton Mowbray?
- 46 of the 628 postcodes now in use in Melton Mowbray came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 480 homes sold in Melton Mowbray were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE13 district, 29%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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