Wigston
Wigston is covered by postcode districts LE2, LE8, LE18 and LE87. It is mostly in the Oadby and Wigston council area: 730 of its 746 postcodes. The others are in Leicester and Blaby. 731 are in Leicestershire. ONS lists no county for the other 15.
Every postcode in Wigston, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 50
- In use before 2020: 696
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 746 postcodes in Wigston that ONS places, 50 are new since 2020 and 696 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 52.5838, longitude -1.1119. 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 is it like to live in Wigston?
Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 610 of the 676 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 19 of its 746 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is South Wigston, 1.5 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 Wigston?
Homes in Wigston sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 328 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £336,250 68 sales
- Semi-detached £255,000 187 sales
- Terraced £199,125 64 sales
- Flat or maisonette £105,000 9 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LE18 district, Wigston's main postcode district: a typical £255,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wigston: 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 Wigston?
50 of the 746 postcodes now in use in Wigston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 474 homes sold in Wigston were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE18 district, 1%.
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 Wigston | Across the LE18 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 328 (Under 1%) | 1 of 324 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 4 of 474 (Under 1%) | 6 of 468 (1%) |
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 Wigston?
Ofcom reports on 676 of the 746 postcodes in Wigston. At 610 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 Wigston at risk of flooding?
19 of the 746 postcodes in Wigston 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 36 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 Wigston?
The open schools at the postcodes in Wigston (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Little Hill Primary250 m 406 pupils, 420 places
- All Saints Church of England Primary School350 m 202 pupils, 300 places
- Wigston Birkett House Community Special School550 m 250 pupils, 236 places
- The Meadow Community Primary School1.0 km 429 pupils, 420 places
- Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire1.3 km 206 pupils, 211 places
- Fairfield Community Primary School1.3 km 227 pupils, 210 places
- Water Leys Primary School1.4 km 402 pupils, 420 places
- Glenmere Community Primary School1.4 km 212 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 Wigston?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wigston is South Wigston Rail Station, 1.5 km away in a straight line.
- South Wigston Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Leicester Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive
- Narborough Rail Station Railway station 6.3 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 Wigston?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Wigston. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Bushloe Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2024 · Phone 0116 344 0233 350 mWalk
- Wigston Central Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0116 288 2566 350 mWalk
- South Wigston Health Ctr. Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 0116 278 2028 1.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Wigston safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,208 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wigston 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
- 147 September 2025
- 152 October 2025
- 163 November 2025
- 177 December 2025
- 161 January 2026
- 209 February 2026
- 191 March 2026
- 184 April 2026
- 200 May 2026
- 202 June 2026
- 196 July 2026
- 226 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 56, other crime 36, possession of weapons 22, theft from the person 14, bicycle theft 13, robbery 13.
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 Wigston?
- Councils
- Oadby and Wigston (730), Leicester (15) and Blaby (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (730), Leicester South (15) and South Leicestershire (1)
- Police force area
- Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Wigston
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Wigston is in Oadby and Wigston; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Oadby and Wigston about council tax Council tax, on oadby-wigston.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Wigston
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Wigston postcodes
746 postcodes in use in Wigston, by district:
Those districts are all in the LE postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Wigston
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wigston's £255,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Wigston
- What is it like to live in Wigston?
- Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 610 of the 676 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 19 of its 746 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is South Wigston, 1.5 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 Wigston?
- Wigston is covered by postcode districts LE2, LE8, LE18 and LE87, across 746 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Wigston?
- Homes in Wigston sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 328 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Wigston?
- In Wigston, primary schools at its postcodes include Little Hill Primary, All Saints Church of England Primary School and Wigston Birkett House Community Special School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Wigston Academy, Wigston Birkett House Community Special School and Wigston College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Wigston have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wigston is South Wigston, 1.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Wigston?
- Ofcom reports on 676 of the 746 postcodes in Wigston. At 610 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Wigston at risk of flooding?
- 19 of the 746 postcodes in Wigston 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 36 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 Wigston?
- 50 of the 746 postcodes now in use in Wigston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 474 homes sold in Wigston were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE18 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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