LE3 3BD postcode in Leicester, Leicestershire

LE3 3BD is a postcode in Leicester, in the Braunstone Ravenhurst ward of Blaby. It is in the Mid Leicestershire parliamentary constituency and the Leicestershire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at LE3 3BD can get it Across Blaby: 92% Typical price £273,000 Homes sold in LE3 3, last 12 months. ▲ 1.1% on the year before Nearest station Leicester 4.3 km in a straight line

Where LE3 3BD is, and what is near it

Map of LE3 3BD and what is near it Map of LE3 3BD: its centre point, with the 252 other postcodes in the LE3 3 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 6 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. LE3 3AA: also in LE3 3LE3 3AB: also in LE3 3LE3 3AD: also in LE3 3LE3 3AE: also in LE3 3LE3 3AF: also in LE3 3LE3 3AG: also in LE3 3LE3 3AH: also in LE3 3LE3 3AL: also in LE3 3LE3 3AN: also in LE3 3LE3 3AP: also in LE3 3LE3 3AS: also in LE3 3LE3 3AT: also in LE3 3LE3 3AU: also in LE3 3LE3 3BA: also in LE3 3LE3 3BB: also in LE3 3LE3 3BE: also in LE3 3LE3 3BF: also in LE3 3LE3 3BG: also in LE3 3LE3 3BH: also in LE3 3LE3 3DA: also in LE3 3LE3 3DE: also in LE3 3LE3 3DJ: also in LE3 3LE3 3DL: also in LE3 3LE3 3DN: also in LE3 3LE3 3DP: also in LE3 3LE3 3DQ: also in LE3 3LE3 3DT: also in LE3 3LE3 3DU: also in LE3 3LE3 3DW: also in LE3 3LE3 3EA: also in LE3 3LE3 3EB: also in LE3 3LE3 3ED: also in LE3 3LE3 3EF: also in LE3 3LE3 3RA: also in LE3 3LE3 3RB: also in LE3 3LE3 3RD: also in LE3 3LE3 3RE: also in LE3 3LE3 3RF: also in LE3 3LE3 3RG: also in LE3 3LE3 3RH: also in LE3 3LE3 3RJ: also in LE3 3LE3 3RL: also in LE3 3LE3 3RS: also in LE3 3LE3 3SW: also in LE3 3LE3 3TA: also in LE3 3LE3 3TB: also in LE3 3LE3 3TD: also in LE3 3LE3 3TE: also in LE3 3LE3 3TF: also in LE3 3LE3 3TG: also in LE3 3LE3 3TH: also in LE3 3LE3 3TJ: also in LE3 3LE3 3TL: also in LE3 3LE3 3TN: also in LE3 3LE3 3TP: also in LE3 3LE3 3TQ: also in LE3 3LE3 3TS: also in LE3 3LE3 3TT: also in LE3 3LE3 3TU: also in LE3 3LE3 3TW: also in LE3 3LE3 3TX: also in LE3 3LE3 3TY: also in LE3 3LE3 3TZ: also in LE3 3LE3 3UA: also in LE3 3LE3 3UB: also in LE3 3 School 850 m2 places, 950 m–1.5 kmKingsway Surgery 1.4 kmLeicester station 4.3 kmLeicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe LE3 3BD Map of LE3 3BD and what is near it Map of LE3 3BD: its centre point, with the 252 other postcodes in the LE3 3 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 6 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. 2 places, 950 m–1.5 kmKingsway Surgery 1.4 kmLeicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe LE3 3BD
  • LE3 3BD
  • Other postcodes in LE3 3: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 6 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.6177, longitude -1.1843)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after LE3 3BD?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at LE3 3BD?

Every home and business at LE3 3BD can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

LE3 3BD 100% Blaby 92%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

LE3 3BD 100% Blaby Over 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at LE3 3BD?

BinDayBuddy has not read Blaby District Council's days for LE3 3BD today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for LE3 3BD on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is LE3 3BD at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include LE3 3BD.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Blaby

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for LE3 3BD: 1,276 properties in Blaby are at high risk (2.5% of all its properties). All the figures for Blaby

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of LE3 3BD is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near LE3 3BD?

Homes in LE3 3 sold for a typical £273,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 148 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£273,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£270,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £346,500 54 sales
  • Semi-detached £257,000 75 sales
  • Terraced £210,000 13 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £143,500 6 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole LE3 district: a typical £250,000 from 811 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in LE3 3BD

HM Land Registry records 3 standard sales of homes in LE3 3BD from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 4 December 2025. The middle sale was £270,000, from £205,000 to £297,000. Across LE3 3, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £273,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at LE3 3BD

The Food Standards Agency lists 5 food businesses at LE3 3BD. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near LE3 3BD?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 490 homes in the neighbourhood around LE3 3BD. Over half of them (53%) are in council tax band B. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (46%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around LE3 3BD

Band D in Blaby for 2026‑27: £2,490. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,660 (band A) to £3,044 (band E); band B, the most common, is £1,937.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 90 (18%)£1,660
Band Babout 260 (53%)£1,937
Band Cabout 110 (22%)£2,214
Band Dabout 20 (4%)£2,490
Band Eabout 10 (2%)£3,044
Band Ffewer than 5£3,597
Band Gfewer than 5£4,150
Band Hfewer than 5£4,980

When the homes were built

  1. 2% Before 1900
  2. 2% 1900 to 1918
  3. 46% 1919 to 1939
  4. 40% 1945 to 1964
  5. 8% 1965 to 1982
  6. 2% 1983 to 1999
  7. Withheld 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Blaby before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of LE3 3BD is in (ONS area E01025667), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near LE3 3BD?

The nearest open schools to LE3 3BD, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near LE3 3BD, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to LE3 3BD?

The nearest railway station to the centre of LE3 3BD is Leicester Rail Station, 4.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Leicester Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
  • South Wigston Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive

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

6 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Bidford Road, 288 m away.

More stations near LE3 3BD, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near LE3 3BD?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of LE3 3BD, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near LE3 3BD?

0 within 1 km 4 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of LE3 3BD, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Gridserve Charging point · 4 chargers 1.4 kmCycle
  • InstaVolt Charging point · 4 chargers · Type 2, CHAdeMO · up to 160 kW 1.7 kmCycle
  • Pod Point Charging point · 8 chargers 2.6 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near LE3 3BD?

The nearest to the centre of LE3 3BD, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to LE3 3BD?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near LE3 3BD?

The nearest care homes to the centre of LE3 3BD, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near LE3 3BD?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of LE3 3BD, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near LE3 3BD?

The nearest vets to the centre of LE3 3BD on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is LE3 3BD in a conservation area?

The centre of LE3 3BD is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near LE3 3BD?

Police.uk records 310 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of LE3 3BD in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences127 reports
Anti-social behaviour50 reports
Criminal damage and arson33 reports
Shoplifting21 reports
Public order17 reports
Burglary15 reports

Also: other theft 13, vehicle crime 12, drugs 7, robbery 6, other crime 5, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for LE3 3BD

Ward
Braunstone Ravenhurst
Parish
Braunstone
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Built-up area
Leicester
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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