LE1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leicester and Southfields, in Leicester.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LE1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 8% of people in LE1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LE1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE1 at a rate of 453.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 864 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,974), other crime (2,392) and anti-social behaviour (1,265).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE1 was 484.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in LE1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE1 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LE1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester 018E | 2,463 | 80.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Leicester 018F | 2,453 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Leicester 040G | 1,290 | 158.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| Leicester 041B | 2,783 | 224.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 56.2% |
| Leicester 041C | 1,186 | 279.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.0% |
| Leicester 041D | 2,004 | 690.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.0% |
| Leicester 041E | 2,831 | 1,719.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 76.7% |
| Leicester 041F | 1,247 | 447.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.6% |
MPs for LE1
- Shockat AdamIndependentMP for Leicester South85% of LE1’s postcodes
- Liz KendallLabourMP for Leicester West9.4% of LE1’s postcodes
- Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMP for Mid Leicestershire4.0% of LE1’s postcodes
- Shivani RajaConservativeMP for Leicester East1.2% of LE1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LE11
Postcode sectors in LE19
Council1
Towns in LE11
Postcode districts next to LE16
Nearest rail stations1
More in the LE postcode area2
LE1 in brief
LE1 is a postcode district covering Leicester and Southfields, in Leicester.
About 21,489 people lived in LE1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £128,000 in 2025 across 55 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 453.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE1 was £128,000 in 2025.
LE1 had 18,801 usual residents at the census.
About 8% of people in LE1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LE1, 82.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.