LE16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Market Harborough and Little Bowden, in Harborough and North Northamptonshire.
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 LE16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 19% of people in LE16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LE16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE16 at a rate of 60.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 252 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (933), other crime (483) and anti-social behaviour (305).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE16 was 58.4 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 LE16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE16 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LE16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harborough 002B | 2,378 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.6% |
| Harborough 005E | 1,406 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.7% |
| Harborough 005F | 1,321 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 63.5% |
| Harborough 007A | 2,031 | 116.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.5% |
| Harborough 007B | 1,829 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| Harborough 007C | 2,173 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.0% |
| Harborough 007D | 1,345 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| Harborough 007E | 1,772 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Harborough 007G | 1,644 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Harborough 007H | 1,380 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.1% |
| Harborough 008A | 1,804 | 99.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.1% |
| Harborough 008B | 1,976 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.1% |
| Harborough 008C | 1,208 | 187.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.3% |
| Harborough 008D | 1,564 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.5% |
| Harborough 009A | 2,336 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| Harborough 009B | 2,283 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Harborough 009C | 1,399 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Harborough 009D | 1,978 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% |
| Harborough 009E | 1,385 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| North Northamptonshire 002C | 1,632 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| North Northamptonshire 012C | 2,268 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 001A | 2,289 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.1% |
MPs for LE16
- Neil O'BrienConservativeMP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston69% of LE16’s postcodes
- Rosie WrightingLabourMP for Kettering12% of LE16’s postcodes
- Alicia KearnsConservativeMP for Rutland and Stamford11% of LE16’s postcodes
- Stuart AndrewConservativeMP for Daventry7.6% of LE16’s postcodes
- Lee BarronLabourMP for Corby and East Northamptonshire0.6% of LE16’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 LE163
Postcode sectors in LE164
Councils LE16 covers2
Towns in LE161
Postcode districts next to LE168
More in the LE postcode area2
LE16 in brief
LE16 is a postcode district covering Market Harborough and Little Bowden, in Harborough and North Northamptonshire.
About 41,425 people lived in LE16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,000 in 2025 across 863 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE16 was £345,000 in 2025.
LE16 had 38,606 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in LE16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LE16, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.