LE2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leicester and Oadby, in Leicester and Oadby and Wigston.
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 LE2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 53% of people in LE2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LE2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE2 at a rate of 99.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 1,230 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (4,843), other crime (2,731) and anti-social behaviour (1,497).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE2 was 106.2 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 LE2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE2 has no single figure. Of its 70 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LE2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaby 006E | 1,965 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.9% |
| Blaby 006F | 1,671 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Blaby 008D | 1,778 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.8% |
| Leicester 017G | 1,703 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 018A | 1,819 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Leicester 018B | 1,865 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 018C | 1,844 | 171.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Leicester 018D | 1,917 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Leicester 022A | 1,980 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 022C | 1,784 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 022D | 1,906 | 227.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| Leicester 022E | 2,037 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Leicester 027A | 2,048 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Leicester 027D | 2,244 | 105.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Leicester 027F | 1,875 | 126.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 029E | 1,429 | 116.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Leicester 030A | 1,710 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Leicester 030B | 1,856 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 030C | 1,318 | 189.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Leicester 030D | 1,759 | 158.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 030E | 1,644 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Leicester 030F | 1,409 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Leicester 030G | 1,636 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Leicester 031A | 1,874 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Leicester 031B | 1,726 | 157.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Leicester 031C | 1,655 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Leicester 031D | 1,996 | 403.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Leicester 032A | 1,304 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Leicester 032B | 1,451 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| Leicester 032C | 1,700 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| Leicester 032D | 1,569 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Leicester 032E | 1,300 | 200.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% |
| Leicester 034A | 1,586 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Leicester 034B | 1,563 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| Leicester 034C | 1,731 | 103.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 034D | 1,670 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Leicester 034E | 1,792 | 147.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Leicester 035A | 1,772 | 136.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Leicester 035B | 1,585 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Leicester 035C | 1,772 | 119.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 035D | 1,494 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 035E | 1,653 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 036A | 1,674 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Leicester 036B | 1,556 | 295.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Leicester 036C | 1,730 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 036D | 2,181 | 143.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 036E | 1,510 | 124.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Leicester 038A | 2,005 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Leicester 038B | 2,323 | 139.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Leicester 038C | 1,638 | 69.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Leicester 038D | 1,649 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Leicester 038E | 1,617 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Leicester 040C | 3,529 | 151.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| Leicester 040E | 1,770 | 340.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.8% |
| Leicester 040F | 3,525 | 440.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| Oadby and Wigston 003A | 1,735 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Oadby and Wigston 003B | 1,207 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Oadby and Wigston 003C | 1,328 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Oadby and Wigston 003D | 1,365 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Oadby and Wigston 003E | 1,535 | 161.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Oadby and Wigston 003F | 1,652 | 74.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Oadby and Wigston 010A | 2,042 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| Oadby and Wigston 010B | 1,391 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Oadby and Wigston 010C | 2,590 | 28.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Oadby and Wigston 010D | 1,420 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.0% |
| Oadby and Wigston 011A | 1,410 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Oadby and Wigston 011B | 1,969 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Oadby and Wigston 011C | 1,418 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Oadby and Wigston 011D | 1,255 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Oadby and Wigston 011E | 1,713 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
MPs for LE2
- Shockat AdamIndependentMP for Leicester South59% of LE2’s postcodes
- Neil O'BrienConservativeMP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston24% of LE2’s postcodes
- Liz KendallLabourMP for Leicester West11% of LE2’s postcodes
- Alberto CostaConservativeMP for South Leicestershire5.2% of LE2’s postcodes
- Alicia KearnsConservativeMP for Rutland and Stamford0.3% of LE2’s postcodes
- Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMP for Mid Leicestershire0.1% of LE2’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 LE213
Postcode sectors in LE210
Councils LE2 covers2
Towns in LE23
Postcode districts next to LE28
Nearest rail stations2
More in the LE postcode area2
LE2 in brief
LE2 is a postcode district covering Leicester and Oadby, in Leicester and Oadby and Wigston.
About 129,948 people lived in LE2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 1,081 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE2 was £260,000 in 2025.
LE2 had 122,029 usual residents at the census.
About 53% of people in LE2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LE2, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.