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LE65

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Church Yard and Shellbrook, in North West Leicestershire.

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 LE65 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 92% of people in LE65 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£320,000
Joint 961st most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
17,180
1,121st least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
92%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How LE65 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

LE65Middle
Median sale price21 postcode districts, LE · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in LE21 areas from £128,000 to £375,000. The middle area is £273,000. LE65 is £320,000.
£320,0006th most expensive
Population23 postcode districts, LE · 2021
Population: every postcode district in LE23 areas from 163 to 122,029. The middle area is 38,606. LE65 is 17,180.
17,1805th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares23 postcode districts, LE · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in LE23 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 45.0%. LE65 is 92.0%.
92%joint 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage23 postcode districts, LE · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in LE23 areas from 40.8% to 100.0%. The middle area is 91.2%. LE65 is 93.0%.
93.0%10th highest

Is LE65 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE65 at a rate of 66.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 139 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE65.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (482), other crime (210) and anti-social behaviour (181).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE65 was 63.7 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 LE65, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE65 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in LE65

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
North West Leicestershire 003A1,184126.2 per 1,000997.3%
North West Leicestershire 003B1,73183.2 per 1,000998.1%
North West Leicestershire 003D1,67857.8 per 1,000494.4%
North West Leicestershire 003E1,82468.9 per 1,000893.7%
North West Leicestershire 003F1,904116.8 per 1,0001089.8%
North West Leicestershire 005C1,64827.0 per 1,000670.1%
North West Leicestershire 006A1,28919.7 per 1,0001098.4%
North West Leicestershire 006B1,50645.8 per 1,000696.4%
North West Leicestershire 006C1,98374.7 per 1,000695.7%
North West Leicestershire 006D2,02235.2 per 1,0001087.0%

MPs for LE65

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 LE652

Postcode sectors in LE653

Council1

Towns in LE651

Postcode districts next to LE655

More in the LE postcode area2

LE65 in brief

LE65 is a postcode district covering Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Church Yard and Shellbrook, in North West Leicestershire.

About 18,317 people lived in LE65 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 313 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in LE65 was £320,000 in 2025.

LE65 had 17,180 usual residents at the census.

About 92% of people in LE65 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In LE65, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.