LE7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Syston and Anstey, in Charnwood and Harborough.
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 LE7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 30% of people in LE7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LE7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE7 at a rate of 59.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 309 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,114), other crime (570) and anti-social behaviour (451).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE7 was 61.6 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 LE7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE7 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 9 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 LE7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnwood 008C | 1,469 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 59.4% |
| Charnwood 008D | 1,563 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.1% |
| Charnwood 014E | 2,905 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| Charnwood 014F | 2,338 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.7% |
| Charnwood 015A | 1,315 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.6% |
| Charnwood 015B | 1,577 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Charnwood 015C | 2,979 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.3% |
| Charnwood 015D | 1,847 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Charnwood 016C | 1,429 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.9% |
| Charnwood 016D | 1,583 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 72.5% |
| Charnwood 017A | 1,893 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.1% |
| Charnwood 017B | 1,328 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Charnwood 017C | 1,706 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% |
| Charnwood 017D | 1,400 | 138.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| Charnwood 018A | 2,977 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Charnwood 018B | 1,651 | 125.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Charnwood 018C | 1,229 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Charnwood 018D | 1,436 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Charnwood 022A | 1,272 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Charnwood 022B | 2,397 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| Charnwood 022C | 2,296 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| Charnwood 022D | 1,730 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.9% |
| Harborough 002A | 1,830 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 52.0% |
| Harborough 002C | 2,197 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 27.6% |
| Harborough 011A | 1,747 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.5% |
| Harborough 011B | 2,095 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Harborough 011C | 1,735 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.4% |
| Harborough 011E | 1,737 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.4% |
| Harborough 011F | 1,534 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
MPs for LE7
- Edward ArgarConservativeMP for Melton and Syston46% of LE7’s postcodes
- Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMP for Mid Leicestershire28% of LE7’s postcodes
- Alicia KearnsConservativeMP for Rutland and Stamford24% of LE7’s postcodes
- Neil O'BrienConservativeMP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston1.6% of LE7’s postcodes
- Liz KendallLabourMP for Leicester West0.3% of LE7’s postcodes
- Shivani RajaConservativeMP for Leicester East0.2% of LE7’s postcodes
- Dr Jeevun SandherLabourMP for Loughborough0.1% of LE7’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 LE77
Postcode sectors in LE77
Councils LE7 covers2
Towns in LE73
Postcode districts next to LE710
More in the LE postcode area2
LE7 in brief
LE7 is a postcode district covering Syston and Anstey, in Charnwood and Harborough.
About 53,103 people lived in LE7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £329,982 in 2025 across 951 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE7 was £329,982 in 2025.
LE7 had 51,655 usual residents at the census.
About 30% of people in LE7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LE7, 88.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.