LE8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Whetstone, Countesthorpe and Blaby, in Blaby 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 LE8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 45% of people in LE8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LE8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE8 at a rate of 48.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 193 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (826), other crime (386) and anti-social behaviour (329).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE8 was 51.1 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 LE8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LE8 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LE8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaby 008A | 1,567 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.0% |
| Blaby 008B | 1,576 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.6% |
| Blaby 008C | 2,067 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| Blaby 008E | 1,913 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.2% |
| Blaby 009A | 2,350 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.8% |
| Blaby 009B | 1,614 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.2% |
| Blaby 009C | 1,532 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| Blaby 009D | 2,122 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Blaby 011A | 2,000 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.3% |
| Blaby 011B | 2,107 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.1% |
| Blaby 011C | 1,658 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.7% |
| Blaby 011D | 2,201 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| Harborough 003A | 1,721 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.8% |
| Harborough 003B | 1,378 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.9% |
| Harborough 003C | 2,360 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.6% |
| Harborough 003E | 2,286 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| Harborough 003F | 1,656 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.1% |
| Harborough 003G | 1,757 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| Harborough 003H | 1,605 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% |
| Harborough 005B | 1,986 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.0% |
| Harborough 005C | 1,466 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.5% |
| Harborough 005D | 1,473 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
MPs for LE8
- Alberto CostaConservativeMP for South Leicestershire68% of LE8’s postcodes
- Neil O'BrienConservativeMP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston32% of LE8’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 LE85
Postcode sectors in LE86
Councils LE8 covers2
Towns in LE82
Postcode districts next to LE87
More in the LE postcode area2
LE8 in brief
LE8 is a postcode district covering Whetstone, Countesthorpe and Blaby, in Blaby and Harborough.
About 42,534 people lived in LE8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 665 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LE8 was £295,000 in 2025.
LE8 had 40,696 usual residents at the census.
About 45% of people in LE8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LE8, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.