LE87
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leicester, in Leicester.
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 LE87 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in LE87 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LE87 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LE87 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LE87 at a rate of 5,071.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the LE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LE87.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (436), other crime (181) and violence and sexual offences (176).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LE87 was 3,111.7 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.
MPs for LE87
- Shockat AdamIndependentMP for Leicester South92% of LE87’s postcodes
- Neil O'BrienConservativeMP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston5.1% of LE87’s postcodes
- Alberto CostaConservativeMP for South Leicestershire2.6% of LE87’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.
Postcode sectors in LE872
Council1
Postcode districts next to LE871
Nearest rail stations2
More in the LE postcode area2
LE87 in brief
LE87 is a postcode district covering Leicester, in Leicester.
About 197 people lived in LE87 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 5,071.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
LE87 had 177 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in LE87 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LE87, 40.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
88.6% of residents in LE87 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.