457
Households
White Brit. · 55%
Ethnicity
Christian · 39%
Religion
Most deprived 10–20%
Avg IMD
Among the highest · 133.7 per 1k
Crimes · Aug '26
39
Postcodes
Police Recorded Crime in LE87
England & WalesCrime trends · LE87
Estimated — no LSOA is mostly in LE87, so counts are weighted by each LSOA's share of live postcodes (police.uk, Census 2021)
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last year · per 1,000 residents (Census 2021)Sep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
20
YoY —
20100
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
7
YoY —
840
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
530
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
320
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
4
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
37
YoY —
43220
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Demographics in LE87
Ethnicity
White Brit.54.6%
Indian9.7%
African9.4%
Other White4.8%
Chinese4.6%
+ 8 other groups · 17.0%
Religion
Christian39.5%
No religion37.0%
Not answered9.4%
Muslim6.8%
Hindu3.8%
+ 1 other religions · 3.6%
Age groups
20–2423.4%
16–1922.4%
25–3413.2%
50–6411.7%
35–4910.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 18.8%
Households
One person: other28.0%
One person: aged 66+12.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children8.5%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.3%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.1%
+ 9 other households · 34.3%
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for LE87
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 10–20%
Mean decile 2.31 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 10–20% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 2.31 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
School applications
This postcode district spans several councils: Leicester and Leicestershire.
School applications go through the council for each address.
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Overview of LE87
Coordinates52.6313, -1.1311
Postcodes
39
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
1,411
Households (Census)
457
Recorded crime · Aug '26 · per 1,000 residents (Census 2021)
Among the highest · 133.7 per 1k
Wards in LE87
Postcodes in LE87
LE87 2ADLE87 2AELE87 2BBLE87 2FPLE87 2GALE87 4AALE87 4ABLE87 4AFLE87 4AYLE87 4AZLE87 4BALE87 4BELE87 4BGLE87 4BHLE87 4BLLE87 4BNLE87 4BQLE87 4BRLE87 4BSLE87 4BTLE87 4BULE87 4BYLE87 4DDLE87 4DELE87 4DHLE87 4DJLE87 4DLLE87 4DNLE87 4DQLE87 4DSLE87 4EDLE87 4EFLE87 4EGLE87 4EHLE87 4EPLE87 4EQLE87 4ETLE87 4EULE87 4PA
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