LE17 postcode area guide — Blaby
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the LE17 postcode district in Blaby — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in LE17
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
85.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
41.9%
Gigabit-capable
39.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.6%
Broadband availability in the LE17 postcode district (Blaby) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 796 postcodes Ofcom measures in LE17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 85.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 39.8%.
Around 0.6% of premises in LE17 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in LE17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| LE17 4AB | 100% | 92.3% |
| LE17 4AD | 100% | 48.5% |
| LE17 4AE | 100% | 0% |
| LE17 4AF | 100% | 0% |
| LE17 4AG | 100% | 0% |
| LE17 4AH | 100% | 14.3% |
| LE17 4AL | 100% | 0% |
| LE17 4AN | 100% | 0% |
| LE17 4AP | 95.6% | 82.2% |
| LE17 4AQ | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Blaby
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Blaby district (46,750 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
91.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
77.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
93.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in LE17
Police recorded 8 incidents within about a mile of the centre of LE17 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 3 | 37.5% |
| Burglary | 2 | 25.0% |
| Other theft | 2 | 25.0% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 12.5% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in LE17
Based on 259 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in LE17 is £320,000, down 12.6% on the previous year (£366,000).
Detached
£425,000
136 sales
Semi-detached
£262,500
74 sales
Terraced
£235,000
35 sales
Latest recorded sales in LE17
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £290,500 | Detached | Beech Avenue | LE17 4TL |
| 21 May 2026 | £363,000 | Semi-detached | Peveril Road | LE17 5NG |
| 19 May 2026 | £210,000 | Semi-detached | Fairway Meadows | LE17 5FJ |
| 18 May 2026 | £425,000 | Detached | Holly Drive | LE17 4RJ |
| 18 May 2026 | £372,000 | Semi-detached | Partridge Close | LE17 5QY |
| 11 May 2026 | £370,000 | Detached | Berridges Lane | LE17 6LQ |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £265,000 | Other | Sycamore Drive | LE17 4TP |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £983,000 | Detached | Fir Tree Lane | LE17 6BH |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £406,000 | Detached | Gloster Road | LE17 4QS |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £435,000 | Semi-detached | Chapel Street | LE17 6AZ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Blaby demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Blaby district (102,924 residents, 42,575 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18.7% |
| 15–29 | 21.3% |
| 30–44 | 19.2% |
| 45–64 | 20.2% |
| 65+ | 20.5% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 77.9% |
| Private rented | 12.8% |
| Social rented | 7.1% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around LE17
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutterworth College | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,580 | LE17 4EW |
| Lutterworth High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 849 | LE17 4QH |
| Sherrier Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 414 | LE17 4EX |
| John Wycliffe Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 315 | LE17 4QJ |
| Gilmorton Chandler Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 219 | LE17 5LU |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth | Primary | 3–11 | 107 | LE17 6HD |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bitteswell | Primary | 4–11 | 104 | LE17 4SB |
| Swinford Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 101 | LE17 6BG |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in LE17
179 rated food businesses operate in LE17. 153 hold the top rating of 5, 11 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A B M Catering, A J Hunt \& Sons, Aim Strong Sport, Albert's Cafe, Aldi Stores Ltd.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in LE17
From a sample of 160 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 LE17 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 46% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
4%
Band C
41%
Band D
37%
Band E
13%
Band F
4%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Blaby
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.