LE4 postcode area guide — Blaby
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the LE4 postcode district in Blaby — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in LE4
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
96.8%
Gigabit-capable
96.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the LE4 postcode district (Blaby) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,838 postcodes Ofcom measures in LE4, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 96.8%.
Around 0% of premises in LE4 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 LE4
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| LE4 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| LE4 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| LE4 0AD | 100% | 95.2% |
| LE4 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| LE4 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| LE4 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| LE4 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| LE4 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| LE4 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| LE4 0AN | 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 LE4
Police recorded 302 incidents within about a mile of the centre of LE4 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 82 | 27.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 50 | 16.6% |
| Public order | 37 | 12.3% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 33 | 10.9% |
| Vehicle crime | 20 | 6.6% |
| Shoplifting | 19 | 6.3% |
| Other theft | 15 | 5.0% |
| Burglary | 11 | 3.6% |
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 LE4
Based on 681 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in LE4 is £260,500, up 0.6% on the previous year (£259,000).
Detached
£335,000
97 sales
Semi-detached
£277,000
290 sales
Terraced
£235,000
240 sales
Flat / maisonette
£118,000
39 sales
Latest recorded sales in LE4
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | £110,000 | Flat | Checkland Road | LE4 8NZ |
| 15 May 2026 | £320,000 | Semi-detached | Queensgate Drive | LE4 3JS |
| 15 May 2026 | £795,000 | Detached | Birstall Road | LE4 4DJ |
| 14 May 2026 | £390,000 | Semi-detached | Woodgate Drive | LE4 3HU |
| 11 May 2026 | £321,000 | Detached | Watermead Way | LE4 3BX |
| 8 May 2026 | £243,400 | Semi-detached | Swithland Avenue | LE4 5BQ |
| 8 May 2026 | £232,000 | Semi-detached | Roydene Crescent | LE4 0GL |
| 8 May 2026 | £345,000 | Semi-detached | Braemar Close | LE4 7PL |
| 8 May 2026 | £230,000 | Semi-detached | Cookson Road | LE4 9WT |
| 7 May 2026 | £230,000 | Detached | Greenwood Close | LE4 8JZ |
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 LE4
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushey Mead Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,804 | LE4 7AN |
| Soar Valley College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,564 | LE4 7GY |
| Babington Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,339 | LE4 0SZ |
| English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,143 | LE4 0FJ |
| Beaumont Leys School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,062 | LE4 0FL |
| The Cedars Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 985 | LE4 4GH |
| Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 881 | LE4 0FQ |
| Abbey Mead Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 718 | LE4 5HH |
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 LE4
707 rated food businesses operate in LE4. 501 hold the top rating of 5, 78 are rated 4, and 37 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 21A Cafe, 3 Kilns Pub, 4 Season's Chaat House, 4ecoshop, 5 Star Club.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in LE4
From a sample of 170 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 LE4 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 35% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
3%
Band B
8%
Band C
25%
Band D
44%
Band E
16%
Band F
5%
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
Landlines around LE4 typically use:
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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.