LE6 postcode area guide — Charnwood
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the LE6 postcode district in Charnwood — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in LE6
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
85.2%
Gigabit-capable
84.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.8%
Broadband availability in the LE6 postcode district (Charnwood) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 250 postcodes Ofcom measures in LE6, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 84.8%.
Around 0.8% of premises in LE6 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 LE6
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| LE6 0AA | 100% | 0% |
| LE6 0AB | 100% | 8% |
| LE6 0AD | 100% | 3% |
| LE6 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| LE6 0AF | 100% | 2.9% |
| LE6 0AG | 0% | 0% |
| LE6 0AH | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| LE6 0AJ | 30.8% | 0% |
| LE6 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| LE6 0AN | 100% | 87.5% |
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Mobile signal around Charnwood
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Charnwood district (82,272 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
92.6%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
63.8%
Voice indoors — all networks
95.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in LE6
Police recorded 56 incidents within about a mile of the centre of LE6 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 15 | 26.8% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 14 | 25.0% |
| Other theft | 6 | 10.7% |
| Public order | 5 | 8.9% |
| Vehicle crime | 5 | 8.9% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 4 | 7.1% |
| Shoplifting | 3 | 5.4% |
| Burglary | 2 | 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 LE6
Based on 138 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in LE6 is £275,000, down 1.8% on the previous year (£280,000).
Detached
£395,000
59 sales
Semi-detached
£265,000
39 sales
Terraced
£220,000
34 sales
Flat / maisonette
£138,000
4 sales
Latest recorded sales in LE6
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £275,000 | Semi-detached | Parklands Avenue | LE6 0BL |
| 8 May 2026 | £258,000 | Semi-detached | The Poplars | LE6 0LZ |
| 8 May 2026 | £272,000 | Semi-detached | Parklands Avenue | LE6 0BL |
| 5 May 2026 | £375,000 | Detached | Pymm Ley Lane | LE6 0GZ |
| 1 May 2026 | £1,050,000 | Detached | Main Street | LE6 0AD |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £245,000 | Terraced | Station Road | LE6 0JP |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £460,000 | Detached | Beaumont Green | LE6 0EP |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £220,000 | Terraced | Station Road | LE6 0JN |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £240,000 | Detached | Ferrers Rise | LE6 0GS |
| 16 Apr 2026 | £350,500 | Detached | Laundon Close | LE6 0YZ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Charnwood demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Charnwood district (183,971 residents, 73,785 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.8% |
| 15–29 | 27.5% |
| 30–44 | 18.1% |
| 45–64 | 18.8% |
| 65+ | 18.8% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 69.8% |
| Private rented | 17.5% |
| Social rented | 5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around LE6
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookvale Groby Learning Campus | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,476 | LE6 0FP |
| Ratby Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 359 | LE6 0LN |
| Elizabeth Woodville Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 208 | LE6 0GT |
| Martinshaw Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 197 | LE6 0BB |
| Lady Jane Grey Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 196 | LE6 0ZA |
| Newtown Linford Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 116 | LE6 0AD |
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 LE6
43 rated food businesses operate in LE6. 30 hold the top rating of 5, 9 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Bradgate Park Deer Barn Tea Rooms & Visitor Centre Shop, Butter Queen, Central Coop, Central England Co-Operative Society, Chartwells.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in LE6
From a sample of 178 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 LE6 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 34% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
15%
Band C
19%
Band D
44%
Band E
19%
Band F
3%
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 Charnwood
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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.