LE8 postcode area guide — Blaby
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the LE8 postcode district in Blaby — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in LE8
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
59.6%
Gigabit-capable
57.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the LE8 postcode district (Blaby) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 861 postcodes Ofcom measures in LE8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 57.2%.
Around 0.2% of premises in LE8 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 LE8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| LE8 0BQ | 100% | 0% |
| LE8 0ES | 100% | 0% |
| LE8 0EW | 100% | 0% |
| LE8 0EX | 100% | 83.3% |
| LE8 0EY | 100% | 17.6% |
| LE8 0EZ | 100% | 0% |
| LE8 0FT | 100% | 0% |
| LE8 0GR | 0% | 0% |
| LE8 0HA | 100% | 0% |
| LE8 0HB | 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.
House prices in LE8
Based on 446 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in LE8 is £285,000, down 1.7% on the previous year (£290,000).
Detached
£380,000
165 sales
Semi-detached
£269,500
156 sales
Terraced
£230,000
89 sales
Flat / maisonette
£157,500
21 sales
Latest recorded sales in LE8
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £260,000 | Terraced | Stretton Road | LE8 9GN |
| 22 May 2026 | £388,000 | Detached | The Fairway | LE8 4EN |
| 8 May 2026 | £220,000 | Semi-detached | Short Close | LE8 8TL |
| 1 May 2026 | £545,500 | Detached | Oaks Road | LE8 9EG |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £221,500 | Terraced | Smith Close | LE8 8EF |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £285,000 | Detached | Lovelace Way | LE8 8TT |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £91,500 | Flat | Barnes Close | LE8 0ES |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £320,000 | Semi-detached | Maurice Drive | LE8 5PH |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £235,000 | Detached | Langdale | LE8 8TF |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £255,000 | Semi-detached | Leicester Road | LE8 8BG |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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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 LE8
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester Grammar School Trust | Not applicable | 3–19 | 1,265 | LE8 9FL |
| Countesthorpe Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,149 | LE8 5PR |
| Kibworth Mead Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 852 | LE8 0LG |
| Kibworth Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 596 | LE8 0NH |
| Greenfield Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 555 | LE8 5SG |
| Fleckney Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 435 | LE8 8BE |
| Badgerbrook Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 398 | LE8 6ZW |
| Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 329 | LE8 4FE |
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 LE8
185 rated food businesses operate in LE8. 145 hold the top rating of 5, 16 are rated 4, and 5 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Aldi Stores Ltd., Artisan Fayre Ltd, Asda Express Leicester Lutterworth Road PFS, Attfields Farm Shop And Cafe, Axe & Square.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in LE8
From a sample of 190 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 LE8 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band C). 46% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
19%
Band C
26%
Band D
47%
Band E
5%
Band F
2%
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.