Is LE16 8DA a Good Place to Live? Crime, Schools & Area Insights

LE16 8DA is a postcode in Market Harborough-Little Bowden, Harborough, East Midlands, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near LE16 8DA, then scores the surrounding small area 55/100 - top 49% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around LE16 8DA are health and local prosperity, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for LE16 8DA is based on North Northamptonshire 012 Census 2021. It covers 5,605 residents, 44 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 51, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 75% owner-occupied, 14% privately rented, 10% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 6/10.

For property prices near LE16 8DA, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the LE16 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £300k from 97 rolling sales, down 6.6% month-on-month. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near LE16 8DA by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near LE16 8DA; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.