Does LE2 flood?

Yes — parts of the LE2 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 121 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LE2 postcode district covers Saffron, Knighton, Oadby St Peter's, Stoneygate, close to Aylestone, Leicester Spinney Hills, South Wigston, and surrounding villages in parts of Leicestershire and City of Leicester.

121 postcodes in the LE2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 46 medium, 58 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which LE2 postcodes are at risk?

LE2 5DH up to High LE2 5DJ up to High LE2 5DQ up to High LE2 5ED up to High LE2 5JE up to High LE2 5PP up to High LE2 5QF up to High LE2 5QG up to High LE2 5QN up to High LE2 5RS up to High LE2 5SB up to High LE2 7AU up to High LE2 7BU up to High LE2 9TG up to High LE2 9TL up to High LE2 9TR up to High LE2 9TU up to High LE2 1LJ up to Medium LE2 3WL up to Medium LE2 3WP up to Medium LE2 4JE up to Medium LE2 5LT up to Medium LE2 6FT up to Medium LE2 6LG up to Medium LE2 6LH up to Medium LE2 6LU up to Medium LE2 6UD up to Medium LE2 6UE up to Medium LE2 7AG up to Medium LE2 7FT up to Medium LE2 7NB up to Medium LE2 7NE up to Medium LE2 7NF up to Medium LE2 7NG up to Medium LE2 7NH up to Medium LE2 7NL up to Medium LE2 7NN up to Medium LE2 7NY up to Medium LE2 7PA up to Medium LE2 7PD up to Medium LE2 7PE up to Medium LE2 7PF up to Medium LE2 7PG up to Medium LE2 7PH up to Medium LE2 7PJ up to Medium LE2 7PQ up to Medium LE2 7PR up to Medium LE2 7PU up to Medium LE2 7PW up to Medium LE2 7PX up to Medium LE2 7QA up to Medium LE2 7QB up to Medium LE2 7QD up to Medium LE2 7QE up to Medium LE2 7QF up to Medium LE2 7QG up to Medium LE2 7QJ up to Medium LE2 7QT up to Medium LE2 8AA up to Medium LE2 8LR up to Medium LE2 8LT up to Medium LE2 8LU up to Medium LE2 9TW up to Medium LE2 1AS up to Low LE2 1AT up to Low LE2 1HN up to Low LE2 1LB up to Low LE2 1PR up to Low LE2 1SA up to Low LE2 1SF up to Low LE2 2BD up to Low LE2 2BE up to Low LE2 2EF up to Low LE2 2FW up to Low LE2 3PJ up to Low LE2 3PP up to Low LE2 3WB up to Low LE2 3WD up to Low LE2 3YD up to Low LE2 3YL up to Low LE2 3YN up to Low LE2 3YQ up to Low LE2 3YS up to Low LE2 4JF up to Low LE2 4PD up to Low LE2 4PJ up to Low LE2 5AQ up to Low LE2 5PQ up to Low LE2 5QP up to Low LE2 5SE up to Low LE2 6EN up to Low LE2 6FH up to Low LE2 6FP up to Low LE2 6FQ up to Low LE2 6GD up to Low LE2 6GF up to Low LE2 6GG up to Low LE2 6HN up to Low LE2 6HQ up to Low LE2 6HU up to Low LE2 6JP up to Low LE2 6JQ up to Low LE2 6LR up to Low LE2 7AY up to Low LE2 7BA up to Low LE2 7BB up to Low LE2 7FL up to Low LE2 7FQ up to Low LE2 7HW up to Low LE2 7JU up to Low LE2 7LZ up to Low LE2 7PL up to Low LE2 7QL up to Low LE2 8AR up to Low LE2 8AT up to Low LE2 8AW up to Low LE2 8BF up to Low LE2 8BH up to Low LE2 8LG up to Low LE2 8NG up to Low LE2 9JP up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near LE2

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

547 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (104 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

LE1 LE3 LE4 LE5 LE6 LE7 LE8 LE9

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.