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Leicester, City of Leicester
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Properties in LE3 9RD sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.
| Likelihood band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 20 | 16 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 3 | 3 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 14 | 13 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.
The ground here sits at about 58 m above sea level and falls 26 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 12.0 m higher.
Because properties in the high likelihood band; 3 recorded floods nearby; 557 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around LE3 9RD. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
| Date | Recorded flood | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | Thurnby January 2025 | ~3.2 km |
| Jan 2025 | Leicester January 2025 | ~3.2 km |
| Feb 1977 | Rothley Brook 1977 | ~4.6 km |
EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.
2007 UK floods (2007, 20 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 17 warnings nearby) · 2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 14 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 11 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester Ash Street | Willow Brook | 3.2 km | 1.60 m | 1.62 m |
| Spinney Hill Park | Evington Brook | 3.5 km | 0.90 m | 1.14 m |
| Leicester Tuffleys Way | Thorpe Astley Brook | 3.7 km | 1.05 m | 1.24 m |
| Glenfield | Rothley Brook | 4.2 km | 1.80 m | 2.50 m |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrice Road/hawthorne Street Cso | Braunstone Brook | 0.2 km | 14 (2024) | 3 |
| Beatrice Road/ Ruby Street Cso | Braunstone Brook | 0.2 km | 6 (2024) | 1 |
| Beatrice Road / Sylvan Street Cso | Braunstone Brook | 0.2 km | 9 (2024) | 3 |
| Tudor Road/paget Road Cso | River Soar | 0.7 km | 39 (2024) | 176 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
6 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~29 m (natural high ground, engineered high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.
At-risk postcodes near LE3 9RD — all in the LE3 district.
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