Leicester Flood Risk

Rivers and the sea Low a 0.1% to 1% chance in any year

Surface water 28,241 addresses at risk that rivers and sea does not explain — a minimum, not a total

Groundwater Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Reservoirs Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Leicester has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 2.1% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.6 km away.

Leicester has 408,364 residents and 155,700 homes. Ranked 1359 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Leicester Right Now?

0.033 m within its typical range

Gauge: Spinney Hill Park, Leicester Spinney Hills
Distance: 1.6 km from the centre of Leicester
Typical range: 0.019 m to 0.9 m
Reading taken: 20 Sept, 14:00 UTC

Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 1.141 m , reached on 22 June 2023.

All gauges on this river

When Has Leicester Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 9 recorded flood outlines covering Leicester, the most recent dated 10 January 2025.

Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.

What Does Leicester's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

1.6% of postcodes in Leicester sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.

The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is Low , with 2.1% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Leicester?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Leicester. The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town, and the district pages linked from the checker are keyed to the town that holds most of its postcodes.

Postcode districts covering Leicester, with the flood risk band shared by most of each district's postcodes. A district can span more than one local area, so its band is a summary and not a property-level answer.
Postcode district	Postcodes here	Rivers and sea band	Surface water addresses
LE3	1,616	Low	6,020
LE2	1,524	Low	7,581
LE5	1,410	Low	5,161
LE4	1,273	Low	4,906
LE1	641	Low	4,188
LE7	164	Low	349
LE19	35	Low	36

What Else Is Near Leicester?

Evington Brook levels Every gauge and live reading on this river
Flood risk in England How this nation classifies flood risk, and its gaps
What each flood risk level means The annual chance behind each band word