94.4% of homes and businesses in Leicester can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 1.0 points in a year: 2,169 more premises can now order it. 24 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 148,930 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Leicester | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 94.4% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 97.6% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.7% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Leicester ranks 24th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
10,852 of 160,910 premises in BDUK's records (6.7%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| LE1 | 82% | 98% | 0% | 636 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE2 | 97% | 100% | 0.1% | 2027 |
| LE3 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 1759 |
| LE4 | 99% | 100% | 0.1% | 1853 |
| LE5 | 99% | 100% | 0.1% | 1429 |
| LE7 | 80% | 92% | 3.3% | 1199 |
94.4% of premises in Leicester could order full fibre in January 2026, and 97.6% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Leicester went from 93.4% in January 2025 to 94.4% in January 2026: 2,169 more premises.
24 premises in Leicester (0%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 3 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 32% of premises that can get full fibre in Leicester have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
10,852 premises in Leicester can't get gigabit broadband yet. 1,095 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 9,757 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 6 postcode districts we cover for Leicester, LE5 has the most gigabit coverage (99% on average) and LE7 the least (80%).
100% of premises in Leicester have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 95.5%.