That is the middle of 2,419 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.4 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
2,419 homes sold in three years: 802 detached houses, 974 semi-detached houses, 473 terraced houses and 170 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£369K
median sale · 802 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£308K–£458K
Last 12 months
£370K212 sold
New build
£395K
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 974 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£285K
Last 12 months
£249K290 sold
New build
£277K
Terraced houses£197K
median sale · 473 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£173K–£230K
Last 12 months
£195K156 sold
New build
£235K
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 170 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£140K
Last 12 months
£130K52 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes7%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Hinckley’s homes sold for between £203K and £330K
One sale in ten was under £160K and one in ten over £435K. 45% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
2,419 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,950 in 1995 to £255,000 in the last 12 months (£200,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
710 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,466 in 2002, the busiest year, and 506 in 2009. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Hinckley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Hinckley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£77K
£113K
£212K
£204K
£250K
£320K
£370K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£64K
£140K
£130K
£154K
£200K
£249K
Terraced houses
£35K
£49K
£115K
£115K
£134K
£165K
£195K
Flats and maisonettes
£38K
£44K
£116K
£93K
£85K
£112K
£130K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 28% in 2015
4,041 new homes have been sold in Hinckley since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 2015.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £317,405
against £251,743 for a home sold on, 26% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1% sold leasehold in Hinckley. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Coventry Road is Hinckley’s busiest street, with 46 sales in three years
180 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 58 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Coventry Road
LE10
46
£262,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Ashby Road
LE10
39
£258,000
Mixed
3
Southfield Road
LE10
31
£162,500
Mixed
4
Burgess Close
LE10
28
£294,372
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Brookside
LE10
24
£247,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Edward Street
LE10
23
£190,000
Mixed
7
Skylark Road
LE10
21
£313,500
Mixed · new builds
8
Upper Bond Street
LE10
21
£135,000
Mostly flats
9
Priesthills Road
LE10
19
£305,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Deepdale Road
LE10
18
£379,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Stanley Road
LE10
18
£248,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Hinckley Road
LE10
18
£221,000
Mixed
13
Rugby Road
LE10
17
£280,000
Mixed
14
Strathmore Road
LE10
17
£215,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Factory Road
LE10
17
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Sketchley Chapel Lane: £559,625
Hinckley median£260K
Sketchley Chapel Lane£560K
Hawthorn Crescent£500K
Crown Hill Road£475K
De La Bere Crescent£468K
De Montfort Road£430K
Cheapest streets
Granville Gardens: £84,000
Hinckley median£260K
Granville Gardens£84K
Deveron Way£97K
Wood Street£122K
Trinity Lane£129K
Upper Bond Street£135K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.7 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Leicestershire
Hinckley is the 33rd most expensive of 50 towns in Leicestershire
Hinckley is in the middle of Leicestershire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Hinckley
What is the average house price in Hinckley?
The median home in Hinckley sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,419 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £368,747, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £197,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Hinckley?
The median was £267,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£255,000), and £255,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Hinckley each year?
710 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 962 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Hinckley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sketchley Chapel Lane (LE10, £559,625), Hawthorn Crescent (LE10, £500,000) and Crown Hill Road (LE10, £475,000).
How much does a new build cost in Hinckley?
New homes sold for a median £317,405 over three years, against £251,743 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.6% of sales.
Is Hinckley expensive for Leicestershire?
Hinckley is the 31st most expensive of 50 towns of 2,500 or more in Leicestershire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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