That is the middle of 7,719 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 6.1 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.
7,719 homes sold in three years: 1,256 detached houses, 2,964 semi-detached houses, 2,752 terraced houses and 747 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£360K
median sale · 1,256 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£455K
Last 12 months
£367K379 sold
New build
£405K
Semi-detached houses£264K
median sale · 2,964 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£229K–£300K
Last 12 months
£269K886 sold
New build
£304K
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 2,752 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£255K
Last 12 months
£220K834 sold
Flats and maisonettes£126K
median sale · 747 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£153K
Last 12 months
£124K235 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses38%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Leicester’s homes sold for between £195K and £300K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £385K. 50% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £249,950, sits in the £200–250K band
7,719 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £41,000 in 1995 to £250,000 in the last 12 months (£185,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
2,334 sales in the last 12 months, against 6,917 in 2002, the busiest year, and 2,585 in 2023. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 45% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Leicester costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Leicester, 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
£75K
£98K
£213K
£217K
£244K
£315K
£367K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£56K
£127K
£133K
£153K
£210K
£269K
Terraced houses
£34K
£41K
£109K
£110K
£125K
£173K
£220K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£39K
£118K
£87K
£100K
£117K
£124K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
12,573 new homes have been sold in Leicester since 1995; the share peaked at 15% in 2009.
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 £364,750
against £248,000 for a home sold on, 47% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Leicester. 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
London Road is Leicester’s busiest street, with 62 sales in three years
526 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 128 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
London Road
LE2
62
£145,000
Mostly flats
2
Little Glen Road
LE2
33
£250,000
Mixed
3
Howard Road
LE2
30
£312,500
Mostly terraced houses
4
Stoneygate Road
LE2
27
£123,000
Mostly flats
5
Braunstone Lane
LE3
24
£265,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Watkin Road
LE2
23
£165,000
Mostly flats
7
Anstey Lane
LE4
22
£264,000
Mixed
8
Duncan Road
LE2
20
£227,750
Mixed
9
Knighton Park Road
LE2
20
£201,165
Mostly flats
10
Uppingham Road (LE5)
LE5
19
£421,000
Mixed
11
Scraptoft Lane (LE5)
LE5
19
£375,000
Mixed
12
Clarendon Park Road
LE2
19
£248,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Saffron Lane
LE2
18
£217,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Wintersdale Road
LE5
17
£320,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Dorchester Road
LE3
17
£274,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Southernhay Road: £800,000
Leicester median£250K
Southernhay Road£800K
Ratcliffe Road£738K
Uppingham Road (LE7)£663K
Guilford Road£633K
Fairefield Crescent£600K
Cheapest streets
Atkins Street: £64,000
Leicester median£250K
Atkins Street£64K
Lee Street£74K
Navigation Street£75K
Rutland Street£81K
Hotoft Road£92K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12.5 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
Leicester is the 38th most expensive of 50 towns in Leicestershire
Leicester 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 Leicester
What is the average house price in Leicester?
The median home in Leicester sold for £249,950 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 7,719 standard sales (£250,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £360,000, semi-detached houses £263,500, terraced houses £220,000 and flats and maisonettes £126,000.
Are house prices going up in Leicester?
The median was £250,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£245,000), and £250,000 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 Leicester each year?
2,334 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 3,432 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Leicester?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Southernhay Road (LE2, £800,000), Ratcliffe Road (LE2, £737,500) and Uppingham Road (LE7, £662,500).
How much does a new build cost in Leicester?
New homes sold for a median £364,750 over three years, against £248,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.9% of sales.
Is Leicester expensive for Leicestershire?
Leicester is the 38th 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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