That is the middle of 808 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 4.8 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.
808 homes sold in three years: 400 detached houses, 304 semi-detached houses, 68 terraced houses and 36 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£430K
median sale · 400 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£368K–£535K
Last 12 months
£400K95 sold
New build
£452K
Semi-detached houses£300K
median sale · 304 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£330K
Last 12 months
£303K72 sold
New build
£325K
Terraced houses£224K
median sale · 68 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£188K–£280K
Last 12 months
£199K12 sold
Flats and maisonettes£123K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£150K
Last 12 months
£130K10 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses50%
Semi-detached houses38%
Terraced houses8%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Oadby’s homes sold for between £272K and £430K
One sale in ten was under £204K and one in ten over £598K. 20% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £340,000, sits in the £300–400K band
808 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £69,725 in 1995 to £335,000 in the last 12 months (£270,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
189 sales in the last 12 months, against 491 in 1999, the busiest year, and 202 in 2008. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 15%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 28% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Oadby costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Oadby, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£90K
£135K
£248K
£250K
£299K
£380K
£400K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£79K
£160K
£162K
£181K
£260K
£303K
Terraced houses
£42K
£58K
£136K
£127K
£150K
£188K
£199K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£41K
£150K
£98K
£148K
£115K
£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 31% in 2024
1,170 new homes have been sold in Oadby since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2024.
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 £413,975
against £316,875 for a home sold on, 31% 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.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.1% sold leasehold in Oadby. 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
Jamie Marcus Way is Oadby’s busiest street, with 57 sales in three years
44 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 13 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
Jamie Marcus Way
LE2
57
£413,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Bossu Drive
LE2
30
£383,592
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Stoctone Road
LE2
20
£509,972
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Sheppard Drive
LE2
18
£740,225
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Penny Lane
LE2
18
£379,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Weston Rise
LE2
15
£385,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Honeywell Close
LE2
15
£170,000
Mixed
8
Sandhurst Street
LE2
15
£120,000
Mostly flats
9
Foxhunter Drive
LE2
13
£267,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Rosemead Drive
LE2
12
£307,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Coombe Rise
LE2
11
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Uplands Road
LE2
11
£309,200
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Harborough Road
LE2
11
£275,000
Mixed
14
Thornton Close
LE2
9
£382,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Stoughton Road
LE2
8
£567,500
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Sheppard Drive: £740,225
Oadby median£340K
Sheppard Drive£740K
Woodfield Road£609K
Stoughton Road£568K
Stoctone Road£510K
Dilkes Drive£474K
Cheapest streets
St Pauls Close: £92,500
Oadby median£340K
St Pauls Close£93K
Sandhurst Street£120K
Honeywell Close£170K
New Street£198K
London Road£207K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8 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
Oadby is the 3rd most expensive of 50 towns in Leicestershire
Oadby is one of Leicestershire’s dearest 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 Oadby
What is the average house price in Oadby?
The median home in Oadby sold for £340,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 808 standard sales (£335,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £429,975, semi-detached houses £299,975, terraced houses £224,250 and flats and maisonettes £122,750.
Are house prices going up in Oadby?
The median was £338,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£339,975), and £335,000 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 Oadby each year?
189 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 286 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Oadby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Sheppard Drive (LE2, £740,225), Woodfield Road (LE2, £608,750) and Stoughton Road (LE2, £567,500).
How much does a new build cost in Oadby?
New homes sold for a median £413,975 over three years, against £316,875 for homes sold on. New builds were 22% of sales.
Is Oadby expensive for Leicestershire?
Oadby is the 3rd 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.