That is the middle of 514 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 5.7 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.
514 homes sold in three years: 119 detached houses, 209 semi-detached houses, 135 terraced houses and 51 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£368K
median sale · 119 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£435K
Last 12 months
£348K48 sold
Semi-detached houses£266K
median sale · 209 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£232K–£306K
Last 12 months
£281K52 sold
Terraced houses£213K
median sale · 135 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£260K
Last 12 months
£210K43 sold
Flats and maisonettes£138K
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£153K
Last 12 months
£148K16 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses26%
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 Syston’s homes sold for between £206K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £155K and one in ten over £395K. 43% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
514 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,000 in 1995 to £275,000 in the last 12 months (£205,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
159 sales in the last 12 months, against 348 in 2007, the busiest year, and 143 in 2023. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 48% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Syston costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Syston, 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
£71K
£106K
£215K
£220K
£265K
£285K
£348K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£64K
£143K
£149K
£161K
£215K
£281K
Terraced houses
£40K
£51K
£117K
£115K
£134K
£167K
£210K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£36K
£89K
£107K
£119K
£128K
£148K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
913 new homes have been sold in Syston since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2008.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Syston. 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
Barkby Road is Syston’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
34 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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
Barkby Road
LE7
26
£277,500
Mixed
2
Forge Court
LE7
20
£129,475
Mostly flats
3
Fosse Way
LE7
15
£325,000
Mixed
4
Wolsey Way
LE7
15
£210,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Sandford Road
LE7
14
£263,000
Mixed
6
Old Station Road
LE7
14
£139,000
Mostly flats
7
Melton Road
LE7
13
£300,000
Mixed
8
Goodes Lane
LE7
12
£330,000
Mixed
9
College Road
LE7
11
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
St Peters Street
LE7
11
£177,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Empingham Drive
LE7
9
£310,000
Mixed
12
St Columba Way
LE7
9
£196,000
Mixed
13
Plumtree Way
LE7
8
£231,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Central Avenue
LE7
8
£231,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Pembroke Avenue
LE7
7
£304,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Broad Street: £365,000
Syston median£260K
Broad Street£365K
Wanlip Road£340K
Millstone Lane£333K
Goodes Lane£330K
Fosse Way£325K
Cheapest streets
Forge Court: £129,475
Syston median£260K
Forge Court£129K
Old Station Road£139K
St Peters Street£178K
West Street£180K
Lincoln Drive£180K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.8 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
Syston is the 31st most expensive of 50 towns in Leicestershire
Syston 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 Syston
What is the average house price in Syston?
The median home in Syston sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 514 standard sales (£275,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £368,000, semi-detached houses £266,000, terraced houses £213,000 and flats and maisonettes £137,750.
Are house prices going up in Syston?
The median was £262,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£257,000), and £275,000 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 Syston each year?
159 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 203 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Syston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Broad Street (LE7, £365,000), Wanlip Road (LE7, £340,000) and Millstone Lane (LE7, £332,500).
Is Syston expensive for Leicestershire?
Syston 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.