That is the middle of 1,255 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.
1,255 homes sold in three years: 279 detached houses, 675 semi-detached houses, 259 terraced houses and 42 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£356K
median sale · 279 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£304K–£415K
Last 12 months
£340K69 sold
New build
£415K
Semi-detached houses£255K
median sale · 675 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£285K
Last 12 months
£255K186 sold
New build
£320K
Terraced houses£198K
median sale · 259 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£177K–£225K
Last 12 months
£199K64 sold
Flats and maisonettes£121K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£130K
Last 12 months
£105K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 54% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses54%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Wigston’s homes sold for between £215K and £305K
One sale in ten was under £177K and one in ten over £382K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £255,000, sits in the £250–300K band
1,255 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 £44,500 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
328 sales in the last 12 months, against 824 in 2002, the busiest year, and 335 in 2008. Sales fell by 43% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 52% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wigston costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wigston, 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
£97K
£220K
£195K
£219K
£338K
£340K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£65K
£135K
£140K
£160K
£212K
£255K
Terraced houses
£39K
£45K
£109K
£115K
£125K
£165K
£199K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£35K
£78K
£70K
£76K
£99K
£105K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 16% in 2022
1,074 new homes have been sold in Wigston since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 2022.
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 £384,995
against £252,000 for a home sold on, 53% 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.
4% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.4% sold leasehold in Wigston. 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
Gloucester Crescent is Wigston’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
100 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 19 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
Gloucester Crescent
LE18
23
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Aylestone Lane
LE18
22
£274,375
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Clayhill Field
LE18
18
£337,495
Mixed · new builds
4
Dorset Avenue
LE18
15
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Evans Mill Road
LE18
14
£427,496
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Kingston Avenue
LE18
13
£219,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Lansdowne Grove
LE18
13
£210,000
Mixed
8
Admiral Close
LE18
11
£398,996
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Copse Close
LE18
11
£341,996
Mixed · new builds
10
Ruskington Drive
LE18
11
£327,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Mere Road
LE18
11
£321,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Carlton Drive
LE18
11
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Horsewell Lane
LE18
11
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Homestead Drive
LE18
11
£247,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Central Avenue
LE18
11
£228,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Newton Lane: £585,000
Wigston median£255K
Newton Lane£585K
Evans Mill Road£427K
The Oval£425K
Wigston Road£423K
Admiral Close£399K
Cheapest streets
Jasmine Court: £80,000
Wigston median£255K
Jasmine Court£80K
Parlour Close£102K
Launceston Road£124K
Canal Street£150K
Kirkdale Road£161K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.3 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
Wigston is the 37th most expensive of 50 towns in Leicestershire
Wigston 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 Wigston
What is the average house price in Wigston?
The median home in Wigston sold for £255,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,255 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £355,750, semi-detached houses £255,000, terraced houses £198,250 and flats and maisonettes £121,250.
Are house prices going up in Wigston?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£252,000), 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 Wigston each year?
328 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 538 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wigston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Newton Lane (LE18, £585,000), Evans Mill Road (LE18, £427,496) and The Oval (LE2, £425,000).
How much does a new build cost in Wigston?
New homes sold for a median £384,995 over three years, against £252,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.3% of sales.
Is Wigston expensive for Leicestershire?
Wigston is the 36th 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.