Leicester Area Guide

East Midlands · 5 postcode districts

Leicester at a glance

Local authority (Leicester)
£252k
Median home price
-10% vs national
15,712
Sales (last 5y)
166
Schools
81% Good/Outstanding (of 62 rated)
1,359
Transport stops
2 rail
3.8/10
Avg deprivation decile
more deprived than the English average

Area-level figures aggregated across Leicester’s postcode districts — a guide to the wider area, not a valuation of any specific property. Prices from HM Land Registry; schools from DfE/Ofsted; deprivation from English Indices of Deprivation 2025; transport from DfT NaPTAN.

House prices by property type

Local authority (Leicester)

Median sale price over the last five years across Leicester, by property type, with how each compares to the national median for that type.

Property typeMedian priceSales (5y)vs national
Detached£369,3773,308£41k
Semi-detached£255,9447,241£4k
Terraced£208,9906,492£9k
Flat£130,9851,987£101k

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (OGL v3.0).

Conservation & heritage

12.8%
of postcodes lie within a conservation area
+24.9% (£70k)
conservation-area price premiumLocal authority (Leicester)

Conservation coverage from Historic England designations; premium is the median in- vs out-of-conservation sale-price gap for the local authority.

Areas in Leicester

The postcode districts that make up Leicester, ordered by median home price. Click any for a free, detailed area report.

DistrictMedian priceSales (5y)Schools
LE5£260,0002,48245
LE4£255,0003,74137
LE2£251,5004,85642
LE3£235,7504,33435
LE1£138,1252997

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