England
Leicestershire£308,762
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in Leicestershire is £308,762 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 0.4%.
England
Leicestershire£308,762
Average price, last 12 months
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With £310,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Leicestershire.
Flats
£158,305
In budget
Terraced
£213,701
In budget
Semi-detached
£264,084
In budget
Detached
£424,469
£114k short
Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.
With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Leicestershire costs £1,545 a month.
£1,545
a month
A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.
Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.
Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.
Mostly detached houses
In Leicestershire the priciest area costs 1.3× the cheapest.
Cheapest: North West Leicestershire, £285,736. Priciest: Harborough, £374,873.
Each dot is one area inside the location, by its average sale price over the last 12 months. The areas we have prices for may not cover every part of a location.
Leicestershire has 251 public parks among 2,294 green space sites. Green space covers 1.8% of the area: about 52 m² per resident, or 7.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 75% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
1.8%
of the land is green space
52 m² per resident, or 7.2 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
251 public parks
Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Leicestershire has about 2.5 residents for every football pitch of land, or 917 people per square mile, which counts as high density.
Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).
Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.
Prices in Leicestershire were down on a year earlier in 19 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 0.4% on a year earlier.
Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.
Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.
Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
£308,762
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
−£1,113
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
+£90,359
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
9,337
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
25,522
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
296,455
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
382 per sq mi · High
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
712,397
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
917 per sq mi · High
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
52 m² per resident · more than 75% of areas
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
1.8%
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
251
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
61 per 1,000 · High
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
−2.1%
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
10 per 1,000
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
10.6 µg/m³ · Very High
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
8.1 µg/m³ · High
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
4,039
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
13.6 per 1,000 homes · fewer 54% of areas
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
7.4% · higher than 58% of areas
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
SEPT 2022 · £329,307
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
£200k – £300k · 41.0%
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
£424,469
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
£264,084
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
£213,701
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
£158,305
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
38.4%
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
37.0%
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
19.9%
Leicestershire
England / Leicestershire
4.7%
| Metric | Leicestershire England / Leicestershire |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £308,762 |
| Change over 1 year | −£1,113 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£90,359 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 9,337 |
| Number of postcodes | 25,522 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 296,455 |
| Household density | 382 per sq mi · High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 712,397 |
| Population density | 917 per sq mi · High |
| Green space per resident | 52 m² per resident · more than 75% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 1.8% |
| Public parks | 251 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 61 per 1,000 · High |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | −2.1% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 10 per 1,000 |
| Background NO₂ (µg/m³) | 10.6 µg/m³ · Very High |
| Background PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 8.1 µg/m³ · High |
| Listed buildings | 4,039 |
| Listed buildings per 1,000 homes | 13.6 per 1,000 homes · fewer 54% of areas |
| Homes in a conservation area | 7.4% · higher than 58% of areas |
| Peak month | SEPT 2022 · £329,307 |
| Most common price band | £200k – £300k · 41.0% |
| Detached average | £424,469 |
| Semi-detached average | £264,084 |
| Terraced average | £213,701 |
| Flats average | £158,305 |
| Detached share of sales | 38.4% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 37.0% |
| Terraced share of sales | 19.9% |
| Flats share of sales | 4.7% |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and conservation areas from Historic England, planning.data.gov.uk and Cadw; "No council data" means the council has not published its conservation area boundaries. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), licensed under the Open Government Licence.
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