Council areaEast Midlands, England

House prices in Blaby

Homes in Blaby sold for a median of £282,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,718 standard sales.

That makes it the sixth most expensive of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £250,000.

Median sale price£282,0002,718 standard sales
Middle half of prices£240,000 to £350,000
Change since 2016+41%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £198,500
  2. 2017: £208,000
  3. 2018: £220,000
  4. 2019: £218,000
  5. 2020: £235,000
  6. 2021: £255,000
  7. 2022: £275,000
  8. 2023: £270,500
  9. 2024: £275,000
  10. 2025: £280,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £286,500
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 41%, from £198,500 in 2016 to £280,000 in 2025, less than the 48% rise across the East Midlands as a whole.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Blaby, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,015£370,000£315,000 to £450,000£3,430/m²from 49 sales
Semi-detached1,220£265,000£240,000 to £295,000£3,193/m²from 61 sales
Terraced385£220,000£195,000 to £250,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes98£144,500£121,000 to £180,000Too few

Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold in Blaby, at 45% of sales, ahead of detached houses at 37%.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,269 per m², 13% above the £2,889 across the East Midlands as a whole.

Almost every sale here was freehold: only 5% were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales.

Postcode districts in Blaby

District medians are close together, from £285,000 in LE19 (Leicester) to £295,000 in LE8 (Leicester).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. LE8Leicester, 1,126 salesMedian price £295,000Price per square metre £3,176Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  2. LE19Leicester, 566 salesMedian price £285,000Price per square metre £3,453Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Tay Road, Lubbesthorpe (LE19)28 sales
  • Whiteadder Way, Lubbesthorpe (LE19)28 sales
  • Blackbird Road, Fleckney (LE8)21 sales
  • Garner Way, Fleckney (LE8)15 sales
  • Coleridge Drive, Enderby (LE19)14 sales
  • Thurso Way, Lubbesthorpe (LE19)14 sales
  • Forsa Close, Lubbesthorpe (LE19)13 sales
  • Henson Close, Whetstone (LE8)13 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Thurso Way, Lubbesthorpe (LE19, detached houses, £412,500), Whiteadder Way, Lubbesthorpe (LE19, £375,000) and Forsa Close, Lubbesthorpe (LE19, £355,000).

The cheapest were Gladstone Street, Fleckney (LE8, £195,000), Enderby Road, Blaby (LE8, £230,000) and Wick Road, Lubbesthorpe (LE19, £240,000).

Living in Blaby

Crime

62 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Lower than 69 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

93% of homes can get it

Higher than 63 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

39% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,490 a year in Blaby for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 66 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the East Midlands

Median sale price of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Blaby and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Rushcliffe£342,000
  2. Rutland£340,000
  3. Harborough£332,000
  4. Derbyshire Dales£320,000
  5. West Northamptonshire£300,000
  6. Blaby, this council area£282,000
  7. Oadby and Wigston£280,000
  8. Charnwood£275,000
  9. North West Leicestershire£272,500
  10. Melton£270,000
  11. Hinckley and Bosworth£265,000
  12. South Kesteven£265,000
  13. High Peak£265,000
  14. North Northamptonshire£264,000
  15. South Derbyshire£260,000

About these figures

Blaby's figures come from 2,718 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 2 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Blaby, so their sales add up to 1,692 instead (how we build council pages).

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.