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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/le

House prices in the LE postcode area, Leicester

Homes in the LE postcode area sold for a median of £275,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 25,211 standard sales.

That is 10% above the £250,000 median for the East Midlands, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£275,00025,211 standard sales
Middle half of prices£220,000 to £365,000
Change since 2016+51%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was LE14 (Melton Mowbray), at £360,000, and the cheapest was LE1 (mostly Castle ward), at £126,000. The dearest median is 2.9 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were LE16 (Market Harborough) and LE17 (Lutterworth), and the next cheapest LE11 (Loughborough) and LE13 (Melton Mowbray).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the LE area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the LE area, by number of sales: Leicester (10 districts), Loughborough (LE11, LE12), Coalville (LE67), Hinckley (LE10), Melton Mowbray (LE13, LE14), Market Harborough (LE16), Oakham (LE15), Wigston (LE18), Lutterworth (LE17), Ashby-de-La-Zouch (LE65).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. LE14Melton Mowbray, 565 sales£360,000£3,053+25%
  2. LE16Market Harborough, 1,519 sales£350,000£3,624−5%
  3. LE17Lutterworth, 636 sales£345,000Too few+3%
  4. LE15Oakham, 1,028 sales£330,000£3,207−8%
  5. LE7Leicester, 1,630 sales£325,000£3,550−2%
  6. LE65Ashby-de-La-Zouch, 571 sales£311,000£3,4720%
  7. LE8Leicester, 1,126 sales£295,000£3,176+2%
  8. LE6Leicester, 365 sales£285,000Too few+6%
  9. LE12Loughborough, 2,311 sales£285,000£3,170+5%
  10. LE19Leicester, 566 sales£285,000£3,4530%
  11. LE5Leicester, 993 sales£273,000£2,958+1%
  12. LE9Leicester, 1,704 sales£270,000£2,896−1%
  13. LE4Leicester, 1,548 sales£264,500£3,267+1%
  14. LE10Hinckley, 1,753 sales£262,500£2,927+6%
  15. LE2Leicester, 1,934 sales£260,000£3,1330%
  16. LE18Wigston, 792 sales£255,000£2,963+4%
  17. LE67Coalville, 2,114 sales£255,000£3,037+2%
  18. LE3Leicester, 1,809 sales£246,000£3,005+2%
  19. LE13Melton Mowbray, 1,011 sales£245,000£2,840−3%
  20. LE11Loughborough, 1,130 sales£240,000£3,054+2%
  21. LE1Leicester, 106 sales£126,000Too fewToo few

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.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in LE14 (Melton Mowbray), up 25%, and fell most in LE15 (Oakham), down 8%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Barons Pastures, Kirby Muxloe (LE9, detached houses, £720,000), Cecilian Drive, Barkby (LE7, detached houses, £650,000) and Station Road, Cropston (LE7, detached houses, £625,000).

The cheapest were Grosvenor Gate, Leicester (LE5, flats, £95,000), Deveron Way, Hinckley (LE10, flats, £97,000) and Sandhurst Street, Oadby (LE2, £120,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include CV (Coventry), DE (Derby), NG (Nottingham), NN (Northampton) and PE (Peterborough).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the LE area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached9,159£390,000£320,000 to £495,000£3,378/m²from 400 sales
Semi-detached9,100£260,000£225,000 to £300,000£3,096/m²from 382 sales
Terraced5,561£215,000£180,000 to £255,000£2,896/m²from 176 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,391£133,000£110,000 to £163,000£2,365/m²from 39 sales

Detached houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in the LE area, at 36% and 36% of sales.

Most homes here are freehold: 7% of sales were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
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 51%, from £184,000 in 2016 to £277,500 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the LE postcode area

Within LE, the median ran from £243,000 in Leicester to £333,000 in Rushcliffe, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the LE area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in LEMedian in LEWhole council area
Charnwood4,815£275,000£275,000
Leicester4,276£243,000£243,000
Harborough3,232£332,000£332,000
Hinckley and Bosworth3,163£259,000£265,000
Blaby2,718£282,000£282,000
North West Leicestershire2,440£270,000£272,500
Melton1,583£265,000£270,000
Oadby and Wigston1,298£280,000£280,000
Rutland1,025£330,000£340,000
Rushcliffe463£333,000£342,000
North Northamptonshire99£400,000£264,000
Rugby49£370,000£297,000
West Northamptonshire45£525,000£300,000
1 other council area5Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The LE figures come from 25,211 standard sales in 21 postcode districts across 14 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was LE12 (Loughborough), with 2,311 sales.

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

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