LE6Leicester, Hinckley and Bosworth, England

House prices in LE6, Leicester

Homes in LE6 sold for a median of £285,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 365 standard sales.

That makes it the eighth most expensive of the 21 LE postcode districts with at least 100 sales.

Median sale price£285,000365 standard sales
Middle half of prices£239,000 to £370,000
Price per m², LE area£3,152/m²From 997 LE sales, too few in LE6

Prices by property type

Standard sales in LE6, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle half
Detached161£375,000£300,000 to £460,000
Semi-detached124£270,000£245,000 to £311,000
Terraced76£221,500£202,000 to £246,000

LE6 has too few sales linked to an energy certificate for its own price per m². Across the LE postcode area, whose median sale price is within 20% of LE6's, it was £3,152 per m² from 997 linked sales.

Detached houses were the most common type sold here, at 44% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 34%.

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Where prices are higher in LE6

Each dot is a postcode in LE6 with at least 3 standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026, shaded by the median price of those sales. Select a dot for its median and a link to its sales, or use the list below the map.

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Each dot sits at the centre of its postcode, so it marks a street or part of one, not a single home. Medians mix all types of home, so a street of flats looks cheaper than a street of houses.
List the 54 postcodes on the map, dearest first
Median price of standard sales by postcode in LE6, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first
PostcodeMedian priceStandard sales
LE6 0BQ£500,0003
LE6 0QE£497,5006
LE6 0DE£490,0003
LE6 0EZ£475,0003
LE6 0EP£460,0003
LE6 0QG£445,0003
LE6 0GT£440,0003
LE6 0GU£421,0004
LE6 0LJ£385,0004
LE6 0YZ£370,0003
LE6 0DA£365,0003
LE6 0YD£365,0004
LE6 0GZ£357,5004
LE6 0SA£352,5004
LE6 0HL£347,5004
LE6 0QA£345,0005
LE6 0QD£340,0003
LE6 0DQ£332,5004
LE6 0ER£329,5003
LE6 0FL£325,0003
LE6 0JX£325,0007
LE6 0BT£320,5004
LE6 0LS£312,0003
LE6 0DG£297,5004
LE6 0PF£293,0005
LE6 0QB£290,00020
LE6 0BP£280,0003
LE6 0JN£278,0003
LE6 0BN£277,0003
LE6 0DB£275,0003
LE6 0BL£272,0005
LE6 0NG£269,5004
LE6 0JW£266,5004
LE6 0YP£266,5004
LE6 0YU£259,5004
LE6 0AU£259,0006
LE6 0ED£257,0003
LE6 0DJ£251,0005
LE6 0GS£250,0003
LE6 0FX£245,0003
LE6 0ND£245,0005
LE6 0FW£240,0003
LE6 0JJ£239,0005
LE6 0AQ£236,5004
LE6 0JP£235,0003
LE6 0JS£234,0008
LE6 0BG£230,0003
LE6 0YF£230,0005
LE6 0JL£229,0004
LE6 0BH£215,0006
LE6 0LQ£214,0003
LE6 0JU£210,0005
LE6 0JT£209,0006
LE6 0JR£201,0006

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £190,000
  2. 2017: £200,000
  3. 2018: £214,500
  4. 2019: £223,000
  5. 2020: £224,000
  6. 2021: £250,000
  7. 2022: £280,000
  8. 2023: £285,500
  9. 2024: £272,500
  10. 2025: £289,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £292,000
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 52%, from £190,000 in 2016 to £289,000 in 2025, more than the 46% rise for a typical district in the East Midlands.

Postcode districts in the Hinckley and Bosworth council area

Median sale price of the 4 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. LE6 is the second most expensive.

  1. CV13 Nuneaton£340,000
  2. LE6 Leicester, this district£285,000
  3. LE9 Leicester£270,000
  4. LE10 Hinckley£262,500

Recent sales

The 10 latest sales ran from £250,000 for a semi-detached house on Lime Avenue to £427,500 for a detached house on Heathbrook Drive.

The latest standard sales recorded in LE6. Sales take 2 weeks to 2 months to appear (how to find out what a house sold for). Select an address to check that home, or a postcode for every sale there.

  1. 142 Ratby RoadSold for £290,000LE6 0BTSold on 25 Sep 2026Terraced
  2. 15 Markfield RoadSold for £290,000LE6 0FLSold on 18 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  3. 21 Heathbrook DriveSold for £427,500LE6 0XBSold on 16 Sep 2026Detached
  4. 2 Harrison CloseSold for £370,000LE6 0QUSold on 27 Aug 2026Detached
  5. 10 Woodley RoadSold for £280,000LE6 0NZSold on 25 Aug 2026Terraced
  6. 7 Windmill CloseSold for £325,000LE6 0HTSold on 24 Aug 2026Detached
  7. 2 Timberwood DriveSold for £255,500LE6 0YUSold on 20 Aug 2026Semi-detached
  8. 37 Lime AvenueSold for £250,000LE6 0YESold on 17 Aug 2026Semi-detached
  9. 3 Bluebell DriveSold for £380,000LE6 0AXSold on 14 Aug 2026Detached
  10. 1 Barton CloseSold for £310,000LE6 0HLSold on 5 Aug 2026Detached

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

  • St James Close, Ratby£290,00020 sales
  • Stamford Street, Ratby£210,00019 sales
  • Leicester Road, Groby£300,00013 sales
  • Station Road, Ratby£220,00013 sales
  • Park Road, Ratby£227,00011 sales

Living in LE6

Crime

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

Lower than 78 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of postcode districts are between 47 and 93.

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

Across its postcodes, an average of 90% of homes can get it

Near the middle of all postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.

Radon

93% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 71 in 100 postcode districts.

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 £2,383 a year in Hinckley and Bosworth for 2026 to 2027

Lower than 61 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.

Prices by council ward

Median price in the council wards that cover most of LE6, from the sales in LE6, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:

  1. Groby 179 sales£290,000
  2. Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton 185 sales£270,000

Fewer than 30 sales, so no median: Forest Bradgate.

Energy ratings of homes for sale

Energy certificates made for homes put up for sale in LE6, lodged 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2026
RatingHomesShare
B123.9%, England and Wales 4.8%
C15851.1%, England and Wales 46.9%
D12540.5%, England and Wales 38.1%
E113.6%, England and Wales 7.3%
F20.6%, England and Wales 1.9%
G10.3%, England and Wales 0.6%

When the homes were built

Construction age band of homes put up for sale in LE6, as estimated by the assessor on the same certificates
BuiltHomesShare
Before 1900154.9%, England and Wales 9.3%
1900 to 1929268.4%, England and Wales 14.8%
1930 to 1949144.5%, England and Wales 13.9%
1950 to 19663712.0%, England and Wales 15.8%
1967 to 19828928.8%, England and Wales 18.5%
1983 to 19956320.4%, England and Wales 10.1%
1996 to 20113912.6%, England and Wales 11.9%
2012 or later268.4%, England and Wales 5.7%

Coal mining

None of the 258 live postcodes in LE6 is in the Mining Remediation Authority's coal mining reporting area, although 33% of postcodes in the East Midlands are.

About these figures

The figures come from 365 standard sales in LE6, the latest on 27 August 2026 (what counts as a standard sale). Of these, fewer than 1 in 10 were flats.

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.