Leicester property guide

One of the East Midlands' biggest and busiest housing markets.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Leicester, Leicester. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of May 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London St Pancras in about 1 hour 10 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£260,000

Sales registered (12m)

3,443

Open schools

170

About Leicester

Leicester's red-brick terraces in Clarendon Park and Highfields, 1930s semis along the arterial roads and the larger homes of Stoneygate cover a wide price range.

Two universities, a large NHS trust and the county's professional economy drive demand, and sales volumes rank among the highest in the East Midlands.

House prices in Leicester

The median sale price in Leicester over the last 12 months was £260,000, across 3,443 recorded transactions. That is 1.9% lower than the previous 12 months.

Semi-detached homes were the most-traded type in Leicester, accounting for 1,254 of the period's sales at a median of £265,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£375,000	891
Semi-detached	£265,000	1,254
Terraced	£215,000	993
Flat	£123,000	251
Other	£250,000	54

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Schools in Leicester

Leicester has 170 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 105 primary, 25 secondary and 17 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Leicester centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Moat Community College	LE2 0TU	0.6 km
Castle Mead Academy	LE3 5QT	1.5 km
Madani Boys School	LE5 5LL	1.8 km
Fullhurst Community College	LE3 1AH	2.4 km
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College	LE2 6FU	2.5 km

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Crime in Leicester

In Leicester, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (30.5%), anti-social behaviour (13.9%) and public order (10.5%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	30.5%
Anti-social behaviour	13.9%
Public order	10.5%
Criminal damage and arson	10.2%
Other theft	7.6%

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Postcode districts in Leicester

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Leicester boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
	43,724
LE19	43,724
LE2	43,724
LE3	43,724
LE4	43,724

Frequently asked questions about Leicester

The median sale price in Leicester over the last 12 months was £260,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 170 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Leicester area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Leicester over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 43,724 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Leicester sold prices

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Crime in Leicester

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Schools in Leicester

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