Property searches in Leicester

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

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House prices

The average home in Leicester cost £226,881 in August 2026. Prices have fallen 1.5% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£226,881	-1.5%
Detached	£380,683	-1.7%
Semi-detached	£260,514	-0.8%
Terraced	£205,717	-1.1%
Flat or maisonette	£140,344	-4.7%
First-time buyers	£210,898	-1.3%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Leicester pays £2,529 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,686	£169
B	£1,967	£197
C	£2,248	£225
D	£2,529	£253
E	£3,091	£309
F	£3,653	£365
G	£4,215	£421
H	£5,058	£506

Renting

The average private rent is £1,020 a month (+0.9% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 5.4% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£713
2	£890
3	£1,043
4 or more	£1,450

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Leicester is split into 200 small neighbourhoods. 50% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 1% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 48% of homes are owned, 29% privately rented and 22% socially rented; 12% of people are 65 or over and 32% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

100.0% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 95.5% from all four; 100.0% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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