Desford Road, Leicester house prices are built from 247 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £235,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +63.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +18.1%.
Median price paid
£235,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+63.0%
Change in real terms
+18.1%
HM Land Registry247 salesLatest sale 19 Dec 2025
Section 01
How Desford Road, Leicester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Desford Road, Leicester house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £83,000 | £184,299 |
| 2000s | 9 | £185,000 | £337,016 |
| 2010s | 8 | £270,000 | £380,700 |
| 2020s | 6 | £370,000 | £378,043 |
The highest yearly median on record for Desford Road, Leicester is £585,000 in 2022; the lowest is £70,000 in 1998. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £83,000 to £370,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £184,299, so the real change over the whole record is +105.1% — about +2.42% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +63.0% in cash against +18.1% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28a | 19 Dec 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 33a | 23 Jul 2025 | Detached | £690,000 | £705,000 |
| 23 | 9 May 2025 | Detached | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| 40c | 28 Mar 2025 | Detached | £595,000 | £607,935 |
| 60 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| 45 | 28 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 44 | 21 Mar 2025 | Detached | £590,000 | £602,826 |
| 28 | 27 Sep 2024 | Detached | £550,000 | £578,731 |
| The Nest | 25 Sep 2024 | Detached | £560,000 | £589,254 |
| 9 | 6 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £273,500 | £287,787 |
| Burnside House | 23 Aug 2024 | Detached | £460,000 | £484,030 |
| 40d | 2 Jul 2024 | Detached | £540,000 | £568,209 |
| 27 | 3 May 2024 | Terraced | £385,000 | £405,112 |
| 26 | 27 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £120,000 | £129,655 |
| 34 | 11 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £508,000 | £548,874 |
| 42a | 6 Jun 2023 | Detached | £460,000 | £497,011 |
| 51 | 5 May 2023 | Detached | £355,000 | £383,563 |
| 16 | 17 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £402,000 | £434,345 |
| 81a | 27 Jan 2023 | Detached | £407,000 | £439,747 |
| 101 | 6 Jan 2023 | Detached | £725,000 | £783,333 |
| 63a | 2 Dec 2022 | Detached | £585,000 | £677,773 |
| 39 | 4 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £278,061 |
| 2 | 7 Oct 2022 | Detached | £775,000 | £897,905 |
| 54 | 5 Oct 2022 | Detached | £677,050 | £784,421 |
| 64 | 30 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £463,435 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Desford Road, Leicester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28A Desford Road | £146,000 (1999) | £350,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.7% |
| 33A Desford Road | £600,000 (2020) | £690,000 (2025) | +2.8% | -1.9% |
| 23 Desford Road | £95,000 (1996) | £370,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 40C Desford Road | £360,000 (2014) | £595,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.5% |
| 45 Desford Road | £316,000 (2020) | £240,000 (2025) | -5.4% | -9.7% |
| 44 Desford Road | £215,000 (2012) | £590,000 (2025) | +8.1% | +5.0% |
| 28 Desford Road | £430,000 (2006) | £550,000 (2024) | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| THE NEST Desford Road | £465,000 (2015) | £560,000 (2024) | +2.1% | -1.2% |
| 9 Desford Road | £110,000 (2009) | £273,500 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.1% |
| BURNSIDE HOUSE Desford Road | £270,000 (2010) | £460,000 (2024) | +3.9% | +0.8% |
| 40D Desford Road | £240,000 (2002) | £540,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +0.9% |
| 27 Desford Road | £100,500 (2000) | £385,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Desford Road, Leicester is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 119 | 48.2% | £315,000 | £30,000 – £828,000 |
| Semi-detached | 80 | 32.4% | £179,950 | £34,950 – £508,000 |
| Terraced | 43 | 17.4% | £190,000 | £30,000 – £402,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 5 | 2.0% | £87,500 | £42,000 – £240,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Desford Road, Leicester
7 of the sales on record are leasehold and 240 freehold — 2.8% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £60,000 and the median freehold sale £239,000 — a gap of +298.3%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 7 | 2.8% | £60,000 |
| Freehold | 240 | 97.2% | £239,000 |
| New build | 9 | 3.6% | £303,562 |
| Existing home | 238 | 96.4% | £224,750 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +35.1%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 23 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Desford Road, Leicester
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Blaby, 43.0% of 41,196 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 192 | 0.5% |
| B | 6,362 | 15.4% |
| C | 11,140 | 27.0% |
| D | 16,638 | 40.4% |
| E | 5,428 | 13.2% |
| F | 1,182 | 2.9% |
| G | 254 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Blaby at £990 a month as of Jun 2026 — £706 for a one-bedroom home and £1,075 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £235,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.06% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of LE9, 10 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 4 violent, 0 burglary, 1 vehicle-related and 2 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 16.7 times quieter.
Against the 102,926 residents the 2021 census counted in Blaby, that is 0.10 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Desford Road, Leicester
The 2021 census counted 102,926 residents in Blaby across 42,575 households. 79.0% of those households own their home and 21.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
21 state and independent schools have a LE9 postcode: 18 primary, 3 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosworth Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,565 |
| Thomas Estley Community College | Secondary | Academy converter | 883 |
| Heath Lane Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 644 |
| Manorfield Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 410 |
| Kirby Muxloe Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 402 |
| Desford Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 385 |
| Old Mill Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 367 |
| Cosby Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 326 |
| Townlands Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 275 |
| Newlands Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 270 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Narborough Rail Station | Rail | 5.3 km |
| Hinckley Rail Station | Rail | 7.5 km |
| Shenton Rail Station (Battlefield Line) | Tram | 9.5 km |
| South Wigston Rail Station | Rail | 10.0 km |
Section 09
How Desford Road, Leicester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Desford Road, Leicester sits above that national figure — +49.2%.
Within Leicester the street ranks 971 of 5322 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £135,000 (+74.1%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £30,000 to £828,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Desford Road, Leicester sits in Blaby, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Blaby at 7.0 times median local earnings of £40,102 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Leicester Road£171,000 median
- Kirkby Road£125,000 median
- Church Street£140,000 median
- The Pastures£135,000 median
- Church Lane£190,000 median
- Manor Road£156,000 median
- Cedar Road£129,500 median
- Speedwell Drive£118,250 median
- Warwick Road£135,250 median
- Shilton Road£107,857 median
- Lime Avenue£158,500 median
- Charnwood Road£110,000 median
- Barons Close£223,000 median
- Montague Road£140,000 median
- Hereford Close£112,000 median
- Ashtree Road£113,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 2 Desford Road10 sales
- 6 Desford Road10 sales
- 4 Desford Road8 sales
- 26 Desford Road7 sales
- 30 Desford Road7 sales
- 37 Desford Road6 sales
- 34 Desford Road5 sales
- 16 Desford Road5 sales
- 14 Desford Road5 sales
- 22 Desford Road5 sales
- 28 Desford Road4 sales
- 9 Desford Road4 sales
- 39 Desford Road4 sales
- 64 Desford Road4 sales
- 24 Desford Road4 sales
- 12 Desford Road4 sales
- 10 Desford Road4 sales
- THE ELMS Desford Road4 sales
- 38 Desford Road4 sales
- 5 Desford Road4 sales
- 23 Desford Road3 sales
- 40C Desford Road3 sales
- 40D Desford Road3 sales
- 27 Desford Road3 sales
Back to Leicester house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Desford Road, Leicester?
The median price paid in Desford Road, Leicester across every sale on the register is £235,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Desford Road, Leicester?
247 sales are on record for Desford Road, Leicester, the most recent completing on 19 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Desford Road, Leicester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +63.0% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +18.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Desford Road, Leicester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £585,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Desford Road, Leicester?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 19 Dec 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Desford Road, Leicester house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.