Western Road, Leicester house prices are built from 397 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 15 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £91,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +57.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +14.0%.
Median price paid
£91,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+57.4%
Change in real terms
+14.0%
Median per m²
£952
HM Land Registry397 sales137 with floor areaLatest sale 15 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Western Road, Leicester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Western 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 | £32,550 | £72,276 |
| 2000s | 9 | £107,000 | £194,922 |
| 2010s | 7 | £107,750 | £151,928 |
| 2020s | 2 | £153,000 | £156,326 |
The highest yearly median on record for Western Road, Leicester is £160,500 in 2025; the lowest is £26,000 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £29,000 to £160,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £64,394, so the real change over the whole record is +154.7% — about +3.17% 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: +57.4% in cash against +14.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 48 the River Buildings, 28 | 15 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £112,000 | £112,000 |
| Flat 36 the River Buildings, 24 | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 240 | 4 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £160,500 | £163,989 |
| Flat 82 the River Buildings, 28 | 30 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £91,000 | £92,978 |
| 320 | 4 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £163,000 | £166,543 |
| 338 | 27 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £151,500 | £154,793 |
| 211 | 4 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £190,000 | £194,130 |
| 252 | 10 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £172,000 | £180,985 |
| Flat 64 the River Buildings, 24 | 6 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £142,052 |
| 103 | 19 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £172,000 | £180,985 |
| 248 | 28 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £140,000 | £147,313 |
| 201 | 11 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £185,000 | £199,885 |
| 244 | 10 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £205,000 | £221,494 |
| 73 | 14 Jun 2023 | Terraced | £116,000 | £125,333 |
| 213 | 26 May 2023 | Terraced | £151,000 | £163,149 |
| 211 | 23 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| 244 | 15 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £108,000 | £116,690 |
| Flat 96 the River Buildings, 30 – 32 | 11 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £133,237 |
| 292 | 6 May 2022 | Terraced | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 360 | 1 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £170,000 | £196,960 |
| 196 | 17 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £156,000 | £197,097 |
| Flat 42 the River Buildings, 26 | 22 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £99,000 | £125,081 |
| 215 | 7 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £125,500 | £162,493 |
| 298 | 30 Jun 2020 | Terraced | £135,000 | £174,793 |
| 314 | 5 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £132,500 | £171,556 |
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 Western 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 48 the RIVER BUILDINGS, 28 Western Road | £117,500 (2014) | £112,000 (2026) | -0.4% | -3.3% |
| 240 Western Road | £35,000 (1998) | £160,500 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 338 Western Road | £29,750 (1999) | £151,500 (2025) | +6.5% | +3.7% |
| 211 Western Road | £29,000 (1998) | £190,000 (2025) | +7.2% | +4.4% |
| 252 Western Road | £33,000 (1998) | £172,000 (2024) | +6.6% | +3.8% |
| 103 Western Road | £34,300 (1999) | £172,000 (2024) | +6.7% | +3.9% |
| 201 Western Road | £114,000 (2016) | £185,000 (2023) | +7.2% | +3.3% |
| 244 Western Road | £33,000 (1995) | £205,000 (2023) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 73 Western Road | £112,000 (2008) | £116,000 (2023) | +0.2% | -2.7% |
| 213 Western Road | £72,000 (2003) | £151,000 (2023) | +3.8% | +0.9% |
| 360 Western Road | £13,000 (1998) | £170,000 (2022) | +11.3% | +8.6% |
| 196 Western Road | £102,000 (2008) | £156,000 (2021) | +3.3% | +1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Western 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 286 | 72.0% | £72,000 | £13,000 – £525,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 106 | 26.7% | £129,950 | £48,750 – £274,950 |
| Semi-detached | 3 | 0.8% | £55,000 | £50,000 – £175,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 0.5% | £190,000 | £190,000 – £300,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Western Road, Leicester
106 of the sales on record are leasehold and 291 freehold — 26.7% 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 £129,950 and the median freehold sale £72,000 — a gap of -44.6%. 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 | 106 | 26.7% | £129,950 |
| Freehold | 291 | 73.3% | £72,000 |
| New build | 47 | 11.8% | £139,950 |
| Existing home | 350 | 88.2% | £85,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +64.6%. 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 52 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 Western 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 £91,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 13.05% 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.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Western 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.
30 state and independent schools have a LE3 postcode: 25 primary, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fullhurst Community College | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,441 |
| Castle Mead Academy | Secondary | Free schools | 1,223 |
| Brook Mead Academy | Secondary | Free schools | 1,104 |
| The Herewoode Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 979 |
| Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 645 |
| The Winstanley School | Secondary | Academy converter | 643 |
| Stafford Leys Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 607 |
| Caldecote Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 600 |
| Forest Lodge Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 552 |
| Dovelands Primary School | Primary | Community school | 534 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester Rail Station | Rail | 3.5 km |
| Leicester North (Great Central Railway) | Metro or underground | 4.9 km |
| Leicester North (Great Central Railway) | Metro or underground | 4.9 km |
| Great Central Railway | Tram | 5.0 km |
Section 09
How Western Road, Leicester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Western Road, Leicester sits below that national figure — -42.2%.
Within Leicester the street ranks 4585 of 5322 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £135,000 (-32.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £952 per square metre, across 137 of the 397 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £13,000 to £525,000. 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.
Western 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
- Hinckley Road£139,950 median
- Narborough Road£115,000 median
- Groby Road£135,000 median
- Tudor Road£81,000 median
- Braunstone Lane£129,000 median
- Beatrice Road£83,500 median
- Harrow Road£120,000 median
- Barclay Street£118,000 median
- Darien Way£105,373 median
- Glenfield Road£125,000 median
- Pool Road£84,950 median
- Forest House Lane£285,000 median
- Fosse Road North£95,922 median
- Haddenham Road£110,000 median
- Dominion Road£134,500 median
- Hopefield Road£104,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 211 Western Road6 sales
- 338 Western Road5 sales
- 244 Western Road5 sales
- 190 Western Road5 sales
- 177 Western Road5 sales
- 213 Western Road4 sales
- 360 Western Road4 sales
- 314 Western Road4 sales
- 230 Western Road4 sales
- 316 Western Road4 sales
- 270 Western Road4 sales
- 334 Western Road4 sales
- 83 Western Road4 sales
- 111 Western Road4 sales
- 65 Western Road4 sales
- 109 Western Road4 sales
- 179 Western Road4 sales
- 240 Western Road3 sales
- 103 Western Road3 sales
- 298 Western Road3 sales
- 288 Western Road3 sales
- 340 Western Road3 sales
- 302 Western Road3 sales
- 181 Western Road3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Western Road, Leicester?
The median price paid in Western Road, Leicester across every sale on the register is £91,000. 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 Western Road, Leicester?
397 sales are on record for Western Road, Leicester, the most recent completing on 15 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Western Road, Leicester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +57.4% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +14.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Western Road, Leicester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £160,500, set in 2025. 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 Western Road, Leicester?
£952 per square metre, from the 137 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 15 Jun 2026. 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, “Western 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.