House prices in 'LE2 1', Leicester

Price per square metre data and charts revealed. Latest statistics for the housing market in 'LE2 1' (Leicester) - calculated on 05 January 2026.

Defining 'LE2 1'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "LE2 1", this is also called the postcode sector. There are no official postcode sector names so I've just labelled it LE2 1, Leicester. It is shown in red on the map below.

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in LE2 1 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

For example in November 2025, 79, Adderley Road, Leicester, LE2 1WD sold for £270,000. Given the internal area of 93 square metres recorded on the EPC, the price per sqm is £270,000 ÷ 93 sqm = £2,903.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). It is a huge pain to code the automatic conversion for square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on LE2 1 and elsewhere. All the conditionals turn my tidy code for into spaghetti. I will get around to it at some point, but for now you can just divide everything by 10 in your head, move a decimal place and you'll be close enough. If you want to be more precise 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqm for 'LE2 1' vs 'LE2'

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqm in LE2 1 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,900 to £3,000, £3,000 to £3,100, £3,100 to £3,200 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 259 sales that took place in LE2 1, Leicester in the last 24 months.

Generate a custom histogram like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in LE2 1, Leicester. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,090 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of LE2 1 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqm for LE2 1

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square metre property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Leicester. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'LE2 1' as well as the 'LE2' postcode district.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square metre in 'LE2 1' is £2,720.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 259 transactions in LE2 1, Leicester half were sold for between £2,380 and £3,090 per square metre.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 259 for LE2 1, Leicester.

    • Property price map for Leicester

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore 'LE2 1' house prices all the way down to individual property plots.

    Property price heatmap for Leicester
    House price map for Leicester

    Leicester house price forecasting

    House prices in LE2 1 fell -2.7% in the last year, -6.4% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in LE2 1 (Leicester) compared with the wider postcode district of LE2.

    House price index for LE2 1

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

    Download house price index as CSV (premium users only).

    The chart above shows changes in 'LE2 1' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqm for property in LE2 1 and is set to 100 in 2004. I'm comparing the trends for LE2 1,Leicester with the wider postcode district of LE2 What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire Leicester local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for LE2 1
    LE2 1 sector LE2 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 2.5% -0.2% 3.2% 0.4%
    20 yr total 64.8% -4.5% 88.4% 9.2%
    10 yr per annum 3.3% 0.1% 4.2% 1.1%
    10 yr total 37.9% 1.3% 51.3% 11.1%
    5 yr per annum 1.5% -2.9% 3.2% -1.2%
    5 yr total 7.5% -13.8% 17.2% -6.1%
    1 yr per annum -2.7% -6.4% 2.3% -1.5%
    1 yr total -2.7% -6.4% 2.3% -1.5%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, LE2 district have seen a 0.4% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of 9.2% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, LE2 1 sector have seen a -2.9% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -13.8% in real terms.

    Most recent LE2 1 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqm Recent sales
    Knighton Park Road, Leicester, LE2 1Z 77 sqm £2,713 27
    Howard Road, Leicester, LE2 1X 99 sqm £3,006 24
    London Road, Leicester, LE2 1Z 57 sqm £2,418 17
    Kimberley Road, Leicester, LE2 1L 123 sqm £2,547 17
    Montague Road, Leicester, LE2 1T 73 sqm £3,038 15
    Adderley Road, Leicester, LE2 1W 99 sqm £2,932 15
    Holmfield Road, Leicester, LE2 1S 176 sqm £2,965 14
    St Leonards Road, Leicester, LE2 1W 79 sqm £2,998 13

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    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'LE2 1' compares to the other postcode sectors in LE2.

    Sector Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    LE5 5 Leicester £2,600 sqm £2,990 sqm £3,410 sqm 140
    LE5 3 Leicester £2,340 sqm £2,670 sqm £2,990 sqm 64
    LE2 9 Glen Parva £2,440 sqm £2,860 sqm £3,330 sqm 268
    LE2 8 Leicester £2,320 sqm £2,700 sqm £3,130 sqm 274
    LE2 7 Leicester £2,050 sqm £2,370 sqm £2,860 sqm 118
    LE2 6 Leicester £2,410 sqm £2,810 sqm £3,190 sqm 234
    LE2 5 Oadby £2,820 sqm £3,370 sqm £3,790 sqm 184
    LE2 4 Oadby £3,070 sqm £3,680 sqm £3,980 sqm 283
    LE2 3 Leicester £2,750 sqm £3,220 sqm £3,710 sqm 263
    LE2 2 Leicester £2,280 sqm £3,190 sqm £3,890 sqm 172

    Raw data

    Our analysis of LE2 1 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqm £/sqm
    79, Adderley Rd, Leicester £270,000
    Nov-2025
    		 93 2,903
    60, Lorne Rd, Leicester £305,000
    Nov-2025
    		 110 2,772
    13, Ripon St, Leicester £208,795
    Nov-2025
    		 73 2,860

    See the entire list of all sales in LE2 1 here.

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