October 2026 report
Area reports · East Midlands · North West Leicestershire
East Midlands · Local authority district

North West Leicestershire

How North West Leicestershire compares with the 316 districts of England and Wales on prices, market activity, people, homes, transport and safety, from the same data our valuations use.

Price per m²
£3,095
-3.4% on the year
HPAI Property Index
40/100
Ranked 247th of 316 districts
Sales a month
116
-33% on the year
Recorded crime
58 per 1,000
Median district 71

HPAI Swatch

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Top row: how things areBottom row: which way they are moving
Band1 low8 high (always best)

Price per m²

£3,095/m²

Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, all property types.

Band 3/8Score 7/20 Weight in the index 15%

Areas alike

Districts with the most similar character to North West Leicestershire: price level, sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use, crime and carbon, from the HPAI Swatch. Useful if you like this area but want to compare options.

Hinckley and Bosworth
93% alike
Same band for price, sales, energy efficiency, density
Lower-carbon homes
North East Derbyshire
89% alike
Same band for price, density, rail use
Smaller market: 94 sales a monthLess energy-efficient homes
Blaby
88% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, rail use, crime
Pricier: £3,515/m²Smaller market: 96 sales a monthPrices rising there (+1.9%)
South Derbyshire
86% alike
Same band for price, sales, density, rail use
More energy-efficient homesLower-carbon homes
Gedling
86% alike
Same band for price, sales, rail use
Less energy-efficient homesDenser: 1,005/km²
East Staffordshire
86% alike
Same band for price, sales, density
More rail journeysLess energy-efficient homes

Alike but cheaper

Similar character, at least 15% lower price per m² than North West Leicestershire's £3,095

South Ribble
85% alike
Same band for sales, crime
Lower-carbon homesDenser: 1,021/km²
Bolsover
85% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, rail use
Cheaper: £2,212/m²Smaller market: 82 sales a month
Newcastle-under-Lyme
82% alike
Same band for rail use, carbon
Less energy-efficient homesHigher crime: 71 per 1,000Prices rising there (+6.7%)
Wyre
81% alike
Same band for sales, density, crime, carbon
Less energy-efficient homesCheaper: £2,430/m²Prices rising there (+0.2%)

Buying costs

At today's 5.36% five-year fixed mortgage rate (August 2026), a typical detached house in North West Leicestershire (£345,500) costs about £1,570 a month with a 25% deposit over 25 years. With inflation at 3.1%, prices are down 6.3% on the year in real terms.

Market conditions

Latest published, August 2026

5.36%5-year fixed mortgage rate (75% loan-to-value, Bank of England) +0.50 points on a year ago
3.1%Inflation (CPI, ONS) 3.8% a year ago

Repayment calculator

Starts from the median price of each property type in North West Leicestershire (last 12 months). Change any figure.

£1,570a month
Loan
£259,125
Deposit
£86,375
Total interest
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Income lenders may look for (4.5×)
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A guide only: repayment mortgage at a fixed rate for the whole term; lenders' rates, fees and criteria vary.

Prices

Homes in North West Leicestershire sell for £3,095 per m² (12-month median, all property types), 4% above the East Midlands median. Prices fell 3.4% over the last year.

Price per m², last 10 years

12-month median, all property types, against the region and the median district in England and Wales

By property type

Last 12 months

Type£/m²YearMedian price
Detached3,151 +3.3%£345,500
Semi-detached2,907 +0.1%£235,500
Terraced2,381 -2.3%£185,000
Flat3,127 +3.5%£123,000

Market

About 1,390 homes sold in the last 12 months, 45% of them detacheds. Activity is down 33% on a year ago.

Sales a month

Open-market sales registered with HM Land Registry; the line is the 12-month average

What sells

Sales by property type, last 12 months

People & homes

114,432 people live in North West Leicestershire, 410 per km² across 279.3 km². The population changed by +0.9% in the last year.

Population

ONS mid-year estimates (projected after the latest year)

Homes and energy

Energy Performance Certificates and ONS

66Average EPC scoreBand 5 of 8
4.0 tCO₂ a home a yearBand 3 of 8
410Residents per km²Band 3 of 8

Transport

There are no national rail stations in North West Leicestershire.

Safety

58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year (Apr 2025 - Mar 2026), higher than 30% of districts; the median district has 71. Crime is down 9.6% on the year.

Recorded crime, 12 months to each March

Home Office police recorded crime; anti-social behaviour isn't recorded crime

Main types

Recorded crimes, Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Schools

48 schools take primary-age pupils and 8 secondary-age, 14,327 pupils in all. Distances to a particular home, and admissions rules, are in each valuation report.

Latest inspection outcomes

Ofsted, in Ofsted's own terms; report cards (from November 2025) have no overall grade; Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn

How hard it is to get in

First-choice applications and offers, latest entry year (DfE, England)

Value a home in North West Leicestershire

Free instant valuation using the same data as this report: recent sales, local price trends and the HPAI Swatch.

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October 2026 report: as up to date as it can be. Every figure is the latest each source has published. Where an official source runs behind (population, rail passengers), we project it forward to today from its own trend and mark it as projected. Latest periods:

  • Sales and prices: to August 2026 (HM Land Registry)
  • Recorded crime: year to March 2026 (Home Office)
  • Population: mid-2025 estimates, projected to date (ONS)
  • Rail passengers: year to March 2025, projected after that (Office of Rail and Road)
  • Schools: latest published inspections and admissions (Ofsted, DfE)
  • Energy and homes: certificates lodged to date (EPC register)

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