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St Matthews & Highfields North

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in St Matthews & Highfields North typically sold for £220,000. Half of the 53 sales were between £172k and £250k, against a typical £240,000 across Leicester.

Postcodes LE1, LE2, LE5

All of Leicester
Abbey ParkBelgrave SouthSpinney Hill RoadHighfields SouthLeicester City SouthLeicester City Centre
St Matthews & Highfields North and the neighbourhoods next to it, in Leicester.Open the map
Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £220k half sold for £172k to £250k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 53 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +46.7% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 0% of sales · 26% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Leicester.

  • Detached
    No sales in 3 years
  • Semi-detached
    Not enough sales (1 in 3 years)
  • Terraced £236,500 typical
    Half between £209k and £256k · 38 sales · Leicester £220k
  • Flat
    Not enough sales (14 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in St Matthews & Highfields North

This neighbourhood Leicester Homes sold
£0£100k£200k£300k 1995: £33,2501996: £30,0001997: £30,7501998: £33,5001999: £36,0002000: £35,0002001: £38,9752002: £53,0002003: £83,0002004: £114,5002005: £104,0002006: £115,0002007: £114,2502008: £114,0002009: £98,8752010: £102,0002011: £125,0002012: £105,0002013: £103,7002014: £112,0002015: £129,5002016: £127,0002017: £130,0002018: £172,5002019: £103,8002020: £112,5002021: £203,0002022: £157,0002023: £215,0002024: £181,0002025: £225,000 1995: 42 sold1996: 34 sold1997: 22 sold1998: 28 sold1999: 35 sold2000: 51 sold2001: 42 sold2002: 51 sold2003: 49 sold2004: 39 sold2005: 30 sold2006: 35 sold2007: 40 sold2008: 29 sold2009: 22 sold2010: 19 sold2011: 19 sold2012: 17 sold2013: 19 sold2014: 21 sold2015: 17 sold2016: 17 sold2017: 17 sold2018: 14 sold2019: 20 sold2020: 12 sold2021: 20 sold2022: 23 sold2023: 14 sold2024: 16 sold2025: 24 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£100k£200k£300k 1995: £33,2501996: £30,0001997: £30,7501998: £33,5001999: £36,0002000: £35,0002001: £38,9752002: £53,0002003: £83,0002004: £114,5002005: £104,0002006: £115,0002007: £114,2502008: £114,0002009: £98,8752010: £102,0002011: £125,0002012: £105,0002013: £103,7002014: £112,0002015: £129,5002016: £127,0002017: £130,0002018: £172,5002019: £103,8002020: £112,5002021: £203,0002022: £157,0002023: £215,0002024: £181,0002025: £225,000 1995: 42 sold1996: 34 sold1997: 22 sold1998: 28 sold1999: 35 sold2000: 51 sold2001: 42 sold2002: 51 sold2003: 49 sold2004: 39 sold2005: 30 sold2006: 35 sold2007: 40 sold2008: 29 sold2009: 22 sold2010: 19 sold2011: 19 sold2012: 17 sold2013: 19 sold2014: 21 sold2015: 17 sold2016: 17 sold2017: 17 sold2018: 14 sold2019: 20 sold2020: 12 sold2021: 20 sold2022: 23 sold2023: 14 sold2024: 16 sold2025: 24 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Terraced72% · Leicester 41%
  • Flat26% · Leicester 11%
  • Semi-detached2% · Leicester 36%
  • Detached0% · Leicester 12%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · Leicester 2%
Leaseholds, share of sales26% · Leicester 12%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around St Matthews & Highfields North

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.