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Cookson Road, Leicester

MyStreetCheck free street report: Cookson Road, Leicester · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/leicester-leicester/cookson-road/

House prices, sold prices and local information for LE4 9WT.

Average price (last 12 months)
£140,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£166,394
24 sales
Price range
£86k – £260k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
18 Dec 2025
LE4 9WT

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At a glance

House prices£166k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 5 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station36 min walkSyston station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold57% freeholdAcross 28 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

24 property sales on Cookson Road, Leicester have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £140,000. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £191,773. Average sale prices rose from £128,000 in 2016 to £151,333 in 2025 (+18%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 46% terraced, 38% flat, 17% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Cookson Road range from £86,000 to £260,000. 57% of homes sold here were freehold and 43% leasehold.

House prices on Cookson Road compared

LE4 postcode area£266,023
Leicester£255,467
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Cookson Road has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all LE4 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £128,000 (2 sales)2016£128k2017: £130,625 (4 sales)2017£131k2018: £103,000 (2 sales)2018£103k2019: £114,250 (2 sales)2019£114k2020: £158,000 (1 sales)2020£158k2021: £230,000 (1 sales)2021£230k2022: £213,488 (4 sales)2022£213k2023: £211,750 (4 sales)2023£212k2024: £237,500 (1 sales)2024£238k2025: £151,333 (3 sales)2025£151k

Tenure: 57% freehold and 43% leasehold across 28 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Terraced11£191,77310 Mar 2025
Flat9£118,71718 Dec 2025
Semi-detached4£203,87513 Dec 2024

Sold prices on Cookson Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
26, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 8 Sep 2026£142,500 FlatLeasehold
60, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 8 May 2026£230,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
45, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 18 Dec 2025£140,000 FlatLeasehold
6, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 10 Mar 2025£192,000 TerracedFreehold
39, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 28 Feb 2025£122,000 TerracedLeasehold
17, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 13 Dec 2024£237,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
52, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 23 Oct 2023£195,000 TerracedFreehold
46, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 29 Sep 2023£258,000 TerracedFreehold
8, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 4 Aug 2023£232,000 TerracedFreehold
27, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 24 Apr 2023£162,000 FlatLeasehold
24, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 22 Jul 2022£205,000 TerracedFreehold
10, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 27 May 2022£250,000 TerracedFreehold
51, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 27 May 2022£260,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
45, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 13 May 2022£138,950 FlatLeasehold
44, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 18 Feb 2022£185,000 OtherFreehold
4, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 25 Jun 2021£230,000 TerracedFreehold
14, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 7 Feb 2020£158,000 TerracedFreehold
31, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 15 Oct 2019£113,500 FlatLeasehold
25, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 27 Jun 2019£115,000 FlatLeasehold
26, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 13 Nov 2018£120,000 FlatLeasehold
28, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 9 Feb 2018£86,000 FlatLeasehold
39, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 1 Dec 2017£107,500 TerracedLeasehold
47, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 28 Jul 2017£97,000 FlatLeasehold
55, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 24 Feb 2017£155,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
15, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 20 Jan 2017£163,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
15, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 30 Sep 2016£165,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
25, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 26 Aug 2016£96,000 FlatLeasehold
54, Cookson Road LE4 9WT 29 Jul 2016£160,000 TerracedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
26, Cookson Road £120,000 (Nov 2018) → £142,500 (Sep 2026) +19%
over 8 yrs
45, Cookson Road £138,950 (May 2022) → £140,000 (Dec 2025) +1%
over 4 yrs
39, Cookson Road £107,500 (Dec 2017) → £122,000 (Feb 2025) +13%
over 7 yrs
25, Cookson Road £96,000 (Aug 2016) → £115,000 (Jun 2019) +20%
over 3 yrs
15, Cookson Road £165,000 (Sep 2016) → £163,000 (Jan 2017) -1%
over under a year

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Schools near Cookson Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Sandfield Close Primary School 250 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School 454 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Church Hill Church of England Junior School 238 pupils Primary Church of England 7–11 Report 0.8 mi
Church Hill Infant School 167 pupils Primary 5–7 Report 0.8 mi
Eastfield Primary School 335 pupils Primary 4–11 Requires improvement Report 0.9 mi
Avanti Fields School 1,236 pupils All-through Hindu 3–16 Good Report 1.1 mi
Herrick Primary School 305 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 1.1 mi
Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary Academy 232 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 5–11 Report 1.2 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Syston station 1.8 mi · 36 min walk
  • Leicester station 3.1 mi · 1 hr 3 min walk
  • Sileby station 4.6 mi · 1 hr 31 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Mountain Road (opposite , Barkbythorpe Road) 3 min walk
  • Mountain Road (adj, Barkbythorpe Road) 3 min walk
  • Cheney Road (adj, Barkbythorpe Road) 4 min walk
  • Cheney Road (opp, Barkbythorpe Road) 4 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Silverdale Medical Centre
    6 Silverdale Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester · 0.5 mi
  • Thurmaston Health Centre
    573A Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicester · 1.0 mi
  • Spirit Primary Care Ltd-Rushey Mead
    Rushey Mead Health Centre, 8 Lockerbie Walk, Leicester · 1.0 mi
  • Johnson Medical Practice
    Hilltop Surgery, 22 Maidenwell Avenue, Leicester · 1.2 mi

Supermarkets

  • Tesco Express Tesco Leicester Humberstone Express · 0.4 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Leicester Hamilton · 0.7 mi
  • Aldi Aldi Thurmaston Leicester · 0.7 mi
  • Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Leicester Hamilton Local · 0.8 mi

Pharmacies

  • Silverdale Pharmacy · 0.6 mi
  • Fusion Pharmacy · 0.8 mi
  • Hamilton Pharmacy · 0.8 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.8 mi
  • Clearly Orthodontics · 1.5 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 1.5 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income5 of 10
Employment5 of 10
Education and skills4 of 10
Health and disability5 of 10
Crime5 of 10
Access to housing and services2 of 10
Living environment5 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned70.3%62.5%
Private rented24.2%20.3%
Social rented5.5%17.1%
Households890

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1517.8%17.4%
Aged 15–6465.4%64.1%
Aged 65+16.8%18.6%
Residents2,160

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks97%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks98%92%

Share of homes across Leicester with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Cookson Road

Ethnic group

HereLeicester
White49.3%40.9%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh40%43.4%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5%7.8%
Other ethnic group3%4.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.8%3.8%

Religion

HereLeicester
Christian29.2%24.7%
Hindu25.9%17.9%
No religion23.5%23%
Muslim10.6%23.5%
Sikh6.1%4.5%
Not answered3.9%5.6%
Other religion0.5%0.6%
Buddhist0.4%0.3%

Country of birth

HereLeicester
Born in the UK67.7%58.9%
Born outside the UK32.3%41.1%

Highest qualification

HereLeicester
Level 4 qualifications and above27.3%26.8%
No qualifications24.5%26.7%
Level 3 qualifications14.9%16.1%
Level 2 qualifications13.1%11.7%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%10.7%
Apprenticeship6.1%3.8%
Other qualifications3.1%4.3%

General health

HereLeicester
Very good health47.9%48.8%
Good health33.2%33.5%
Fair health13.6%12.5%
Bad health3.7%4%
Very bad health1.5%1.2%

Cars or vans per household

HereLeicester
1 car or van in household47.5%41.1%
2 cars or vans in household29%19.6%
No cars or vans in household15.7%33%
3 or more cars or vans in household7.9%6.3%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Leicester.

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