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Colby Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester

MyStreetCheck free street report: Colby Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/leicester-leicestershire/colby-drive/

House prices, sold prices and local information for LE4 8LD, LE4 8LA, LE4 8LE.

Average price (last 12 months)
£400,000
3 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£315,395
38 sales
Price range
£160k – £520k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
27 Mar 2026
LE4 8LD

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At a glance

House prices£400k average24% above the Leicester average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 5 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station29 min walkSyston station SchoolsNo recent Good/Outstanding gradesMany schools now get report cards instead Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 41 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

38 property sales on Colby Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 3 homes sold here for an average of £400,000. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £346,069. That is 24% above the Leicester average of £323,429 over the same period. 2 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 2 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 76% detached, 18% semi-detached, 5% terraced. Recorded sale prices on Colby Drive range from £160,000 to £520,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 672 streets in Leicester with at least two sales in the last year, Colby Drive ranks 119th for average price.

House prices on Colby Drive compared

Colby Drive£400,000
LE4 postcode area£266,023
Leicester£323,429
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all LE4 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £160,000 (1 sales)2016£160k2017: £242,667 (9 sales)2017£243k2018: £180,000 (1 sales)2018£180k2019: £324,167 (6 sales)2019£324k2020: £302,750 (4 sales)2020£303k2021: £362,500 (1 sales)2021£363k2022: £292,500 (2 sales)2022£293k2023: £287,500 (2 sales)2023£288k2024: £455,000 (3 sales)2024£455k2025: £369,583 (6 sales)2025£370k2026: £400,000 (3 sales)2026£400k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 41 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached29£346,06927 Mar 2026
Semi-detached7£217,4294 Jul 2025
Terraced2£213,50030 Jun 2025

Sold prices on Colby Drive

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
45, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 27 Mar 2026£485,000 DetachedFreehold
33, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 12 Mar 2026£265,000 DetachedFreehold
48, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 6 Feb 2026£450,000 DetachedFreehold
127B, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 4 Jul 2025£205,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
151, Colby Drive LE4 8LE 30 Jun 2025£247,000 TerracedFreehold
55, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 28 Apr 2025£440,000 DetachedFreehold
20, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 31 Mar 2025£360,000 DetachedFreehold
110, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 21 Mar 2025£465,000 DetachedFreehold
79, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 8 Jan 2025£500,500 DetachedFreehold
172, Colby Drive LE4 8LB 18 Dec 2024£395,000 DetachedFreehold
65, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 11 Nov 2024£450,000 DetachedFreehold
57, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 30 Aug 2024£520,000 DetachedFreehold
129, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 12 Feb 2024£268,000 DetachedFreehold
118, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 22 Dec 2023£275,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
37, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 22 Nov 2023£300,000 DetachedFreehold
73, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 23 Sep 2022£290,000 DetachedFreehold
64, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 31 Mar 2022£295,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 22 Jun 2021£362,500 DetachedFreehold
12, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 18 Dec 2020£445,000 DetachedFreehold
114, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 18 Aug 2020£316,000 DetachedFreehold
35, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 22 Jun 2020£240,000 DetachedFreehold
126, Colby Drive LE4 8LB 6 Mar 2020£210,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
12, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 17 Jan 2020£180,000 DetachedFreehold
68, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 20 Dec 2019£350,000 DetachedFreehold
92, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 29 Nov 2019£405,000 DetachedFreehold
175, Colby Drive LE4 8LE 24 May 2019£290,000 DetachedFreehold
99, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 17 Apr 2019£437,500 DetachedFreehold
127, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 26 Feb 2019£282,500 DetachedFreehold
166, Colby Drive LE4 8LB 5 Feb 2019£180,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
151, Colby Drive LE4 8LE 13 Jul 2018£180,000 TerracedFreehold
74, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 15 Dec 2017£212,500 DetachedFreehold
108, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 8 Oct 2017£247,000 DetachedFreehold
142, Colby Drive LE4 8LB 6 Oct 2017£212,000 DetachedFreehold
170, Colby Drive LE4 8LB 8 Sep 2017£171,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
59, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 11 Jul 2017£430,000 DetachedFreehold
177, Colby Drive LE4 8LE 21 Jun 2017£370,000 DetachedFreehold
131, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 5 May 2017£173,000 DetachedFreehold
141, Colby Drive LE4 8LE 13 Apr 2017£202,000 OtherFreehold
38, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 16 Mar 2017£186,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
11, Colby Drive LE4 8LD 28 Feb 2017£182,500 DetachedFreehold
100, Colby Drive LE4 8LA 8 Jan 2016£160,000 DetachedFreehold

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
151, Colby Drive £180,000 (Jul 2018) → £247,000 (Jun 2025) +37%
over 7 yrs
12, Colby Drive £180,000 (Jan 2020) → £445,000 (Dec 2020) +147%
over under a year

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Schools near Colby Drive

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Church Hill Infant School 167 pupils Primary 5–7 Report 0.4 mi
Church Hill Church of England Junior School 238 pupils Primary Church of England 7–11 Report 0.4 mi
Eastfield Primary School 335 pupils Primary 4–11 Requires improvement Report 0.6 mi
Sandfield Close Primary School 250 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary Academy 232 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 5–11 Report 0.8 mi
The Roundhill Academy 686 pupils Secondary 11–16 Requires improvement Report 1.0 mi
Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School 454 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 1.1 mi
Herrick Primary School 305 pupils Primary 4–11 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 1.5 mi · 29 min walk
  • Leicester station 3.4 mi · 1 hr 7 min walk
  • Sileby station 4.2 mi · 1 hr 24 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Colby Drive (corner of, Ridgeway Drive) 1 min walk
  • Kiln Avenue (corner of, Blount Road) 2 min walk
  • Walker Road (outside, Blount Road) 2 min walk
  • Griffin Close (adj, Colby Drive) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Silverdale Medical Centre
    6 Silverdale Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester · 0.3 mi
  • Thurmaston Health Centre
    573A Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicester · 0.8 mi
  • Spirit Primary Care Ltd-Rushey Mead
    Rushey Mead Health Centre, 8 Lockerbie Walk, Leicester · 1.1 mi
  • Birstall Medical Centre
    4 Whiles Lane, Birstall, Leicester · 1.4 mi

Supermarkets

  • Tesco Express Tesco Leicester Humberstone Express · 0.6 mi
  • Asda Superstore Asda Thurmaston Superstore · 0.9 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Leicester North · 0.9 mi
  • Spar Spar - Hks Fosseway · 1.0 mi

Pharmacies

  • Silverdale Pharmacy · 0.3 mi
  • Thurmaston Pharmacy Ltd · 0.7 mi
  • Boots · 0.8 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.8 mi
  • 1126 Melton Road [dental Surgery] · 1.6 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 1.6 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
Employment4 of 10
Education and skills4 of 10
Health and disability5 of 10
Crime5 of 10
Access to housing and services6 of 10
Living environment6 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned71.3%62.5%
Private rented16.1%20.3%
Social rented12.6%17.1%
Households700

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1516.3%17.4%
Aged 15–6460.1%64.1%
Aged 65+23.6%18.6%
Residents1,582

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 networks87%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks99%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks93%92%

Share of homes across Charnwood 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 Colby Drive

Ethnic group

HereCharnwood
White68.9%82.3%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh25.3%12.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.8%2.5%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%1.5%
Other ethnic group1.5%1.2%

Religion

HereCharnwood
Christian35.9%41.5%
No religion33.2%40.7%
Hindu17.4%6.7%
Not answered5.9%6%
Sikh3.6%1.1%
Muslim3.2%3.1%
Other religion0.4%0.5%
Buddhist0.1%0.4%

Country of birth

HereCharnwood
Born in the UK80.5%86.9%
Born outside the UK19.5%13.1%

Highest qualification

HereCharnwood
No qualifications28.2%15.8%
Level 4 qualifications and above22.6%32.6%
Level 3 qualifications14.7%22%
Level 2 qualifications13.2%12.4%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%9%
Apprenticeship7.2%5.9%
Other qualifications2.7%2.3%

General health

HereCharnwood
Very good health43.6%49.1%
Good health34.8%34.6%
Fair health15.8%12.1%
Bad health4.8%3.3%
Very bad health0.9%0.9%

Cars or vans per household

HereCharnwood
1 car or van in household48.4%40.5%
2 cars or vans in household26.5%32.8%
No cars or vans in household17%15.6%
3 or more cars or vans in household8.1%11.1%

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 Charnwood.

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