Council tax bands in Leicester

Leicester has the fifth-largest share of homes in bands A and B (79.2%), the fifth-smallest share in the middle bands C, D and E (19.3%) and the third-smallest share in band D (5.1%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the joint ninth-smallest share of homes in band C (11.7%) and the joint eighth-smallest share in band E (2.5%).

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Band A is the single largest band in Leicester, with 59.6% of homes. The share in band F or above, 1.5%, is 7.8 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East Midlands it is 5.3%. Within the East Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Bolsover. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Band H, the top band, holds 60 homes.

Homes from before 1900 lead

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (20.2%), between the wars (20.0%) and from 1945 to 1964 (15.5%). Some 9,330 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band B, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 71.5% of these newer homes and 79.6% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built before 1900, band B for homes built between the wars and band A for those built from 1945 to 1964. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,260 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 260 homes (+0.18%).

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Leicester is terraced houses at 34.0%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (28.7%), semi-detached houses (25.0%), detached houses (6.6%) and bungalows (4.1%). The widest gap to the rest of the East Midlands is in detached houses: 16.7 points below the share there (23.3%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band B for semi-detached houses, band A for bungalows, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Birmingham, followed by Plymouth and Dartford.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (44.9%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.8%) and one-bedroom (21.0%). Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 9.3%. Homes here average 2.46 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band A with three, band D with four and band D with five. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Leicester are Liverpool (3.5), Lincoln (3.9) and Nottingham (6.4); the furthest within the East Midlands is Rutland (99.8).

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Placed in the East Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Leicester comes 28th of the 35 councils in the East Midlands (joint), just behind Chesterfield and just ahead of Lincoln. All East Midlands councils.