18 Highway Road, Leicester, LE5 5RD
About 18 Highway Road
18 Highway Road is a detached house in Leicester (LE5 5RD). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 134 m² it's 27.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
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Energy performance
18 Highway Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Dec 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
18 Highway Road has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
18 Highway Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£385,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE5 5RD: £400,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in LE5 5RD
Versus other Highway Road homes
On epc rating, 18 Highway Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
36 (F)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 121 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Highway Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Evington Valley Primary School. 45 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB