Leigh

Local area, nearby places and postcodes.

Use district-wide reports for broader context. Property evidence on this page uses Price Paid transactions published for Leigh within WN7; school and recorded-crime evidence use the place reference location.

Property

Latest recorded sale
27 July 2026
All recorded sales
27,491
Since 3 January 1995
Five-year median
£150,000
Sales in five-year window
4,755

Five-year sales by property type

Detached 572
Semi-detached 1,439
Terraced 2,098
Flats 387
Other 259

Annual property market

Bars show recorded Price Paid sales. Lines show median sale prices. Hover or tap a year for exact values, or select a legend item to show or hide a series.

Annual property market data
YearRecorded salesAll property types median sale priceDetached median sale priceSemi-detached median sale priceTerraced median sale priceFlat or maisonette median sale priceOther median sale price
2015806£97,750£210,000£123,500£74,250£58,000£137,700
2016872£105,000£217,950£129,500£74,000£71,500£197,500
2017987£107,000£222,995£130,000£76,393£77,950£110,000
2018979£105,000£209,998£142,250£81,000£89,248£83,000
20191,102£118,500£220,995£153,248£82,500£65,000£94,000
20201,009£131,950£235,995£160,000£89,950£108,950£95,000
20211,270£138,000£253,000£166,000£100,000£90,000£135,000
20221,087£147,500£279,995£190,000£120,000£95,500£130,000
2023976£140,000£299,950£190,000£116,260£93,333£102,500
2024980£146,750£308,000£200,000£122,000£112,000£147,000
2025894£164,000£315,000£203,000£130,500£114,250£125,500
2026308£163,500£312,000£198,750£133,000£107,500£276,500

Every recorded sale

1-20 of 27,491 · Price Paid transactions published for Leigh within WN7

July 2021 to July 2026

  • 27 July 2026

    £125,000

    15, Browning Street, Leigh, WN7 5EF

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 24 July 2026

    £185,000

    41, Tennyson Avenue, Leigh, WN7 5JY

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 20 July 2026

    £305,000

    16, Wateredge Close, Pennington, Leigh, WN7 3UP

    Terraced, Leasehold, existing property

  • 20 July 2026

    £73,000

    9, Thelwall Close, Leigh, WN7 4QN

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 17 July 2026

    £80,000

    36, Westleigh Lane, Leigh, WN7 5JE

    Terraced, Leasehold, existing property

  • 17 July 2026

    £113,000

    35, Warrington Road, Leigh, WN7 3BG

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 17 July 2026

    £132,000

    The Mews, 6, Orchard Lane, Leigh, WN7 1EJ

    Flat or maisonette, Leasehold, existing property

  • 17 July 2026

    £155,000

    23, Melrose Avenue, Leigh, WN7 5PQ

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

  • 17 July 2026

    £119,950

    31, Gordon Street, Leigh, WN7 1RW

    Terraced, Leasehold, existing property

  • 17 July 2026

    £176,000

    3, Eldon Street, Leigh, WN7 5BQ

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 16 July 2026

    £286,000

    33, Bettison Avenue, Leigh, WN7 3DB

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 16 July 2026

    £143,500

    17, Sefton Street, Leigh, WN7 1LX

    Terraced, Leasehold, existing property

  • 16 July 2026

    £115,000

    14, Corn Street, Leigh, WN7 5AE

    Terraced, Leasehold, existing property

  • 15 July 2026

    £115,000

    51, Platt Fold Street, Leigh, WN7 1JH

    Terraced, Leasehold, existing property

  • 10 July 2026

    £345,000

    6, Deepdale, Leigh, WN7 3EG

    Detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 10 July 2026

    £100,000

    129, Glebe Street, Leigh, WN7 1RQ

    Terraced, Leasehold, existing property

  • 10 July 2026

    £320,000

    59, Chestnut Drive South, Leigh, WN7 3JX

    Semi-detached, Freehold, existing property

  • 7 July 2026

    £189,000

    10, Byron Street, Leigh, WN7 1SD

    Terraced, Leasehold, existing property

  • 3 July 2026

    £185,000

    11, Ashley Drive, Leigh, WN7 5HP

    Semi-detached, Leasehold, existing property

  • 3 July 2026

    £152,000

    99, Bonnywell Road, Leigh, WN7 3HH

    Terraced, Freehold, existing property

Local property price history

1-12 of 378 monthly records

Average price trend

Latest 12 monthly UK House Price Index records for Wigan.

Average price trend data
PeriodAverage price
July 2025£187,231
August 2025£189,094
September 2025£190,586
October 2025£190,995
November 2025£191,553
December 2025£191,262
January 2026£190,941
February 2026£189,116
March 2026£189,010
April 2026£191,899
May 2026£193,889
June 2026£195,557
Monthly UK House Price Index records
MonthAreaAverage priceIndexMonthly changeAnnual changeSales volume
June 2026Wigan£195,557108.70.9%6.6%Not supplied
May 2026Wigan£193,889107.81.0%5.1%Not supplied
April 2026Wigan£191,899106.71.5%4.0%204
March 2026Wigan£189,010105.1-0.1%0.4%274
February 2026Wigan£189,116105.1-1.0%1.6%297
January 2026Wigan£190,941106.1-0.2%2.7%238
December 2025Wigan£191,262106.3-0.2%3.3%399
November 2025Wigan£191,553106.50.3%3.7%335
October 2025Wigan£190,995106.20.2%4.2%453
September 2025Wigan£190,586105.90.8%5.4%425
August 2025Wigan£189,094105.11.0%6.2%407
July 2025Wigan£187,231104.12.0%5.9%416

Schools

Open schools nearby
61
Nearby establishment records
125
Primary nearby
44
Secondary nearby
9

All establishment records

1-20 of 125 · Within 3.1 miles

Recorded crime

Latest published month
June 2026
Records in latest month
1
Records within 1 mile
4
Months covered
4

Month-by-month history

Every available month within 1 mile of Leigh

Monthly records trend

Published monthly records within 1 mile of Leigh.

Monthly records trend data
PeriodRecorded crime events
October 20251
December 20251
January 20261
June 20261
Monthly recorded crime history
Published monthRecordsLargest category that monthCategory records
June 20261Violence and sexual offences1
January 20261Other crime1
December 20251Violence and sexual offences1
October 20251Violence and sexual offences1

Every published record

1-4 of 4

  • Violence and sexual offences

    June 2026

    On or near Parking Area

    Wigan 033D

    Outcome

    Under investigation

  • Other crime

    January 2026

    On or near Newall Grove

    Wigan 030D

    Outcome

    Status update unavailable

  • Violence and sexual offences

    December 2025

    On or near Elm Street

    Wigan 037B

    Outcome

    Status update unavailable

  • Violence and sexual offences

    October 2025

    On or near Oxford Street

    Wigan 030C

    Outcome

    Status update unavailable

Place details

Place type
Town
Postcode district
WN7
Country
England

Reference location

Latitude and longitude
53.49737, -2.51883
Wider geography
North West

Administrative areas

Metropolitan District
Wigan
E08000010

Nearby places and postcodes

Evidence in context

Property sales use Price Paid transactions whose published town/city is Leigh and whose postcode is in WN7. School and recorded-crime evidence use this place's reference location.

Property market

The five-year median is £150,000 from 4,755 recorded sales in Price Paid transactions published for Leigh within WN7. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wigan is £195,557 in June 2026, up 6.6% year on year.

Schools

61 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 9 secondary schools. Leigh CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 177 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.