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On Helena Crescent, in Stocking Farm & Mowmacre
What it's like at LE4 2HB: every home that has sold on Helena Crescent since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Helena Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 58 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 1996 | £24,950 | 59 m² | £423/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £120,000 | 59 m² | £2,034/m² | 2 |
| 7, Helena CrescentTerraced | Nov 2016 | £117,500 | 65 m² | £1,808/m² | 3 |
| 11, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | May 2022 | £180,000 | 58 m² | £3,103/m² | 4 |
| 13, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £210,000 | 59 m² | £3,559/m² | 4 |
| 17, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 1996 | £38,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £207,000 | 58 m² | £3,569/m² | 5 |
| 23, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 1996 | £33,250 | 63 m² | £528/m² | 1 |
| 25, Helena CrescentTerraced | Nov 2018 | £135,000 | 58 m² | £2,328/m² | 3 |
| 31, Helena CrescentTerraced | May 2022 | £200,000 | 55 m² | £3,636/m² | 3 |
| 33, Helena CrescentTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2021 | £139,000 | 58 m² | £2,397/m² | 1 |
| 35, Helena CrescentTerraced | Dec 2025 | £185,000 | 55 m² | £3,364/m² | 2 |
| 37, Helena CrescentTerraced | Apr 2007 | £75,000 | 59 m² | £1,271/m² | 1 |
| 39, Helena CrescentTerraced | Jul 2018 | £150,000 | 71 m² | £2,113/m² | 2 |
| 41, Helena CrescentTerraced | Jul 2005 | £85,000 | 58 m² | £1,466/m² | 2 |
| 45, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £60,000 | 59 m² | £1,017/m² | 2 |
| 47, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | May 2019 | £147,000 | 59 m² | £2,492/m² | 1 |
| 49, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £100,000 | 57 m² | £1,754/m² | 1 |
| 53, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £79,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 55, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £206,500 | 76 m² | £2,717/m² | 4 |
| 57, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £202,000 | 59 m² | £3,424/m² | 4 |
| 59, Helena CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £128,500 | 57 m² | £2,254/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Leicester, a drive away (3.7 km), with 5.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Barnwell Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (routes 25, 40N); 48 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Woodstock Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 52% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Abbey Mead Primary Academy (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Rushey Mead Academy, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 51.6 · 19.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Brook Mead Academy (2.3 km) and Castle Mead Academy (3.1 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 850 m away, with Border Drive Pharmacy closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parker Drive Medical Centre (750 m), with Border Drive Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, H&A Barbers is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 4.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Twenty 1 Restaurant Bar And Grill is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Belgrave Bowling Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 118 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Loughborough Road Play Area, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 23 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 47 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
The nearest university is De Montfort University, 3.8 km away (TEF Silver).
20 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Leicester West constituency: Liz Kendall MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 8,777 (24.8%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 16%, Green Party 12%.
12 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near LE4 2HB →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 49 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 3.0% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 90.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 58 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 48 min
Nearest: Pingles Leisure Centre · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.