That is the middle of 2,667 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 4.8 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
2,667 homes sold in three years: 731 detached houses, 1,131 semi-detached houses, 698 terraced houses and 107 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£295K
median sale · 731 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£247K–£340K
Last 12 months
£300K237 sold
New build
£320K
Semi-detached houses£180K
median sale · 1,131 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£158K–£217K
Last 12 months
£192K312 sold
New build
£240K
Terraced houses£130K
median sale · 698 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£108K–£160K
Last 12 months
£139K195 sold
New build
£173K
Flats and maisonettes£90K
median sale · 107 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£80K–£105K
Last 12 months
£95K31 sold
New build
£88K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes4%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Crewe’s homes sold for between £140K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £105K and one in ten over £330K. 74% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £180,000, sits in the £150–200K band
2,667 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,500 in 1995 to £192,500 in the last 12 months (£149,975 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
775 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,880 in 2001, the busiest year, and 678 in 2009. Sales fell by 63% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 49% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Crewe costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Crewe, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£88K
£180K
£180K
£195K
£232K
£300K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£47K
£115K
£114K
£120K
£150K
£192K
Terraced houses
£29K
£32K
£86K
£85K
£85K
£103K
£139K
Flats and maisonettes
£28K
£26K
£103K
£90K
£78K
£84K
£95K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 23% in 2021
4,753 new homes have been sold in Crewe since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2021.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £265,995
against £180,000 for a home sold on, 48% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.9% sold leasehold in Crewe. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Teal Way is Crewe’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
188 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 57 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Teal Way
CW2
31
£339,995
Mostly detached houses
2
Crewe Road (CW2)
CW2
26
£439,950
Mostly detached houses
3
Ruskin Road
CW2
26
£144,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Purse Drive
CW1
25
£246,996
Mixed · new builds
5
Lansdowne Road
CW1
23
£182,375
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Gainsborough Road
CW2
22
£184,850
Mostly terraced houses
7
Samuel Armstrong Way
CW1
20
£210,000
Mixed
8
West Street (CW1)
CW1
20
£102,250
Mostly terraced houses
9
Clive Road
CW1
19
£284,995
Mixed · new builds
10
Valley Road
CW2
18
£198,625
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Middlewich Street
CW1
18
£173,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Underwood Lane
CW1
18
£151,000
Mixed
13
Bedford Street
CW2
18
£135,000
Mixed
14
Nantwich Road
CW2
17
£304,000
Mixed
15
Alton Street
CW2
16
£139,250
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Rope Lane: £469,000
Crewe median£180K
Rope Lane£469K
Crewe Road (CW2)£440K
Westfield Drive£395K
Manor Avenue£380K
Edgewood Drive£375K
Cheapest streets
Queens Park Gardens: £75,000
Crewe median£180K
Queens Park Gardens£75K
Vincent Street£80K
Blount Close£83K
Wynter Close£88K
Flag Lane (CW2)£90K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Cheshire
Crewe is the 45th most expensive of 46 towns in Cheshire
Crewe is one of Cheshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Crewe
What is the average house price in Crewe?
The median home in Crewe sold for £180,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,667 standard sales (£192,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £295,000, semi-detached houses £180,000, terraced houses £130,000 and flats and maisonettes £90,000.
Are house prices going up in Crewe?
The median was £185,500 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£175,000), and £192,500 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Crewe each year?
775 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,124 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Crewe?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Rope Lane (CW2, £469,000), Crewe Road (CW2, £439,950) and Westfield Drive (CW2, £395,000).
How much does a new build cost in Crewe?
New homes sold for a median £265,995 over three years, against £180,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.8% of sales.
Is Crewe expensive for Cheshire?
Crewe is the 45th most expensive of 46 towns of 2,500 or more in Cheshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.