The median home in Stockton-on-Tees sells for £157,500
That is the middle of 3,001 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 4.1 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.
Half of Stockton-on-Tees’s sales are semi-detached houses
3,001 homes sold in three years: 610 detached houses, 1,484 semi-detached houses, 806 terraced houses and 101 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£252K
median sale · 610 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£300K
Last 12 months
£260K160 sold
New build
£263K
Semi-detached houses£160K
median sale · 1,484 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£190K
Last 12 months
£165K423 sold
New build
£200K
Terraced houses£110K
median sale · 806 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£80K–£143K
Last 12 months
£120K216 sold
New build
£167K
Flats and maisonettes£69K
median sale · 101 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£58K–£100K
Last 12 months
£70K29 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 49% of sales
Detached houses20%
Semi-detached houses49%
Terraced houses27%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Stockton-on-Tees’s homes sold for between £115K and £210K
One sale in ten was under £80K and one in ten over £275K. 85% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £157,500, sits in the £150–200K band
3,001 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,450 in 1995 to £165,000 in the last 12 months (£132,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
828 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,056 in 2002, the busiest year, and 770 in 2009. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 34% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Stockton-on-Tees costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Stockton-on-Tees, 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
£70K
£90K
£199K
£195K
£175K
£225K
£260K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£48K
£117K
£119K
£120K
£133K
£165K
Terraced houses
£29K
£27K
£68K
£84K
£85K
£93K
£120K
Flats and maisonettes
£23K
£21K
£65K
£102K
£70K
£60K
£70K
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
Hardly any new homes: 1.3% of sales in the last 12 months
4,619 new homes have been sold in Stockton-on-Tees since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2012.
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 £219,995
against £152,250 for a home sold on, 44% 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.
4% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Stockton-on-Tees. 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
Worton Crescent is Stockton-on-Tees’s busiest street, with 39 sales in three years
195 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 42 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
Worton Crescent
TS21
39
£244,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Countersett Road
TS21
38
£205,495
Mixed · new builds
3
Sculptor Crescent
TS18
22
£177,000
Mixed
4
Surbiton Road (TS19)
TS19
22
£152,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Plough Crescent
TS19
20
£234,495
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Dent Road
TS21
19
£182,000
Mixed · new builds
7
Ribblesdale Way
TS21
18
£253,326
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Auckland Way
TS18
18
£163,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Beaconsfield Road
TS20
18
£145,750
Mixed
10
Whitton Road
TS19
17
£172,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Greatham Avenue
TS18
16
£142,000
Mixed
12
Norton Road (TS20)
TS20
15
£115,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Junction Road
TS20
13
£335,000
Mixed
14
Ashton Road
TS20
13
£157,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Norton Avenue
TS20
13
£105,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Darlington Road (TS18): £467,500
Stockton-on-Tees median£158K
Darlington Road (TS18)£468K
Redwing Lane£400K
Harlsey Road£399K
Hartburn Avenue£365K
Westminster Oval£343K
Cheapest streets
Tarring Street: £45,000
Stockton-on-Tees median£158K
Tarring Street£45K
Norfolk Street£52K
Camden Street£53K
Eleanor Place£60K
Brusselton Court£60K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.4 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 County Durham
Stockton-on-Tees is the 16th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Stockton-on-Tees is in the middle of County Durham’s 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 Stockton-on-Tees
What is the average house price in Stockton-on-Tees?
The median home in Stockton-on-Tees sold for £157,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,001 standard sales (£165,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £251,723, semi-detached houses £160,000, terraced houses £110,000 and flats and maisonettes £69,000.
Are house prices going up in Stockton-on-Tees?
The median was £162,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£152,000), and £165,000 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 Stockton-on-Tees each year?
828 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,165 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Stockton-on-Tees?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Darlington Road (TS18, £467,500), Redwing Lane (TS20, £400,000) and Harlsey Road (TS18, £398,500).
How much does a new build cost in Stockton-on-Tees?
New homes sold for a median £219,995 over three years, against £152,250 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.8% of sales.
Is Stockton-on-Tees expensive for County Durham?
Stockton-on-Tees is the 16th most expensive of 52 towns of 2,500 or more in County Durham 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.
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