That is the middle of 874 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 5.2 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.
874 homes sold in three years: 339 detached houses, 244 semi-detached houses, 231 terraced houses and 60 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£322K
median sale · 339 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£385K
Last 12 months
£330K104 sold
New build
£374K
Semi-detached houses£235K
median sale · 244 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£188K–£285K
Last 12 months
£251K70 sold
New build
£300K
Terraced houses£190K
median sale · 231 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£160K–£230K
Last 12 months
£190K78 sold
New build
£230K
Flats and maisonettes£132K
median sale · 60 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£165K
Last 12 months
£153K24 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses39%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Belper’s homes sold for between £184K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £392K. 51% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £245,000, sits in the £200–250K band
874 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £47,000 in 1995 to £244,000 in the last 12 months (£197,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
276 sales in the last 12 months, against 605 in 2004, the busiest year, and 281 in 2009. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 36% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Belper costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Belper, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£68K
£89K
£173K
£199K
£203K
£273K
£330K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£51K
£125K
£130K
£150K
£195K
£251K
Terraced houses
£36K
£44K
£108K
£110K
£125K
£155K
£190K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£40K
£106K
£125K
£120K
£120K
£153K
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: 2.2% of sales in the last 12 months
1,343 new homes have been sold in Belper since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 1996.
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 £334,950
against £241,500 for a home sold on, 39% 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, 0.4% sold leasehold in Belper. 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
Nottingham Road is Belper’s busiest street, with 28 sales in three years
57 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 22 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
Nottingham Road
DE56
28
£206,250
Mostly terraced houses
2
Over Lane
DE56
25
£260,000
Mixed
3
John O'gaunts Way
DE56
23
£200,000
Mixed
4
Kedleston Close
DE56
22
£126,000
Mostly flats
5
Belper Lane
DE56
21
£285,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Far Laund
DE56
20
£273,500
Mixed
7
Kilbourne Road
DE56
18
£199,000
Mixed
8
Marsh Lane
DE56
17
£227,500
Mixed
9
Hilltop Rise
DE56
15
£304,950
Mixed · new builds
10
Spencer Road
DE56
14
£306,250
Mixed
11
Bridge Street
DE56
14
£160,000
Mostly flats
12
Becksitch Lane
DE56
12
£226,500
Mixed
13
Jubilee Court
DE56
12
£169,250
Mostly terraced houses
14
Mount Pleasant Drive
DE56
11
£405,000
Mixed
15
Dovedale Crescent
DE56
11
£315,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Mount Pleasant Drive: £405,000
Belper median£245K
Mount Pleasant Drive£405K
Wesson Drive£385K
Field Lane£368K
Bridgehill Way£365K
Handley Wood Drive£356K
Cheapest streets
Kedleston Close: £126,000
Belper median£245K
Kedleston Close£126K
Derby Road£135K
Bridge Street£160K
The Butts£165K
Jubilee Court£169K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.2 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 Derbyshire
Belper is the 20th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Belper is in the middle of Derbyshire’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 Belper
What is the average house price in Belper?
The median home in Belper sold for £245,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 874 standard sales (£244,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £322,000, semi-detached houses £235,000, terraced houses £190,000 and flats and maisonettes £131,975.
Are house prices going up in Belper?
The median was £254,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£246,000), and £244,000 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 Belper each year?
276 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 355 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Belper?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Mount Pleasant Drive (DE56, £405,000), Wesson Drive (DE56, £384,950) and Field Lane (DE56, £368,000).
How much does a new build cost in Belper?
New homes sold for a median £334,950 over three years, against £241,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.9% of sales.
Is Belper expensive for Derbyshire?
Belper is the 20th most expensive of 59 towns of 2,500 or more in Derbyshire 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.