Housing in Breaston and Draycott · HM Land Registry
The median home in Breaston and Draycott sells for £250,000
That is the middle of 354 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.
44% of Breaston and Draycott’s sales are semi-detached houses
354 homes sold in three years: 112 detached houses, 154 semi-detached houses, 56 terraced houses and 32 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£383K
median sale · 112 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£500K
Last 12 months
£395K33 sold
Semi-detached houses£245K
median sale · 154 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£288K
Last 12 months
£260K46 sold
Terraced houses£190K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£167K–£220K
Last 12 months
£188K21 sold
Flats and maisonettes£135K
median sale · 32 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£160K
Last 12 months
£120K8 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 44% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses44%
Terraced houses16%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Breaston and Draycott’s homes sold for between £200K and £350K
One sale in ten was under £158K and one in ten over £460K. 50% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
354 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 £50,000 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£205,700 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
108 sales in the last 12 months, against 220 in 2006, the busiest year, and 95 in 2011. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 72% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Breaston and Draycott costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Breaston and Draycott, 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
£77K
£97K
£222K
£216K
£313K
£368K
£395K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£58K
£135K
£125K
£160K
£215K
£260K
Terraced houses
£35K
£41K
£104K
£104K
£131K
£167K
£188K
Flats and maisonettes
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—
—
—
£103K
£105K
£120K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
334 new homes have been sold in Breaston and Draycott since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2006.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Breaston and Draycott. 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
Longmoor Lane is Breaston and Draycott’s busiest street, with 20 sales in three years
26 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Longmoor Lane
DE72
20
£273,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Town End Road
DE72
17
£135,000
Mostly flats
3
Derby Road
DE72
13
£350,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Stevens Lane
DE72
13
£241,500
Mixed
5
Sawley Road
DE72
13
£205,000
Mixed
6
Market Street
DE72
13
£200,000
Mixed
7
Cowslip Meadow
DE72
13
£130,000
Mostly flats
8
Holly Avenue
DE72
10
£378,750
Mostly detached houses
9
Cleveland Avenue
DE72
9
£237,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Thoresby Crescent
DE72
8
£233,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Fowler Street
DE72
8
£186,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Sydney Road
DE72
8
£160,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Grosvenor Avenue
DE72
7
£353,000
Mixed
14
Holmes Road
DE72
7
£340,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Maylands Avenue
DE72
7
£335,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Firfield Avenue: £527,500
Breaston and Draycott median£250K
Firfield Avenue£528K
Holly Avenue£379K
Grosvenor Avenue£353K
Marlborough Road£353K
Derby Road£350K
Cheapest streets
Cowslip Meadow: £130,000
Breaston and Draycott median£250K
Cowslip Meadow£130K
Town End Road£135K
Sydney Road£161K
Fowler Street£187K
Station Road£192K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.1 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
Breaston and Draycott is the 19th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Breaston and Draycott 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 Breaston and Draycott
What is the average house price in Breaston and Draycott?
The median home in Breaston and Draycott sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 354 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £382,500, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £190,050 and flats and maisonettes £135,000.
Are house prices going up in Breaston and Draycott?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£248,500), and £260,000 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 Breaston and Draycott each year?
108 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 136 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Breaston and Draycott?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Firfield Avenue (DE72, £527,500), Holly Avenue (DE72, £378,750) and Grosvenor Avenue (DE72, £353,000).
Is Breaston and Draycott expensive for Derbyshire?
Breaston and Draycott is the 19th 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.
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