That is the middle of 1,683 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 5.9 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.
40% of Swadlincote’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,683 homes sold in three years: 647 detached houses, 672 semi-detached houses, 331 terraced houses and 33 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£285K
median sale · 647 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£332K
Last 12 months
£291K182 sold
New build
£300K
Semi-detached houses£200K
median sale · 672 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£172K–£230K
Last 12 months
£200K201 sold
New build
£230K
Terraced houses£156K
median sale · 331 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£186K
Last 12 months
£160K109 sold
New build
£190K
Flats and maisonettes£114K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£93K–£169K
Last 12 months
£150K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses38%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes2%
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 Swadlincote’s homes sold for between £172K and £275K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £330K. 64% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £220,000, sits in the £200–250K band
1,683 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £37,000 in 1995 to £217,000 in the last 12 months (£162,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
501 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,087 in 2002, the busiest year, and 340 in 2009. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 37% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Swadlincote costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Swadlincote, 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
£58K
£83K
£171K
£175K
£192K
£230K
£291K
Semi-detached houses
£37K
£48K
£114K
£113K
£130K
£150K
£200K
Terraced houses
£28K
£36K
£93K
£86K
£98K
£127K
£160K
Flats and maisonettes
£39K
—
£94K
£67K
£85K
£101K
£150K
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
7% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
3,415 new homes have been sold in Swadlincote since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2000.
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 £274,950
against £203,000 for a home sold on, 35% 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.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1% sold leasehold in Swadlincote. 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
Holden Drive is Swadlincote’s busiest street, with 71 sales in three years
114 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 37 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
Holden Drive
DE11
71
£274,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Sapphire Drive
DE11
37
£268,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Burton Road
DE11
33
£260,000
Mixed
4
Aspen Way
DE11
26
£355,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Bombadil Way
DE11
23
£252,700
Mixed · new builds
6
Fairlie Gardens
DE11
18
£284,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Regent Street
DE11
18
£136,500
Mostly terraced houses
8
Bucklebury Crescent
DE11
17
£257,906
Mixed · new builds
9
Rockcliffe Close
DE11
17
£228,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
Oxford Street
DE11
17
£155,000
Mixed
11
Oversetts Road
DE11
17
£132,500
Mixed
12
Wood Lane
DE11
16
£270,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Suffolk Way
DE11
16
£217,500
Mixed
14
Darklands Road
DE11
16
£195,000
Mixed
15
Winchester Drive
DE11
15
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Aspen Way: £355,000
Swadlincote median£220K
Aspen Way£355K
Glamorgan Way£334K
Stroudley Drive£325K
Moonstone Way£321K
Hedley Street£305K
Cheapest streets
Solent Road: £119,000
Swadlincote median£220K
Solent Road£119K
Princess Street£130K
Highfield Road£130K
Highfield Street£131K
Oversetts Road£133K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 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 Derbyshire
Swadlincote is the 32nd most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Swadlincote 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 Swadlincote
What is the average house price in Swadlincote?
The median home in Swadlincote sold for £220,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,683 standard sales (£217,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £285,000, semi-detached houses £200,000, terraced houses £155,500 and flats and maisonettes £113,500.
Are house prices going up in Swadlincote?
The median was £220,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£220,000), and £217,000 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 Swadlincote each year?
501 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 624 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Swadlincote?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Aspen Way (DE11, £355,000), Glamorgan Way (DE11, £333,500) and Stroudley Drive (DE11, £324,950).
How much does a new build cost in Swadlincote?
New homes sold for a median £274,950 over three years, against £203,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 18% of sales.
Is Swadlincote expensive for Derbyshire?
Swadlincote is the 28th 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.
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0