That is the middle of 323 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 5.4 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.
323 homes sold in three years: 96 detached houses, 78 semi-detached houses, 114 terraced houses and 35 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£379K
median sale · 96 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£440K
Last 12 months
£386K33 sold
Semi-detached houses£280K
median sale · 78 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£308K
Last 12 months
£280K23 sold
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 114 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£177K–£255K
Last 12 months
£208K24 sold
Flats and maisonettes£130K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£78K–£178K
Last 12 months
£140K10 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses35%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Crediton’s homes sold for between £200K and £332K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £425K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
323 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,000 in 1995 to £275,000 in the last 12 months (£229,995 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
90 sales in the last 12 months, against 224 in 2002, the busiest year, and 102 in 2011. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 40% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Crediton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Crediton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£69K
£120K
£220K
£238K
£298K
£340K
£386K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£83K
£170K
£185K
£205K
£298K
£280K
Terraced houses
£45K
£59K
£138K
£143K
£156K
£187K
£208K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£42K
£95K
£120K
£122K
£140K
£140K
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 27% in 2019
516 new homes have been sold in Crediton since 1995; the share peaked at 27% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.8% sold leasehold in Crediton. 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
Willow Walk is Crediton’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
23 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
Willow Walk
EX17
19
£267,500
Mixed
2
Westernlea
EX17
13
£330,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Churchill Drive
EX17
11
£195,000
Mostly flats
4
Tarka Way
EX17
10
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Union Road
EX17
10
£75,250
Mostly flats
6
Greenway
EX17
9
£315,000
Mixed
7
East Street
EX17
9
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Threshers
EX17
8
£206,250
Mixed
9
Tuckers Meadow
EX17
7
£315,000
Mixed
10
Avranches Avenue
EX17
7
£245,000
Mixed
11
Dean Street
EX17
7
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Cromwells Meadow
EX17
6
£377,500
Mostly detached houses
13
Creedy Road
EX17
6
£273,352
Mixed
14
Queen Elizabeth Drive
EX17
6
£240,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Butt Parks
EX17
6
£210,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Cromwells Meadow: £377,500
Crediton median£260K
Cromwells Meadow£378K
Westernlea£330K
Greenway£315K
Tuckers Meadow£315K
Prince of Wales Road£305K
Cheapest streets
Union Road: £75,250
Crediton median£260K
Union Road£75K
Belle Court£121K
Searle Street£165K
East Street£170K
Dean Street£170K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5 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 Devon
Crediton is the 35th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Crediton is in the middle of Devon’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 Crediton
What is the average house price in Crediton?
The median home in Crediton sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 323 standard sales (£275,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £378,750, semi-detached houses £280,000, terraced houses £220,000 and flats and maisonettes £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Crediton?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, down 3% on 2024 (£268,750), and £275,000 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 Crediton each year?
90 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 143 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Crediton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cromwells Meadow (EX17, £377,500), Westernlea (EX17, £330,000) and Greenway (EX17, £315,000).
Is Crediton expensive for Devon?
Crediton is the 35th most expensive of 47 towns of 2,500 or more in Devon 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.