That is the middle of 2,163 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 6.7 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.
2,163 homes sold in three years: 141 detached houses, 562 semi-detached houses, 868 terraced houses and 592 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£610K
median sale · 141 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£515K–£740K
Last 12 months
£653K40 sold
Semi-detached houses£440K
median sale · 562 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£400K–£495K
Last 12 months
£445K153 sold
Terraced houses£360K
median sale · 868 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£413K
Last 12 months
£360K260 sold
Flats and maisonettes£245K
median sale · 592 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£295K
Last 12 months
£225K155 sold
New build
£316K
The mix
A terraced town: 40% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses7%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses40%
Flats and maisonettes27%
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 Dartford’s homes sold for between £295K and £440K
One sale in ten was under £212K and one in ten over £530K. 16% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £363,000, sits in the £300–400K band
2,163 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,000 in 1995 to £368,000 in the last 12 months (£300,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
608 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,518 in 2007, the busiest year, and 609 in 2009. Sales fell by 60% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Dartford costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Dartford, 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
£95K
£207K
£320K
£323K
£381K
£525K
£653K
Semi-detached houses
£65K
£115K
£196K
£210K
£302K
£365K
£445K
Terraced houses
£52K
£84K
£159K
£176K
£250K
£305K
£360K
Flats and maisonettes
£38K
£53K
£110K
£120K
£166K
£235K
£225K
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 37% in 2018
5,311 new homes have been sold in Dartford since 1995; the share peaked at 37% in 2018.
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 £316,350
against £370,000 for a home sold on, 15% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Dartford. 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
Liberty Court is Dartford’s busiest street, with 51 sales in three years
166 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 49 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
Liberty Court
DA2
51
£312,825
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Truman Way
DA1
40
£339,495
Mostly flats · new builds
3
James Smith Court
DA1
35
£160,000
Mostly flats
4
Knights Manor Way
DA1
26
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Dartford Road
DA1
23
£312,500
Mixed
6
Lunedale Road
DA2
22
£352,500
Mixed
7
William Mundy Way
DA1
22
£331,000
Mostly flats
8
Chastilian Road
DA1
19
£512,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Ashen Drive
DA1
19
£410,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Hawley Road
DA1
19
£375,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Osbourne Road
DA2
19
£170,000
Mostly flats
12
Chapel Drive
DA2
17
£345,000
Mostly flats
13
Shepherds Lane
DA1
16
£633,500
Mixed
14
North Road
DA1
16
£500,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Wilmot Road
DA1
16
£446,813
Mixed
Dearest streets
Darenth Park Avenue: £650,000
Dartford median£363K
Darenth Park Avenue£650K
Shepherds Lane£634K
Sandringham Drive£623K
Knole Road£590K
Heathview Crescent£570K
Cheapest streets
Downs Avenue: £124,000
Dartford median£363K
Downs Avenue£124K
Churchill Close£158K
St Edmunds Road£160K
James Smith Court£160K
Hardwick Crescent£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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 Kent
Dartford is the 40th most expensive of 87 towns in Kent
Dartford is in the middle of Kent’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 Dartford
What is the average house price in Dartford?
The median home in Dartford sold for £363,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,163 standard sales (£368,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £610,000, semi-detached houses £440,000, terraced houses £360,000 and flats and maisonettes £245,000.
Are house prices going up in Dartford?
The median was £380,000 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£350,000), and £368,000 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 Dartford each year?
608 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,096 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Dartford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Darenth Park Avenue (DA2, £650,000), Shepherds Lane (DA1, £633,500) and Sandringham Drive (DA2, £622,500).
How much does a new build cost in Dartford?
New homes sold for a median £316,350 over three years, against £370,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.9% of sales.
Is Dartford expensive for Kent?
Dartford is the 40th most expensive of 87 towns of 2,500 or more in Kent 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.