That is the middle of 106 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 5.1 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.
106 homes sold in three years: 22 detached houses, 29 semi-detached houses, 52 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£478K
median sale · 22 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£750K
Last 12 months
£495K5 sold
Semi-detached houses£265K
median sale · 29 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£233K–£318K
Last 12 months
£325K7 sold
Terraced houses£219K
median sale · 52 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£269K
Last 12 months
£250K21 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses49%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Croston’s homes sold for between £215K and £347K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £515K. 42% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £262,500, sits in the £250–300K band
106 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £53,000 in 1995 to £268,300 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
34 sales in the last 12 months, against 125 in 2002, the busiest year, and 19 in 2010. Sales fell by 70% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 73% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Croston costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Croston, 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
£60K
£141K
£210K
—
£272K
£295K
£495K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£68K
£173K
£164K
£218K
£215K
£325K
Terraced houses
£49K
£59K
£140K
£161K
£159K
£185K
£250K
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
157 new homes have been sold in Croston since 1995; the share peaked at 53% in 2003.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 18% sold leasehold in Croston. 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
Station Road is Croston’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
9 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
Station Road
PR26
15
£226,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Westhead Road
PR26
11
£227,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Moor Road
PR26
9
£275,000
Mixed
4
Lonsdale Drive
PR26
7
£250,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Yarrow Close
PR26
6
£296,250
Mixed
6
Jubilee Way
PR26
6
£213,750
Mixed
7
Out Lane
PR26
5
£268,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Pear Tree Road
PR26
5
£245,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Coronation Court
PR26
5
£205,000
Mostly terraced houses
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 Lancashire
Croston is the 12th most expensive of 65 towns in Lancashire
Croston is one of Lancashire’s dearest 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 Croston
What is the average house price in Croston?
The median home in Croston sold for £262,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 106 standard sales (£268,300 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £477,500, semi-detached houses £265,000 and terraced houses £218,885.
Are house prices going up in Croston?
The median was £257,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£270,000), and £268,300 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 Croston each year?
34 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 48 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Croston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Yarrow Close (PR26, £296,250), Moor Road (PR26, £275,000) and Out Lane (PR26, £268,000).
Is Croston expensive for Lancashire?
Croston is the 12th most expensive of 65 towns of 2,500 or more in Lancashire 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.