That is the middle of 3,068 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 4.2 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.
3,068 homes sold in three years: 504 detached houses, 1,123 semi-detached houses, 1,316 terraced houses and 125 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£249K
median sale · 504 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£298K
Last 12 months
£245K152 sold
New build
£290K
Semi-detached houses£160K
median sale · 1,123 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£136K–£188K
Last 12 months
£162K351 sold
New build
£190K
Terraced houses£92K
median sale · 1,316 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£70K–£120K
Last 12 months
£95K408 sold
New build
£157K
Flats and maisonettes£83K
median sale · 125 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£52K–£115K
Last 12 months
£80K33 sold
New build
£151K
The mix
A terraced town: 43% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses16%
Semi-detached houses37%
Terraced houses43%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Grimsby’s homes sold for between £90K and £185K
One sale in ten was under £65K and one in ten over £250K. 90% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £138,000, sits in the £100–150K band
3,068 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £32,500 in 1995 to £137,000 in the last 12 months (£119,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
944 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,586 in 2003, the busiest year, and 853 in 2010. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 52% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Grimsby costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Grimsby, 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
£59K
£70K
£154K
£175K
£177K
£207K
£245K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£47K
£106K
£115K
£119K
£139K
£162K
Terraced houses
£27K
£27K
£62K
£73K
£69K
£80K
£95K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£34K
£56K
£70K
£62K
£82K
£80K
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: 1.1% of sales in the last 12 months
2,775 new homes have been sold in Grimsby since 1995; the share peaked at 10% in 2020.
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 £228,975
against £135,000 for a home sold on, 70% 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.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Grimsby. 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
Laceby Road is Grimsby’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
228 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 71 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
Laceby Road
DN34
31
£160,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
St Nicholas Drive
DN37
29
£175,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Chelmsford Avenue
DN34
27
£130,000
Mixed
4
Rubens Close
DN33
24
£224,950
Mixed · new builds
5
Columbia Road
DN32
24
£98,975
Mostly terraced houses
6
Weelsby Road
DN32
23
£270,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Bramley Close
DN33
23
£160,000
Mixed · new builds
8
Buttercup Way
DN33
22
£195,750
Mixed · new builds
9
Heneage Road
DN32
22
£80,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Scartho Road
DN33
21
£225,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Hainton Avenue
DN32
21
£110,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Willingham Street
DN32
21
£67,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Fenwick Road
DN33
20
£271,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
14
Cooper Road
DN32
20
£96,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Roberts Street
DN32
20
£95,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Park Drive: £439,500
Grimsby median£138K
Park Drive£440K
Clarence Avenue£400K
Woodrow Park£352K
Harewood Way£345K
Pelham Avenue£313K
Cheapest streets
Thorgam Court: £32,000
Grimsby median£138K
Thorgam Court£32K
Ravenspurn Way£41K
Tunnard Street£47K
Rutland Street£50K
Corporation Road£50K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 13.7 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 Lincolnshire
Grimsby is the 64th most expensive of 64 towns in Lincolnshire
Grimsby is one of Lincolnshire’s cheapest 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 Grimsby
What is the average house price in Grimsby?
The median home in Grimsby sold for £138,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,068 standard sales (£137,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £248,950, semi-detached houses £160,000, terraced houses £92,000 and flats and maisonettes £82,500.
Are house prices going up in Grimsby?
The median was £141,250 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£138,000), and £137,000 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 Grimsby each year?
944 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,202 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Grimsby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Park Drive (DN32, £439,500), Clarence Avenue (DN32, £399,950) and Woodrow Park (DN33, £352,000).
How much does a new build cost in Grimsby?
New homes sold for a median £228,975 over three years, against £135,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.7% of sales.
Is Grimsby expensive for Lincolnshire?
Grimsby is the 64th most expensive of 64 towns of 2,500 or more in Lincolnshire 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.