That is the middle of 3,695 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 4.4 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.
3,695 homes sold in three years: 623 detached houses, 1,615 semi-detached houses, 1,298 terraced houses and 159 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£310K
median sale · 623 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£360K
Last 12 months
£320K154 sold
New build
£317K
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 1,615 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£159K–£240K
Last 12 months
£195K465 sold
New build
£249K
Terraced houses£125K
median sale · 1,298 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£157K
Last 12 months
£130K382 sold
New build
£211K
Flats and maisonettes£96K
median sale · 159 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£77K–£120K
Last 12 months
£100K43 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 44% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses44%
Terraced houses35%
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 St Helens’s homes sold for between £126K and £240K
One sale in ten was under £95K and one in ten over £315K. 77% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £172,500, sits in the £150–200K band
3,695 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,950 in 1995 to £175,000 in the last 12 months (£122,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,044 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,290 in 2004, the busiest year, and 717 in 2009. Sales fell by 67% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 18%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 43% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
St Helens costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: St Helens, 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
£79K
£100K
£190K
£210K
£200K
£250K
£320K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£51K
£118K
£120K
£128K
£146K
£195K
Terraced houses
£30K
£31K
£80K
£75K
£73K
£87K
£130K
Flats and maisonettes
£24K
£38K
£109K
£67K
£65K
£88K
£100K
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
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
5,822 new homes have been sold in St Helens since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 2005.
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 £269,999
against £165,000 for a home sold on, 64% 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.
43% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 40% sold leasehold in St Helens. 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
Peets Bridge Drive is St Helens’s busiest street, with 53 sales in three years
259 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 79 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
Peets Bridge Drive
WA9
53
£284,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Anderton Drive
WA9
47
£242,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Broadhurst Avenue
WA9
31
£329,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Prescot Road
WA10
29
£240,000
Mixed
5
Kiln Lane
WA10
27
£192,000
Mixed
6
Parrys Drive
WA9
26
£268,995
Mixed · new builds
7
Dobsons Wood Lane
WA9
24
£274,770
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
8
Knowsley Road
WA10
24
£151,500
Mixed
9
Broadway
WA10
22
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Clock Face Road
WA9
22
£137,600
Mixed
11
Sylvester Drive
WA9
21
£273,995
Mixed · new builds
12
Dowty Close
WA9
20
£239,995
Mixed · new builds
13
Lowther Crescent
WA10
19
£185,000
Mixed
14
Speakman Road
WA10
19
£175,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Mill Lane
WA9
19
£153,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
St Helens Road: £418,747
St Helens median£173K
St Helens Road£419K
Rainford Road (WA10)£400K
Pike House Road£390K
Springfield Lane£370K
Eccleston Green Court£365K
Cheapest streets
Lower Hall Street: £42,500
St Helens median£173K
Lower Hall Street£43K
Liberty Place£69K
Lascelles Street£73K
Bruce Street£75K
Manville Street£78K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.9 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 Merseyside
St Helens is the 22nd most expensive of 25 towns in Merseyside
St Helens is one of Merseyside’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 St Helens
What is the average house price in St Helens?
The median home in St Helens sold for £172,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,695 standard sales (£175,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £310,000, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £125,000 and flats and maisonettes £96,000.
Are house prices going up in St Helens?
The median was £180,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£172,250), and £175,000 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 St Helens each year?
1,044 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,376 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in St Helens?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: St Helens Road (WA11, £418,747), Rainford Road (WA10, £400,000) and Pike House Road (WA10, £390,000).
How much does a new build cost in St Helens?
New homes sold for a median £269,999 over three years, against £165,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.7% of sales.
Is St Helens expensive for Merseyside?
St Helens is the 22nd most expensive of 25 towns of 2,500 or more in Merseyside 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.