That is the middle of 373 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 5.3 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.
Half of Darlaston’s sales are semi-detached houses
373 homes sold in three years: 33 detached houses, 173 semi-detached houses, 135 terraced houses and 32 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£284K
median sale · 33 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£245K–£318K
Last 12 months
£304K12 sold
Semi-detached houses£198K
median sale · 173 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£232K
Last 12 months
£215K48 sold
Terraced houses£173K
median sale · 135 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£200K
Last 12 months
£183K40 sold
Flats and maisonettes£99K
median sale · 32 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£80K–£112K
Last 12 months
£100K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 46% of sales
Detached houses9%
Semi-detached houses46%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Darlaston’s homes sold for between £155K and £228K
One sale in ten was under £112K and one in ten over £265K. 85% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £185,000, sits in the £150–200K band
373 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,000 in 1995 to £190,000 in the last 12 months (£145,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
111 sales in the last 12 months, against 307 in 2005, the busiest year, and 107 in 2009. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Darlaston costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Darlaston, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£58K
£64K
£170K
£143K
£149K
£261K
£304K
Semi-detached houses
£35K
£42K
£106K
£108K
£104K
£147K
£215K
Terraced houses
£33K
£35K
£91K
£85K
£87K
£124K
£183K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£36K
£90K
—
£70K
£68K
£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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 37% in 2018
745 new homes have been sold in Darlaston 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
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.2% sold leasehold in Darlaston. 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
Centenary Lane is Darlaston’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
24 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
Centenary Lane
WS10
13
£248,250
Mixed
2
Victory Avenue
WS10
10
£190,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Dorsett Road
WS10
8
£225,000
Mixed
4
Old Park Road
WS10
8
£210,000
Mixed
5
Stafford Road
WS10
8
£188,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
Lowe Avenue
WS10
8
£141,550
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Charles Foster Street
WS10
7
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Willenhall Street
WS10
7
£164,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Franchise Street
WS10
7
£159,000
Mixed
10
Cobden Street
WS10
7
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Mill Street
WS10
7
£115,000
Mixed
12
The Avenue
WS10
7
£100,000
Mostly flats
13
Richards Street
WS10
6
£152,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Puddlers Grove
WS10
5
£245,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Park Lane
WS10
5
£235,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Centenary Lane: £248,250
Darlaston median£185K
Centenary Lane£248K
Puddlers Grove£245K
Park Lane£235K
Memory Lane£231K
Dorsett Road£225K
Cheapest streets
The Avenue: £100,000
Darlaston median£185K
The Avenue£100K
Mill Street£115K
Wolverhampton Street£138K
Lowe Avenue£142K
Richards Street£152K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.5 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 West Midlands
Darlaston is the 35th most expensive of 35 towns in West Midlands
Darlaston is one of West Midlands’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 Darlaston
What is the average house price in Darlaston?
The median home in Darlaston sold for £185,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 373 standard sales (£190,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £283,500, semi-detached houses £197,500, terraced houses £172,500 and flats and maisonettes £99,000.
Are house prices going up in Darlaston?
The median was £185,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£178,000), and £190,000 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 Darlaston each year?
111 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 172 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Darlaston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Centenary Lane (WS10, £248,250), Puddlers Grove (WS10, £245,000) and Park Lane (WS10, £235,000).
Is Darlaston expensive for West Midlands?
Darlaston is the 35th most expensive of 35 towns of 2,500 or more in West Midlands 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.