That is the middle of 1,214 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.
1,214 homes sold in three years: 209 detached houses, 492 semi-detached houses, 471 terraced houses and 42 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£320K
median sale · 209 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£248K–£380K
Last 12 months
£323K62 sold
New build
£348K
Semi-detached houses£210K
median sale · 492 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£260K
Last 12 months
£208K145 sold
New build
£277K
Terraced houses£140K
median sale · 471 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£169K
Last 12 months
£143K149 sold
Flats and maisonettes£76K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£60K–£125K
Last 12 months
£85K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses39%
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 Batley’s homes sold for between £135K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £100K and one in ten over £325K. 74% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £184,150, sits in the £150–200K band
1,214 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 £37,000 in 1995 to £187,500 in the last 12 months (£123,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
369 sales in the last 12 months, against 833 in 2002, the busiest year, and 274 in 2009. Sales fell by 66% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 24% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Batley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Batley, 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
£95K
£176K
£225K
£190K
£245K
£323K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£52K
£114K
£120K
£124K
£143K
£208K
Terraced houses
£32K
£34K
£85K
£90K
£80K
£110K
£143K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£29K
£65K
£95K
£58K
£56K
£85K
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: 2.2% of sales in the last 12 months
971 new homes have been sold in Batley since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2011.
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 £286,495
against £177,500 for a home sold on, 61% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 9.3% sold leasehold in Batley. 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
Bradford Road is Batley’s busiest street, with 34 sales in three years
75 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 16 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
Bradford Road
WF17
34
£186,750
Mostly terraced houses
2
Blossom Walk
WF17
24
£271,495
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Honeysuckle Lane
WF17
22
£297,495
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
Hornbeam Gardens
WF17
21
£274,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Carlinghow Lane
WF17
21
£220,000
Mixed
6
High Street
WF17
19
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Upper Batley Lane
WF17
14
£224,975
Mixed
8
Raikes Lane
WF17
14
£192,475
Mixed
9
Commonside
WF17
14
£125,975
Mostly terraced houses
10
Brookroyd Lane
WF17
13
£219,950
Mixed
11
Soothill Lane
WF17
13
£198,000
Mixed
12
Brow Wood Road
WF17
12
£382,500
Mostly detached houses
13
Maple Garth
WF17
12
£285,495
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
14
Smithies Moor Lane
WF17
12
£227,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Kirkgate
WF17
11
£190,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Grosvenor Road: £440,000
Batley median£184K
Grosvenor Road£440K
Brow Wood Road£383K
Elderberry Rise£299K
Honeysuckle Lane£297K
Manor Farm Drive£295K
Cheapest streets
Upper Blakeridge Lane: £66,750
Batley median£184K
Upper Blakeridge Lane£67K
Hyrstlands Road£77K
Ealand Road£110K
North Bank Road£111K
Grange Road£115K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.6 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 Yorkshire
Batley is the 73rd most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Batley is one of West Yorkshire’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 Batley
What is the average house price in Batley?
The median home in Batley sold for £184,150 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,214 standard sales (£187,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £320,000, semi-detached houses £210,000, terraced houses £139,950 and flats and maisonettes £76,250.
Are house prices going up in Batley?
The median was £185,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£185,000), and £187,500 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 Batley each year?
369 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 459 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Batley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Grosvenor Road (WF17, £440,000), Brow Wood Road (WF17, £382,500) and Elderberry Rise (WF17, £298,595).
How much does a new build cost in Batley?
New homes sold for a median £286,495 over three years, against £177,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.8% of sales.
Is Batley expensive for West Yorkshire?
Batley is the 73rd most expensive of 91 towns of 2,500 or more in West Yorkshire 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.
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