That is the middle of 2,151 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 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.
38% of Kidderminster’s sales are semi-detached houses
2,151 homes sold in three years: 566 detached houses, 810 semi-detached houses, 614 terraced houses and 161 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 566 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£279K–£400K
Last 12 months
£325K170 sold
New build
£558K
Semi-detached houses£240K
median sale · 810 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£205K–£269K
Last 12 months
£240K238 sold
New build
£260K
Terraced houses£178K
median sale · 614 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£210K
Last 12 months
£181K186 sold
Flats and maisonettes£115K
median sale · 161 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£86K–£130K
Last 12 months
£112K48 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses38%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Kidderminster’s homes sold for between £176K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £135K and one in ten over £375K. 58% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £230,000, sits in the £200–250K band
2,151 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 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,500 in 1995 to £234,500 in the last 12 months (£172,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
642 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,460 in 2002, the busiest year, and 486 in 2009. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 32% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Kidderminster costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Kidderminster, 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
£74K
£110K
£210K
£194K
£213K
£275K
£325K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£67K
£138K
£135K
£148K
£186K
£240K
Terraced houses
£38K
£52K
£114K
£109K
£121K
£143K
£181K
Flats and maisonettes
£38K
£40K
£90K
£98K
£85K
£100K
£112K
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
1,852 new homes have been sold in Kidderminster since 1995; the share peaked at 15% in 2004.
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 £410,000
against £230,000 for a home sold on, 78% 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.1% sold leasehold in Kidderminster. 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
Hurcott Road is Kidderminster’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
165 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 46 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
Hurcott Road
DY10
26
£250,250
Mixed
2
Stourbridge Road
DY10
26
£217,500
Mixed
3
Chester Road North
DY10
24
£251,000
Mixed
4
Sutton Road
DY11
22
£164,500
Mostly terraced houses
5
Marlpool Lane
DY11
21
£279,950
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Sutton Park Road
DY11
20
£330,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Castle Road
DY11
20
£124,750
Mostly flats
8
Lorne Street
DY10
19
£157,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Offmore Road
DY10
18
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Shakespeare Drive
DY10
17
£255,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Franche Road
DY11
17
£242,000
Mixed
12
Lea Street
DY10
16
£175,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Linnet Rise
DY10
16
£170,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Wood Street
DY11
16
£150,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Blackthorn Gardens
DY11
15
£495,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Blackthorn Gardens: £495,000
Kidderminster median£230K
Blackthorn Gardens£495K
Barnetts Close£430K
St Johns Avenue£425K
Habberley Road£411K
Blakebrook£400K
Cheapest streets
St Cecilia Close: £47,500
Kidderminster median£230K
St Cecilia Close£48K
Anchorfields£71K
Chaddesley Road£110K
Leswell Lane£115K
Chaddesley Gardens£121K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.4 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 Worcestershire
Kidderminster is the 22nd most expensive of 22 towns in Worcestershire
Kidderminster is one of Worcestershire’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 Kidderminster
What is the average house price in Kidderminster?
The median home in Kidderminster sold for £230,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,151 standard sales (£234,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £240,000, terraced houses £177,750 and flats and maisonettes £115,000.
Are house prices going up in Kidderminster?
The median was £240,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£224,000), and £234,500 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 Kidderminster each year?
642 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 838 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Kidderminster?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Blackthorn Gardens (DY11, £495,000), Barnetts Close (DY10, £430,000) and St Johns Avenue (DY11, £425,000).
How much does a new build cost in Kidderminster?
New homes sold for a median £410,000 over three years, against £230,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.2% of sales.
Is Kidderminster expensive for Worcestershire?
Kidderminster is the 22nd most expensive of 22 towns of 2,500 or more in Worcestershire 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.
Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0