That is the middle of 4,175 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.
A third of Worcester’s sales are semi-detached houses
4,175 homes sold in three years: 944 detached houses, 1,368 semi-detached houses, 1,224 terraced houses and 639 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£376K
median sale · 944 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£450K
Last 12 months
£375K253 sold
New build
£390K
Semi-detached houses£265K
median sale · 1,368 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£227K–£300K
Last 12 months
£262K378 sold
New build
£122K
Terraced houses£230K
median sale · 1,224 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£202K–£267K
Last 12 months
£230K358 sold
Flats and maisonettes£148K
median sale · 639 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£188K
Last 12 months
£145K179 sold
New build
£309K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Worcester’s homes sold for between £205K and £325K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £425K. 46% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £256,500, sits in the £250–300K band
4,175 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 £50,750 in 1995 to £255,000 in the last 12 months (£209,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,168 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,950 in 1999, the busiest year, and 1,214 in 2010. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Worcester costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Worcester, 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
£82K
£122K
£228K
£229K
£265K
£334K
£375K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£75K
£150K
£158K
£183K
£220K
£262K
Terraced houses
£43K
£66K
£134K
£144K
£158K
£190K
£230K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£48K
£120K
£109K
£128K
£140K
£145K
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: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
6,297 new homes have been sold in Worcester since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 1995.
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 £312,500
against £255,027 for a home sold on, 23% 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.
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.9% sold leasehold in Worcester. 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
Bath Road is Worcester’s busiest street, with 42 sales in three years
305 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 86 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
Bath Road
WR5
42
£261,750
Mixed
2
Astwood Road
WR3
31
£222,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Armstrong Drive
WR1
31
£217,500
Mostly flats
4
Henwick Road
WR2
29
£252,500
Mixed
5
Tolladine Road
WR4
28
£242,750
Mixed
6
London Road
WR5
27
£280,000
Mixed
7
Malvern Road
WR2
26
£207,500
Mixed
8
Battenhall Road
WR5
24
£540,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Columbia Drive
WR2
24
£312,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Eastbank Drive
WR3
24
£145,500
Mostly flats
11
Ombersley Road
WR3
23
£370,000
Mixed
12
Northwick Road
WR3
21
£295,000
Mixed
13
Wylds Lane
WR5
21
£225,000
Mixed
14
St Georges Lane North
WR1
20
£65,000
Mostly flats
15
Droitwich Road
WR3
19
£145,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Britannia Square: £827,500
Worcester median£257K
Britannia Square£828K
Barbourne Terrace£670K
Park Avenue£560K
Spetchley Road£550K
Battenhall Road£540K
Cheapest streets
Teme Road: £65,000
Worcester median£257K
Teme Road£65K
St Georges Lane North£65K
Brook Street£77K
Hamble Close£100K
Sansome Place£113K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12.7 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 Worcestershire
Worcester is the 19th most expensive of 22 towns in Worcestershire
Worcester 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 Worcester
What is the average house price in Worcester?
The median home in Worcester sold for £256,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 4,175 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £375,750, semi-detached houses £265,000, terraced houses £230,000 and flats and maisonettes £147,500.
Are house prices going up in Worcester?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£255,000), and £255,000 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 Worcester each year?
1,168 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,689 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Worcester?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Britannia Square (WR1, £827,500), Barbourne Terrace (WR1, £670,000) and Park Avenue (WR3, £560,000).
How much does a new build cost in Worcester?
New homes sold for a median £312,500 over three years, against £255,027 for homes sold on. New builds were 1% of sales.
Is Worcester expensive for Worcestershire?
Worcester is the 19th 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.
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