UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/county-durham

Council areaNorth East, England

House prices in County Durham

Homes in County Durham sold for a median of £145,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 14,074 standard sales.

That makes it the cheapest of the 12 council areas in the North East with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £175,000.

Median sale price£145,00014,074 standard sales
Middle half of prices£95,000 to £221,000
Change since 2016+32%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Postcode districts in County Durham

The dearest district was DL12 (Barnard Castle), at £250,000, and the cheapest was DL4 (Shildon), at £80,000. The dearest median is 3.1 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were DH1 (Durham) and TS21 (Stockton-on-Tees), and the next cheapest SR8 (Peterlee) and DL17 (Ferryhill).

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Each dot is a postcode district in County Durham, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in County Durham, by number of sales: Durham (DH1, DH6, DH7), Chester le Street (DH2, DH3), Bishop Auckland (DL13, DL14), Consett (DH8), Stanley (DH9), Peterlee (SR8), Seaham (SR7), Newton Aycliffe (DL5), and 9 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. DL12Barnard Castle, 360 sales£250,000Too few+5%
  2. DH1Durham, 1,087 sales£228,000£2,460+1%
  3. TS21Stockton-on-Tees, 547 sales£210,000£2,422−10%
  4. DH3Chester le Street, 806 sales£190,000£2,211+9%
  5. TS27Hartlepool, 493 sales£169,000£2,391+6%
  6. DH2Chester le Street, 829 sales£167,000£2,357−6%
  7. TS28Wingate, 192 sales£165,000Too few+1%
  8. DL5Newton Aycliffe, 693 sales£162,500Too few+3%
  9. DL13Bishop Auckland, 383 sales£160,000Too few−3%
  10. DH7Durham, 1,140 sales£150,000£1,851+3%
  11. DH8Consett, 1,162 sales£148,000£1,918+2%
  12. DL16Spennymoor, 644 sales£147,000£1,889−1%
  13. DH6Durham, 1,048 sales£136,000£1,719+4%
  14. SR7Seaham, 753 sales£130,000£1,575−8%
  15. DL14Bishop Auckland, 1,041 sales£125,000£1,340+4%
  16. DL15Crook, 602 sales£120,500£1,491+21%
  17. DH9Stanley, 946 sales£115,500£1,264+20%
  18. TS29Trimdon Station, 188 sales£109,500Too fewToo few
  19. DL17Ferryhill, 505 sales£100,000Too few+17%
  20. SR8Peterlee, 859 sales£90,000£1,104+5%
  21. DL4Shildon, 250 sales£80,000Too few+4%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in DL15 (Crook), up 21%, and fell most in TS21 (Stockton-on-Tees), down 10%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Wheatley Close, Bowburn (DH6)51 sales
  • Willow Crescent, High Hold (DH2)47 sales
  • High Grange Way, Wingate (TS28)43 sales
  • Countersett Road, Stockton-on-Tees (TS21)39 sales
  • Merlin Drive, Barnard Castle (DL12)38 sales
  • Victory Close, Consett (DH8)35 sales
  • Carter Close, Tanfield (DH9)34 sales
  • Burnlands Way, Pelton Fell (DH2)32 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Merlin Drive, Barnard Castle (DL12, £395,500), Woodward Way, Aykley Heads (DH1, detached houses, £369,500) and Martin Link, Tanfield (DH9, detached houses, £346,500).

The cheapest were General Bucher Court, Bishop Auckland (DL14, flats, £26,000), Seventh Street, Horden (SR8, terraced houses, £27,500) and Byerley Road, Shildon (DL4, terraced houses, £70,000).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in County Durham, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached3,623£267,000£210,000 to £340,000£2,468/m²from 155 sales
Semi-detached4,514£150,000£114,000 to £190,000£1,849/m²from 169 sales
Terraced5,491£98,000£74,000 to £135,000£1,197/m²from 150 sales
Flats and maisonettes446£87,000£66,000 to £124,000Too few

Terraced houses were the most common type sold in County Durham, at 39% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 32%.

Terraced houses stand out against the North East as a whole: a median of £98,000 here, 25% less than the £130,000 across the region.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £1,868 per m², 14% below the £2,184 across the North East as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 32%, from £112,000 in 2016 to £148,000 in 2025, close to the 30% rise across the North East as a whole.

Living in County Durham

Crime

101 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Higher than 81 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

88% of homes can get it

Lower than 61 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%.

Radon

58% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,622 a year in County Durham for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 92 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the North East

Median sale price of the 12 council areas in the North East with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first.

  1. North Tyneside£215,000
  2. Northumberland£210,000
  3. Newcastle upon Tyne£207,500
  4. Stockton-on-Tees£180,000
  5. Darlington£175,000
  6. Redcar and Cleveland£167,500
  7. South Tyneside£167,500
  8. Gateshead£165,000
  9. Middlesbrough£158,000
  10. Sunderland£157,000
  11. Hartlepool£156,000
  12. County Durham£145,000
All 12 council areas in the North East, ranked

About these figures

County Durham's figures come from 14,074 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages). New builds made up 7% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.