Council areaSouth East, England

House prices in Dover

Homes in Dover sold for a median of £293,500 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 3,302 standard sales.

That makes it the eighth cheapest of the 64 council areas in the South East with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £383,000.

Median sale price£293,5003,302 standard sales
Middle half of prices£230,000 to £385,000
Change since 2016+38%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Dover, 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
Detached804£435,000£370,000 to £590,000£4,086/m²from 38 sales
Semi-detached998£300,000£269,000 to £350,000£3,380/m²from 45 sales
Terraced1,156£248,500£205,000 to £300,000£2,857/m²from 29 sales
Flats and maisonettes344£165,000£128,000 to £230,000£2,733/m²from 23 sales

Terraced houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in Dover, at 35% and 30% of sales.

Detached houses stand out against the South East as a whole: a median of £435,000 here, 27% less than the £595,000 across the region.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,380 per m², 23% below the £4,375 across the South East as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £214,000
  2. 2017: £232,500
  3. 2018: £246,000
  4. 2019: £250,000
  5. 2020: £265,000
  6. 2021: £281,500
  7. 2022: £320,000
  8. 2023: £310,000
  9. 2024: £295,000
  10. 2025: £295,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £285,000
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 38%, from £214,000 in 2016 to £295,000 in 2025, more than the 30% rise across the South East as a whole.

Postcode districts in Dover

The dearest district was CT15 (Dover), at £347,500, and the cheapest was CT17 (Dover), at £215,000.

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

Post towns in Dover, by number of sales: Dover (CT15, CT16, CT17), Deal (CT14), Canterbury (CT3), Sandwich (CT13).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. CT15Dover, 295 salesMedian price £347,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
  2. CT13Sandwich, 279 salesMedian price £335,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
  3. CT3Canterbury, 596 salesMedian price £310,000Price per square metre £3,499Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  4. CT14Deal, 1,106 salesMedian price £310,000Price per square metre £3,390Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −5%
  5. CT16Dover, 631 salesMedian price £275,000Price per square metre £3,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
  6. CT17Dover, 494 salesMedian price £215,000Price per square metre £2,615Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%

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 CT3 (Canterbury), up 1%, and fell most in CT14 (Deal), down 5%.

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

  • Sea View Avenue, Walmer (CT14)39 sales
  • Stonecote Road, Aylesham (CT3)36 sales
  • Lapwing Way, Whitfield (CT16)26 sales
  • Central Boulevard, Aylesham (CT3)22 sales
  • Orchard Place, Aylesham (CT3)22 sales
  • Elms Vale Road, Dover (CT17)21 sales
  • Heathfield Avenue, Dover (CT16)20 sales
  • Downs Road, Walmer (CT14)17 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Lakehill Road, Hersden (CT3, detached houses, £480,000), Dover Road, Walmer (CT14, £472,500) and Eythorne Road, Shepherdswell (CT15, £470,000).

The cheapest were Coombe Valley Road, Dover (CT17, £145,000), Clarendon Place, Dover (CT17, terraced houses, £149,500) and Beechwood Avenue, Deal (CT14, flats, £155,000).

Living in Dover

Crime

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

Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

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

82% of homes can get it

Lower than 80 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

83% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 76 in 100 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 £2,462 a year in Dover for 2026 to 2027

Near the middle of all council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

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 South East

Median sale price of the 64 council areas in the South East with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Dover and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Ashford£345,000
  2. Eastleigh£345,000
  3. Fareham£345,000
  4. Havant£320,000
  5. Folkestone and Hythe£317,500
  6. Medway£312,000
  7. Swale£310,000
  8. Dover, this council area£293,500
  9. Thanet£293,000
  10. Hastings£280,000
  11. Eastbourne£276,000
  12. Isle of Wight£260,000
  13. Southampton£260,000
  14. Portsmouth£258,000
  15. Gosport£255,000

About these figures

Dover's figures come from 3,302 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages). New builds made up 8% of them.

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

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.