UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/hastings
Council areaSouth East, England
House prices in Hastings
Homes in Hastings sold for a median of £280,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,384 standard sales.
That makes it the sixth cheapest of the 64 council areas in the South East with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £383,000.
Prices over time
The median rose 44%, from £195,000 in 2016 to £281,000 in 2025, the second biggest rise of the 64 council areas in the South East.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 474 | £410,000 | £345,000 to £485,000 | Too few |
| Semi-detached | 508 | £315,000 | £270,000 to £363,000 | Too few |
| Terraced | 671 | £270,000 | £233,000 to £330,000 | Too few |
| Flats and maisonettes | 731 | £173,000 | £140,000 to £225,000 | Too few |
Flats and maisonettes and terraced houses sold in similar numbers in Hastings, at 31% and 28% of sales.
Detached houses stand out against the South East as a whole: a median of £410,000 here, 31% less than the £595,000 across the region.
Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,311 per m², 24% below the £4,375 across the South East as a whole.
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. Hastings and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- Ashford£345,000
- Eastleigh£345,000
- Fareham£345,000
- Havant£320,000
- Folkestone and Hythe£317,500
- Medway£312,000
- Swale£310,000
- Dover£293,500
- Thanet£293,000
- Hastings, this council area£280,000
- Eastbourne£276,000
- Isle of Wight£260,000
- Southampton£260,000
- Portsmouth£258,000
- Gosport£255,000
Postcode districts in Hastings
District medians are close together, from £275,000 in TN37 (St Leonards-on-Sea) to £325,000 in TN35 (Hastings).
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- TN35Hastings, 404 salesMedian price £325,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
- TN34Hastings, 828 salesMedian price £286,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
- TN38St Leonards-on-Sea, 771 salesMedian price £282,500Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
- TN37St Leonards-on-Sea, 541 salesMedian price £275,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +5%
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 TN35 (Hastings), up 6%, and fell most in TN34 (Hastings) and TN38 (St Leonards-on-Sea), down 2%.
Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:
- St Helens Road, Hastings (TN34)38 sales
- Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN38)35 sales
- Old London Road, Hastings (TN35)27 sales
- London Road, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN37)26 sales
- Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN37)24 sales
- Marina, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN38)24 sales
- Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN37)20 sales
- Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN37)18 sales
Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Lower Park Road, Hastings (TN34, £478,500), Westfield Lane, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN37, detached houses, £452,500) and Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN38, £376,500).
The cheapest were Robertson Terrace, Hastings (TN34, flats, £120,000), Marine Court, St Leonards-on-Sea (TN38, flats, £136,500) and The Bourne, Hastings (TN34, flats, £142,000).
Leasehold homes
31% of sales in Hastings were leasehold, against 20% across the South East as a whole. Most of them are flats, so ask for the years left on the lease and the service charge, and read how long a lease should be and what to check about cladding.
Living in Hastings
Crime
117 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Higher than 90 in 100 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
84% of homes can get it
Lower than 73 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.
Radon
No postcode is in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area
Lower than 86 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 £2,677 a year in Hastings for 2026 to 2027
Higher than 96 in 100 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.
About these figures
Hastings's figures come from 2,384 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 4 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Hastings, so their sales add up to 2,544 instead (how we build council pages).
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.