PL1 house prices are built from 13,300 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £127,075. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +10.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -21.1%.
Median price paid
£127,075
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+10.2%
Change in real terms
-21.1%
Median per m²
£1,812
HM Land Registry13,300 sales2,871 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026
Section 01
How PL1 prices moved
The chart tracks the median PL1 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £38,875 | £86,321 |
| 2000s | 10 | £112,250 | £204,486 |
| 2010s | 10 | £150,000 | £211,500 |
| 2020s | 7 | £180,000 | £183,913 |
The highest yearly median on record for PL1 is £190,000 in 2021; the lowest is £33,500 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £37,250 to £168,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £82,713, so the real change over the whole record is +103.1% — about +2.31% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +10.2% in cash against -21.1% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 Duke Street | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £177,500 | £177,500 |
| 14 Frederick Street East | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 106 Endeavour Court | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £162,000 | £162,000 |
| FLAT 18 CITADEL COURT, 2 Elliot Street | 2 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £90,000 |
| 19 Centenary Road | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £85,500 | £85,500 |
| FLAT 19 57 Chapel Street | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2 Hoe Gardens | 27 May 2026 | Terraced | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 57 Waterloo Street | 26 May 2026 | Terraced | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 230 TAVY HOUSE Duke Street | 26 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 19 Waterloo Close | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £172,000 | £172,000 |
| 7 Kingdom Street | 20 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £168,000 | £168,000 |
| 9 Willoughby Way | 19 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| FLAT 4 7 Wyndham Square | 19 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £94,000 | £94,000 |
| FLAT 2 27 Craigie Drive | 18 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £218,000 | £218,000 |
| GROUND FLOOR FLAT 93 Duke Street | 18 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| THE HAVEN Richmond Walk | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 16 Keyes Close | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £91,100 | £91,100 |
| 98 Endeavour Court | 14 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £118,000 | £118,000 |
| FLAT 39 169 Durnford Street | 8 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| FLAT 65 WESLEY COURT, 1 Millbay Road | 8 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| FLAT 2 28 Arundel Crescent | 8 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 12 Acre Cottages | 5 May 2026 | Detached | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 216 Citadel Road | 5 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £142,000 | £142,000 |
| 32 Pembroke Lane | 1 May 2026 | Terraced | £197,000 | £197,000 |
| FLAT 24 33 Notte Street | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £277,500 | £277,500 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to PL1 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Frederick Street East | £16,000 (2000) | £185,000 (2026) | +9.9% | +7.0% |
| 106 Endeavour Court | £132,250 (2008) | £162,000 (2026) | +1.1% | -1.7% |
| FLAT 18 CITADEL COURT, 2 Elliot Street | £40,500 (1997) | £90,000 (2026) | +2.8% | +0.2% |
| FLAT 19 57 Chapel Street | £99,995 (2016) | £120,000 (2026) | +1.8% | -1.5% |
| 2 Hoe Gardens | £102,500 (1999) | £395,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 57 Waterloo Street | £335,000 (2021) | £310,000 (2026) | -1.5% | -6.0% |
| 19 Waterloo Close | £129,000 (2021) | £172,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +1.1% |
| 7 Kingdom Street | £129,950 (2020) | £168,000 (2026) | +4.4% | 0.0% |
| FLAT 4 7 Wyndham Square | £81,250 (2013) | £94,000 (2026) | +1.1% | -1.8% |
| 9 Willoughby Way | £186,950 (2014) | £250,000 (2026) | +2.5% | -0.6% |
| FLAT 2 27 Craigie Drive | £225,000 (2021) | £218,000 (2026) | -0.6% | -5.2% |
| GROUND FLOOR FLAT 93 Duke Street | £65,000 (2004) | £80,000 (2026) | +0.9% | -1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. PL1 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 8,060 | 60.6% | £119,000 | £2,000 – £1,400,000 |
| Terraced | 4,718 | 35.5% | £145,000 | £7,000 – £1,090,000 |
| Semi-detached | 383 | 2.9% | £154,999 | £13,500 – £840,000 |
| Detached | 139 | 1.0% | £190,000 | £11,435 – £1,210,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in PL1
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 4,758 certificates cover PL1, and their median floor area is 63 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -17.1%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 63 m² | about 678 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 47 m² | about 506 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 81 m² | about 872 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 43.9% | 2,090 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 4.7% | 226 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in PL1
8,448 of the sales on record are leasehold and 4,852 freehold — 63.5% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £119,000 and the median freehold sale £147,500 — a gap of +23.9%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 8,448 | 63.5% | £119,000 |
| Freehold | 4,852 | 36.5% | £147,500 |
| New build | 2,378 | 17.9% | £162,000 |
| Existing home | 10,922 | 82.1% | £116,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +39.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 1,430 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in PL1
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Plymouth, 46.5% of 142,697 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 688 | 0.5% |
| B | 15,064 | 10.6% |
| C | 50,598 | 35.5% |
| D | 54,508 | 38.2% |
| E | 16,647 | 11.7% |
| F | 3,832 | 2.7% |
| G | 1,360 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Plymouth at £998 a month as of Jun 2026 — £701 for a one-bedroom home and £1,058 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £127,075 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.42% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of PL1, 1,048 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 407 violent, 14 burglary, 19 vehicle-related and 144 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 6.3 times busier.
Against the 264,695 residents the 2021 census counted in Plymouth, that is 3.96 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around PL1
The 2021 census counted 264,695 residents in Plymouth across 114,557 households. 58.8% of those households own their home and 41.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a PL1 postcode: 11 primary, 3 secondary, 1 16 plus. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devonport High School for Boys | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,300 |
| UTC Plymouth | Secondary | University technical college | 594 |
| Millbay Academy | Secondary | Free schools | 526 |
| Stoke Damerel Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 387 |
| Pilgrim Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 361 |
| Mount Wise Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 248 |
| High Street Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 214 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 201 |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 192 |
| St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 190 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Ferry Terminal | Ferry | 0.7 km |
| Plymouth Stonehouse Ferry Terminal | Ferry | 0.9 km |
| Plymouth Rail Station | Rail | 1.1 km |
| Royal William Yard Ferry Landing | Ferry | 1.2 km |
Section 09
How PL1 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. PL1 sits below that national figure — -19.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,812 per square metre, across 2,871 of the 13,300 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £2,000 to £1,400,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
PL1 sits in Plymouth, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Plymouth at 6.2 times median local earnings of £36,483 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside PL1
The closest districts
- PL42.0 km · £110,000
- PL22.2 km · £117,000
- PL32.8 km · £138,000
- PL54.6 km · £114,500
- PL95.3 km · £183,000
- PL66.0 km · £145,000
- PL78.1 km · £150,000
- PL128.7 km · £155,000
This district mostly covers Plymouth.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in PL1?
The median price paid in PL1 across every sale on the register is £127,075. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in PL1?
13,300 sales are on record for PL1, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have PL1 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +10.2% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -21.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were PL1 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £190,000, set in 2021. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in PL1?
£1,812 per square metre, from the 2,871 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 12 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “PL1 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.