Birches Crest, Basingstoke house prices are built from 168 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 18 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £154,975. Across the 11 years from 2013 to 2024 the median moved +59.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +15.0%.
Median price paid
£154,975
Change in cash, 2013–2024
+59.4%
Change in real terms
+15.0%
HM Land Registry168 salesLatest sale 18 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Birches Crest, Basingstoke prices moved
The chart tracks the median Birches Crest, Basingstoke house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2024. 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 | 3 | £110,750 | £245,917 |
| 2000s | 8 | £162,000 | £295,116 |
| 2010s | 2 | £241,500 | £340,515 |
| 2020s | 1 | £385,000 | £393,370 |
The highest yearly median on record for Birches Crest, Basingstoke is £385,000 in 2024; the lowest is £106,950 in 1998. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £110,750 to £385,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £234,823, so the real change over the whole record is +72.5% — about +2.04% 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: +59.4% in cash against +15.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 18 Nov 2025 | Detached | £450,000 | £459,783 |
| 41 | 30 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £357,000 | £364,761 |
| 47 | 16 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £288,000 | £303,045 |
| 22 | 27 Aug 2024 | Detached | £390,000 | £410,373 |
| 46 | 31 May 2024 | Terraced | £275,000 | £289,366 |
| 54 | 28 May 2024 | Detached | £405,000 | £426,157 |
| 49 | 17 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £385,000 | £405,112 |
| 53 | 9 Nov 2023 | Detached | £415,000 | £448,391 |
| 19 | 31 Oct 2023 | Detached | £390,000 | £421,379 |
| 35 | 18 Aug 2023 | Terraced | £330,000 | £356,552 |
| 44 | 14 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £295,000 | £341,783 |
| 41 | 18 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £300,000 | £388,430 |
| 1 | 10 Jul 2020 | Detached | £370,000 | £479,063 |
| 48 | 12 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £320,000 | £414,325 |
| 45 | 30 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £305,000 | £394,904 |
| 44 | 16 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £260,000 | £340,074 |
| 53 | 26 Jun 2019 | Detached | £325,000 | £425,093 |
| 16 | 29 May 2019 | Detached | £410,000 | £536,271 |
| 32 | 28 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £290,000 | £386,484 |
| 37 | 21 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £253,500 | £337,840 |
| 35 | 29 Jun 2018 | Terraced | £285,000 | £379,820 |
| 46 | 10 Aug 2017 | Terraced | £255,000 | £347,056 |
| 49 | 20 Apr 2017 | Terraced | £320,000 | £435,521 |
| 29 | 11 Nov 2016 | Detached | £332,500 | £464,183 |
| 29 | 20 Nov 2015 | Detached | £300,000 | £423,000 |
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 Birches Crest, Basingstoke values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Birches Crest | £124,950 (1998) | £450,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.1% |
| 41 Birches Crest | £99,950 (1998) | £357,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 47 Birches Crest | £89,950 (1998) | £288,000 (2024) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 22 Birches Crest | £107,000 (1998) | £390,000 (2024) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 46 Birches Crest | £89,950 (1999) | £275,000 (2024) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 54 Birches Crest | £113,500 (1999) | £405,000 (2024) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 49 Birches Crest | £106,950 (1998) | £385,000 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 53 Birches Crest | £113,500 (1998) | £415,000 (2023) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 19 Birches Crest | £109,950 (1998) | £390,000 (2023) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 35 Birches Crest | £98,950 (1998) | £330,000 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 44 Birches Crest | £82,950 (1998) | £295,000 (2022) | +5.4% | +2.9% |
| 1 Birches Crest | £110,750 (1997) | £370,000 (2020) | +5.4% | +3.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Birches Crest, Basingstoke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 87 | 51.8% | £166,500 | £100,000 – £450,000 |
| Terraced | 71 | 42.3% | £155,000 | £74,950 – £385,000 |
| Semi-detached | 10 | 6.0% | £116,950 | £76,950 – £275,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Birches Crest, Basingstoke
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 168 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 168 | 100.0% | £154,975 |
| New build | 56 | 33.3% | £106,950 |
| Existing home | 112 | 66.7% | £207,250 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -48.4%. 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 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 Birches Crest, Basingstoke
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Basingstoke and Deane, 57.0% of 86,071 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 423 | 0.5% |
| B | 14,700 | 17.1% |
| C | 33,960 | 39.5% |
| D | 26,664 | 31.0% |
| E | 7,851 | 9.1% |
| F | 1,949 | 2.3% |
| G | 524 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Basingstoke and Deane at £1,310 a month as of Jun 2026 — £931 for a one-bedroom home and £1,467 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £154,975 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.14% 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 RG22, 169 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 63 violent, 3 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 30 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 185,154 residents the 2021 census counted in Basingstoke and Deane, that is 0.91 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 Birches Crest, Basingstoke
The 2021 census counted 185,154 residents in Basingstoke and Deane across 76,645 households. 66.7% of those households own their home and 33.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
14 state and independent schools have a RG22 postcode: 11 primary, 3 secondary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Hill Community School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,284 |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 894 |
| The Blue Coat School Basingstoke | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 837 |
| St Mark's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 634 |
| Park View Primary School | Primary | Community school | 432 |
| Kempshott Junior School | Primary | Community school | 362 |
| Hatch Warren Junior School | Primary | Community school | 350 |
| Chalk Ridge Primary School | Primary | Community school | 283 |
| Kempshott Infant School | Primary | Community school | 270 |
| Hatch Warren Infant School | Primary | Community school | 248 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke Rail Station | Rail | 3.5 km |
| Overton Rail Station | Rail | 9.4 km |
| Bramley (Hants) Rail Station | Rail | 10.2 km |
| Hook Rail Station | Rail | 11.9 km |
Section 09
How Birches Crest, Basingstoke compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Birches Crest, Basingstoke sits below that national figure — -1.6%.
Within Basingstoke the street ranks 1110 of 1430 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £190,000 (-18.4%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £74,950 to £450,000. 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.
Birches Crest, Basingstoke sits in Basingstoke and Deane, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Basingstoke and Deane at 8.8 times median local earnings of £41,470 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
Streets nearby
- Britten Road£155,000 median
- Worting Road£200,000 median
- Beecham Berry£116,000 median
- Quilter Road£129,000 median
- Porter Road£144,500 median
- Breadels Field£179,975 median
- Constantine Way£128,000 median
- The Cornfields£183,000 median
- Rycroft Meadow£236,995 median
- Ellington Drive£165,000 median
- Kempshott Lane£375,000 median
- Wiltshire Crescent£242,500 median
- Mathias Walk£178,500 median
- Oceana Crescent£225,000 median
- Pack Lane£320,000 median
- Heritage Park£214,995 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 35 Birches Crest7 sales
- 44 Birches Crest6 sales
- 45 Birches Crest6 sales
- 32 Birches Crest6 sales
- 21 Birches Crest6 sales
- 1 Birches Crest5 sales
- 48 Birches Crest5 sales
- 41 Birches Crest4 sales
- 47 Birches Crest4 sales
- 46 Birches Crest4 sales
- 53 Birches Crest4 sales
- 29 Birches Crest4 sales
- 10 Birches Crest4 sales
- 6 Birches Crest4 sales
- 40 Birches Crest4 sales
- 9 Birches Crest4 sales
- 55 Birches Crest4 sales
- 22 Birches Crest3 sales
- 54 Birches Crest3 sales
- 49 Birches Crest3 sales
- 16 Birches Crest3 sales
- 37 Birches Crest3 sales
- 56 Birches Crest3 sales
- 15 Birches Crest3 sales
Back to Basingstoke house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Birches Crest, Basingstoke?
The median price paid in Birches Crest, Basingstoke across every sale on the register is £154,975. 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 Birches Crest, Basingstoke?
168 sales are on record for Birches Crest, Basingstoke, the most recent completing on 18 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Birches Crest, Basingstoke house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +59.4% between 2013 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +15.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Birches Crest, Basingstoke house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £385,000, set in 2024. 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 Birches Crest, Basingstoke?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 18 Nov 2025. 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, “Birches Crest, Basingstoke 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.