Sweetbriar Way, Cannock house prices are built from 253 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2000 and the most recent on 10 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £159,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +95.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +41.6%.
Median price paid
£159,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+95.5%
Change in real terms
+41.6%
Median per m²
£2,006
HM Land Registry253 sales26 with floor areaLatest sale 10 Dec 2025
Section 01
How Sweetbriar Way, Cannock prices moved
The chart tracks the median Sweetbriar Way, Cannock house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2000 to 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9 | £158,000 | £287,829 |
| 2010s | 6 | £231,750 | £326,768 |
| 2020s | 3 | £430,000 | £439,348 |
The highest yearly median on record for Sweetbriar Way, Cannock is £457,500 in 2024; the lowest is £124,950 in 2001. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £131,575 to £430,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £263,150, so the real change over the whole record is +67.0% — about +2.07% 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: +95.5% in cash against +41.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 10 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £321,848 |
| 23 | 7 Mar 2025 | Detached | £487,000 | £497,587 |
| 46 | 7 Feb 2025 | Detached | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| 163 | 5 Feb 2025 | Detached | £430,000 | £439,348 |
| 105 | 24 Jan 2025 | Detached | £439,950 | £449,514 |
| 47 | 2 Oct 2024 | Detached | £475,000 | £499,813 |
| 81 | 5 Sep 2024 | Detached | £457,500 | £481,399 |
| 85 | 23 Aug 2024 | Detached | £320,000 | £336,716 |
| 19 | 19 Aug 2024 | Detached | £475,000 | £499,813 |
| 20 | 23 Feb 2024 | Detached | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| 143 | 26 Jan 2024 | Detached | £478,000 | £502,970 |
| 145 | 12 Jan 2024 | Detached | £360,000 | £378,806 |
| 17 | 24 Nov 2023 | Detached | £450,000 | £486,207 |
| 38 | 9 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| 93 | 11 Aug 2023 | Detached | £435,000 | £470,000 |
| 61 | 30 Jun 2023 | Detached | £455,000 | £491,609 |
| 31 | 6 May 2022 | Detached | £475,000 | £550,329 |
| 10 | 6 May 2022 | Detached | £430,000 | £498,192 |
| 101 | 28 Jan 2022 | Detached | £425,000 | £492,399 |
| 14 | 15 Dec 2021 | Detached | £350,000 | £442,204 |
| 50 | 7 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £246,371 |
| 63 | 15 Oct 2021 | Detached | £425,000 | £536,962 |
| 58 | 19 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £228,500 | £288,696 |
| 151 | 1 Apr 2021 | Detached | £370,000 | £467,473 |
| 39 | 26 Feb 2021 | Detached | £427,500 | £540,121 |
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 Sweetbriar Way, Cannock values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sweetbriar Way | £108,950 (2002) | £315,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 23 Sweetbriar Way | £285,000 (2007) | £487,000 (2025) | +3.0% | +0.0% |
| 46 Sweetbriar Way | £80,750 (2001) | £235,000 (2025) | +4.6% | +1.7% |
| 163 Sweetbriar Way | £148,950 (2002) | £430,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 47 Sweetbriar Way | £128,950 (2000) | £475,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 85 Sweetbriar Way | £108,950 (2001) | £320,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 19 Sweetbriar Way | £152,950 (2000) | £475,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 20 Sweetbriar Way | £127,500 (2002) | £300,000 (2024) | +4.0% | +1.1% |
| 143 Sweetbriar Way | £178,950 (2001) | £478,000 (2024) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 145 Sweetbriar Way | £200,000 (2012) | £360,000 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.0% |
| 17 Sweetbriar Way | £123,950 (2000) | £450,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 38 Sweetbriar Way | £79,950 (2000) | £250,000 (2023) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Sweetbriar Way, Cannock 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 | 188 | 74.3% | £176,950 | £80,750 – £487,000 |
| Terraced | 35 | 13.8% | £138,000 | £63,602 – £250,000 |
| Semi-detached | 30 | 11.9% | £108,950 | £69,750 – £315,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Sweetbriar Way, Cannock
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 253 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 | 253 | 100.0% | £159,000 |
| New build | 102 | 40.3% | £133,600 |
| Existing home | 151 | 59.7% | £230,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -41.9%. 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 3 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 Sweetbriar Way, Cannock
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cannock Chase, 42.7% of 47,705 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 196 | 0.4% |
| B | 5,728 | 12.0% |
| C | 14,442 | 30.3% |
| D | 19,814 | 41.5% |
| E | 6,116 | 12.8% |
| F | 1,118 | 2.3% |
| G | 291 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cannock Chase at £854 a month as of Jun 2026 — £580 for a one-bedroom home and £949 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £159,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.45% 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 WS12, 179 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 91 violent, 6 burglary, 1 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 100,519 residents the 2021 census counted in Cannock Chase, that is 1.78 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 Sweetbriar Way, Cannock
The 2021 census counted 100,519 residents in Cannock Chase across 43,456 households. 67.8% of those households own their home and 32.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a WS12 postcode: 10 primary, 2 secondary, 1 nursery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsmead School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,427 |
| Staffordshire University Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 709 |
| Five Ways Primary School | Primary | Community school | 597 |
| St Peter's CofE Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 473 |
| Littleton Green Community School | Primary | Academy converter | 463 |
| Pye Green Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 438 |
| Gorsemoor Primary School | Primary | Community school | 384 |
| West Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 375 |
| Poppyfield Primary Academy | Primary | Free schools | 236 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 223 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hednesford Rail Station | Rail | 0.3 km |
| Cannock Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Landywood Rail Station | Rail | 5.8 km |
| Rugeley Town Rail Station | Rail | 6.8 km |
Section 09
How Sweetbriar Way, Cannock compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Sweetbriar Way, Cannock sits above that national figure — +1.0%.
Within Cannock the street ranks 307 of 966 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £124,000 (+28.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,006 per square metre, across 26 of the 253 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 £63,602 to £487,000. 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.
Sweetbriar Way, Cannock sits in Cannock Chase, in the West Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cannock Chase at 6.3 times median local earnings of £36,211 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
- Hednesford Road£110,000 median
- Littleworth Road£120,000 median
- Stafford Road£111,750 median
- Bond Way£108,000 median
- Belt Road£83,086 median
- Fremantle Drive£124,000 median
- Rawnsley Road£111,000 median
- Green Heath Road£141,250 median
- Hill Street£133,000 median
- Sharon Way£115,000 median
- Foxtail Way£120,000 median
- Heath Street£106,000 median
- Gorsemoor Road£115,000 median
- Chetwynd Park£80,500 median
- Bromley Close£104,473 median
- Bank Street£107,375 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 30 Sweetbriar Way6 sales
- 50 Sweetbriar Way5 sales
- 54 Sweetbriar Way5 sales
- 38 Sweetbriar Way4 sales
- 61 Sweetbriar Way4 sales
- 97 Sweetbriar Way4 sales
- 68 Sweetbriar Way4 sales
- 115 Sweetbriar Way4 sales
- 52 Sweetbriar Way4 sales
- 107 Sweetbriar Way4 sales
- 70 Sweetbriar Way4 sales
- 23 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 46 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 163 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 85 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 143 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 101 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 14 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 58 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 151 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 39 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 34 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 37 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
- 2 Sweetbriar Way3 sales
Back to Cannock house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Sweetbriar Way, Cannock?
The median price paid in Sweetbriar Way, Cannock across every sale on the register is £159,000. 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 Sweetbriar Way, Cannock?
253 sales are on record for Sweetbriar Way, Cannock, the most recent completing on 10 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Sweetbriar Way, Cannock house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +95.5% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +41.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Sweetbriar Way, Cannock house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £457,500, 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 Sweetbriar Way, Cannock?
£2,006 per square metre, from the 26 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 10 Dec 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, “Sweetbriar Way, Cannock 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.