Crocus Way, Chelmsford house prices are built from 250 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 15 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £105,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +95.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +41.4%.
Median price paid
£105,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+95.1%
Change in real terms
+41.4%
Median per m²
£1,871
HM Land Registry250 sales117 with floor areaLatest sale 15 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Crocus Way, Chelmsford prices moved
The chart tracks the median Crocus Way, Chelmsford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £36,150 | £80,270 |
| 2000s | 8 | £99,500 | £181,260 |
| 2010s | 4 | £132,000 | £186,120 |
| 2020s | 4 | £192,000 | £196,174 |
The highest yearly median on record for Crocus Way, Chelmsford is £345,000 in 2024; the lowest is £33,000 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £35,250 to £257,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £78,272, so the real change over the whole record is +236.1% — about +4.12% 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: +95.1% in cash against +41.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 19 | 26 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| Zeamays | 21 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| 41 | 28 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £158,370 |
| 84 | 31 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 71 | 27 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £357,000 | £364,761 |
| 19 | 30 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £168,587 |
| 43 | 27 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 106 | 20 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £345,000 | £363,022 |
| 39 | 10 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £205,187 |
| 82 | 29 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £430,000 | £452,463 |
| 104 | 28 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £327,500 | £344,608 |
| 90 | 22 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £385,000 | £405,112 |
| 107 | 25 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £216,092 |
| Aspen | 5 May 2023 | Terraced | £290,000 | £313,333 |
| 79 | 4 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £370,000 | £399,770 |
| 112 | 11 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £325,000 | £376,541 |
| 34 | 16 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £192,000 | £222,449 |
| 102 | 8 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £347,000 | £402,030 |
| 31 | 27 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £231,717 |
| 29 | 9 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £173,788 |
| 121 | 31 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £214,339 |
| 38 | 18 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 39 | 22 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £233,737 |
| 133 | 11 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £233,737 |
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 Crocus Way, Chelmsford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 Crocus Way | £166,000 (2005) | £320,000 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 19 Crocus Way | £17,500 (1995) | £165,000 (2026) | +7.5% | +4.8% |
| ZEAMAYS Crocus Way | £322,500 (2019) | £370,000 (2025) | +2.3% | -1.8% |
| 41 Crocus Way | £63,800 (2001) | £155,000 (2025) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
| 84 Crocus Way | £60,000 (1995) | £350,000 (2025) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 71 Crocus Way | £54,000 (1995) | £357,000 (2025) | +6.5% | +3.8% |
| 43 Crocus Way | £34,495 (1998) | £160,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 106 Crocus Way | £235,000 (2014) | £345,000 (2024) | +3.9% | +0.7% |
| 39 Crocus Way | £42,500 (1997) | £195,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 82 Crocus Way | £73,000 (1999) | £430,000 (2024) | +7.4% | +4.6% |
| 90 Crocus Way | £72,000 (1998) | £385,000 (2024) | +6.7% | +3.9% |
| 107 Crocus Way | £70,500 (2001) | £200,000 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Crocus Way, Chelmsford 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 | 190 | 76.0% | £102,000 | £17,500 – £200,000 |
| Terraced | 34 | 13.6% | £121,250 | £33,000 – £430,000 |
| Semi-detached | 21 | 8.4% | £178,000 | £41,995 – £370,000 |
| Detached | 5 | 2.0% | £93,500 | £66,000 – £200,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Crocus Way, Chelmsford
199 of the sales on record are leasehold and 51 freehold — 79.6% 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 £100,000 and the median freehold sale £177,995 — a gap of +78.0%. 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 | 199 | 79.6% | £100,000 |
| Freehold | 51 | 20.4% | £177,995 |
A further 10 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 Crocus Way, Chelmsford
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Chelmsford, 48.8% of 82,433 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 359 | 0.4% |
| B | 12,050 | 14.6% |
| C | 27,828 | 33.8% |
| D | 28,870 | 35.0% |
| E | 10,100 | 12.3% |
| F | 2,571 | 3.1% |
| G | 655 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Chelmsford at £1,447 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,065 for a one-bedroom home and £1,551 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £105,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 16.54% 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 CM1, 304 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 105 violent, 5 burglary, 10 vehicle-related and 55 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times busier.
Against the 181,523 residents the 2021 census counted in Chelmsford, that is 1.67 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 Crocus Way, Chelmsford
The 2021 census counted 181,523 residents in Chelmsford across 75,401 households. 71.1% of those households own their home and 28.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
27 state and independent schools have a CM1 postcode: 18 primary, 6 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 16 plus, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beaulieu Park School | All-through | Free schools | 1,763 |
| The Boswells School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,423 |
| Chelmsford County High School for Girls | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,275 |
| St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 1,241 |
| Chelmer Valley High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,200 |
| King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,153 |
| Hylands School | Secondary | Academy converter | 614 |
| Westlands Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 571 |
| Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Academy converter | 479 |
| The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 437 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Chelmsford Rail Station | Rail | 1.4 km |
| Beaulieu Park | Rail | 4.3 km |
| Hatfield Peverel Rail Station | Rail | 9.9 km |
| Ingatestone Rail Station | Rail | 10.3 km |
Section 09
How Crocus Way, Chelmsford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Crocus Way, Chelmsford sits below that national figure — -33.3%.
Within Chelmsford the street ranks 1811 of 1874 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £208,000 (-49.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,871 per square metre, across 117 of the 250 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 £17,500 to £430,000. 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.
Crocus Way, Chelmsford sits in Chelmsford, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Chelmsford at 10.7 times median local earnings of £38,181 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
- Broomfield Road£197,725 median
- Parkinson Drive£155,000 median
- Lupin Drive£100,000 median
- Victoria Road£162,500 median
- Rainsford Road£210,000 median
- Beardsley Drive£140,000 median
- Ongar Road£250,000 median
- Waveney Drive£152,500 median
- Melba Court£112,750 median
- South Primrose Hill£186,500 median
- Arbour Lane£184,995 median
- Durrant Court£127,000 median
- Writtle Road£220,000 median
- Rookes Crescent£148,500 median
- Burnell Gate£215,500 median
- Avon Road£181,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 19 Crocus Way7 sales
- 39 Crocus Way7 sales
- 38 Crocus Way7 sales
- 31 Crocus Way6 sales
- 85 Crocus Way6 sales
- 91 Crocus Way6 sales
- 43 Crocus Way5 sales
- 107 Crocus Way5 sales
- 99 Crocus Way5 sales
- 25 Crocus Way5 sales
- 71 Crocus Way4 sales
- 82 Crocus Way4 sales
- 133 Crocus Way4 sales
- 45 Crocus Way4 sales
- 135 Crocus Way4 sales
- 109 Crocus Way4 sales
- 21 Crocus Way4 sales
- 48 Crocus Way4 sales
- 27 Crocus Way4 sales
- 87 Crocus Way4 sales
- 89 Crocus Way4 sales
- 35 Crocus Way4 sales
- 13 Crocus Way4 sales
- 114 Crocus Way3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Crocus Way, Chelmsford?
The median price paid in Crocus Way, Chelmsford across every sale on the register is £105,000. 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 Crocus Way, Chelmsford?
250 sales are on record for Crocus Way, Chelmsford, the most recent completing on 15 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Crocus Way, Chelmsford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +95.1% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +41.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Crocus Way, Chelmsford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £345,000, 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 Crocus Way, Chelmsford?
£1,871 per square metre, from the 117 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 15 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, “Crocus Way, Chelmsford 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.