Dickens Way, Crook house prices are built from 141 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2005 and the most recent on 22 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £117,500. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +15.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -16.3%.
Median price paid
£117,500
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+15.5%
Change in real terms
-16.3%
Median per m²
£1,570
HM Land Registry141 sales37 with floor areaLatest sale 22 May 2026
Section 01
How Dickens Way, Crook prices moved
The chart tracks the median Dickens Way, Crook house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2005 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 | 3 | £121,495 | £221,328 |
| 2010s | 4 | £111,500 | £157,215 |
| 2020s | 4 | £128,775 | £131,574 |
The highest yearly median on record for Dickens Way, Crook is £146,500 in 2022; the lowest is £85,000 in 2017. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £111,995 to £128,775.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £204,022, so the real change over the whole record is -35.5% — about -2.17% 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: +15.5% in cash against -16.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £103,000 | £103,000 |
| 17 | 9 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £99,000 | £99,000 |
| 19 | 26 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 7 | 28 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £122,500 | £125,163 |
| 45 | 19 Sep 2025 | Detached | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 21 | 1 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £135,050 | £137,986 |
| 67 | 14 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £143,043 |
| 21 | 12 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £105,000 | £107,283 |
| 15 | 14 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £110,000 | £112,391 |
| 42 | 30 Jul 2024 | Detached | £150,000 | £157,836 |
| 45 | 8 Dec 2023 | Detached | £138,500 | £149,644 |
| 50 | 9 Nov 2023 | Detached | £150,000 | £162,069 |
| 18 | 24 Oct 2023 | Detached | £124,000 | £133,977 |
| 15 | 11 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £85,000 | £91,839 |
| 5 | 3 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £105,000 | £113,448 |
| 33 | 19 Jan 2023 | Detached | £125,000 | £135,057 |
| 28 | 2 Sep 2022 | Detached | £150,000 | £173,788 |
| 10 | 27 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £162,202 |
| 24 | 16 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £105,000 | £121,652 |
| 27 | 27 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £167,995 |
| 48 | 8 Apr 2022 | Detached | £148,000 | £171,471 |
| 6 | 21 Jan 2022 | Detached | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 29 | 10 Sep 2021 | Detached | £150,000 | £189,516 |
| 4 | 20 Aug 2021 | Detached | £148,000 | £186,989 |
| 55 | 25 Mar 2021 | Detached | £132,500 | £167,406 |
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 Dickens Way, Crook values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Dickens Way | £92,995 (2005) | £103,000 (2026) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| 17 Dickens Way | £91,995 (2005) | £99,000 (2026) | +0.4% | -2.5% |
| 19 Dickens Way | £116,995 (2005) | £140,000 (2026) | +0.9% | -2.0% |
| 7 Dickens Way | £98,995 (2005) | £122,500 (2025) | +1.1% | -1.8% |
| 45 Dickens Way | £130,995 (2006) | £150,000 (2025) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
| 21 Dickens Way | £102,995 (2005) | £135,050 (2025) | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| 67 Dickens Way | £105,995 (2006) | £140,000 (2025) | +1.5% | -1.4% |
| 15 Dickens Way | £91,995 (2005) | £110,000 (2025) | +0.9% | -2.0% |
| 42 Dickens Way | £124,995 (2007) | £150,000 (2024) | +1.1% | -1.9% |
| 50 Dickens Way | £123,802 (2006) | £150,000 (2023) | +1.1% | -1.8% |
| 18 Dickens Way | £116,995 (2005) | £124,000 (2023) | +0.3% | -2.5% |
| 5 Dickens Way | £95,995 (2005) | £105,000 (2023) | +0.5% | -2.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Dickens Way, Crook 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 79 | 56.0% | £105,000 | £72,000 – £145,000 |
| Detached | 62 | 44.0% | £134,995 | £110,000 – £245,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Dickens Way, Crook
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 141 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 | 141 | 100.0% | £117,500 |
| New build | 64 | 45.4% | £117,495 |
| Existing home | 77 | 54.6% | £117,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — 0.0%. 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 Dickens Way, Crook
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across County Durham, 45.4% of 308,749 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,955 | 0.6% |
| B | 26,324 | 8.5% |
| C | 111,773 | 36.2% |
| D | 123,575 | 40.0% |
| E | 34,304 | 11.1% |
| F | 8,153 | 2.6% |
| G | 2,665 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in County Durham at £641 a month as of Jun 2026 — £450 for a one-bedroom home and £683 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £117,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.55% 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 DL15, 96 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 33 violent, 4 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 28 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.7 times quieter.
Against the 522,068 residents the 2021 census counted in County Durham, that is 0.18 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 Dickens Way, Crook
The 2021 census counted 522,068 residents in County Durham across 234,764 households. 62.8% of those households own their home and 37.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a DL15 postcode: 11 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 833 |
| Crook Primary School | Primary | Community school | 342 |
| Hartside Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 241 |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 213 |
| Howden-le-Wear Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 179 |
| Willington Primary School | Primary | Community school | 156 |
| Stanley (Crook) Primary School | Primary | Community school | 128 |
| Peases West Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 126 |
| Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington | Primary | Academy converter | 122 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook | Primary | Academy converter | 117 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland West Station | Rail | 6.8 km |
| Bishop Auckland Rail Station | Rail | 6.9 km |
| Wolsingham Rail Station | Rail | 10.0 km |
| Shildon Rail Station | Rail | 11.2 km |
Section 09
How Dickens Way, Crook compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Dickens Way, Crook sits below that national figure — -25.4%.
Within Crook the street ranks 110 of 384 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £81,995 (+43.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,570 per square metre, across 37 of the 141 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 £72,000 to £245,000. 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.
Dickens Way, Crook sits in County Durham, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in County Durham at 4.3 times median local earnings of £32,945 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
- High Hope Street£57,000 median
- Oakfields£150,000 median
- Armstrong Drive£134,950 median
- Beechburn Park£120,000 median
- High Street£51,250 median
- Abbots Green£132,500 median
- High Grange£59,973 median
- Inglenook Close£104,000 median
- Uplands Close£84,975 median
- Railway Terrace£59,950 median
- Mount Pleasant£50,000 median
- Milburn Way£80,300 median
- Hall Lane Estate£63,750 median
- West View£57,500 median
- New Row£59,000 median
- Valley Terrace£71,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 17 Dickens Way4 sales
- 21 Dickens Way4 sales
- 15 Dickens Way4 sales
- 42 Dickens Way4 sales
- 10 Dickens Way4 sales
- 24 Dickens Way4 sales
- 27 Dickens Way4 sales
- 48 Dickens Way4 sales
- 19 Dickens Way3 sales
- 7 Dickens Way3 sales
- 45 Dickens Way3 sales
- 67 Dickens Way3 sales
- 6 Dickens Way3 sales
- 29 Dickens Way3 sales
- 4 Dickens Way3 sales
- 55 Dickens Way3 sales
- 30 Dickens Way3 sales
- 1 Dickens Way3 sales
- 75 Dickens Way3 sales
- 11 Dickens Way3 sales
- 44 Dickens Way3 sales
- 12 Dickens Way3 sales
- 37 Dickens Way3 sales
- 61 Dickens Way3 sales
Back to Crook house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Dickens Way, Crook?
The median price paid in Dickens Way, Crook across every sale on the register is £117,500. 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 Dickens Way, Crook?
141 sales are on record for Dickens Way, Crook, the most recent completing on 22 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Dickens Way, Crook house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +15.5% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -16.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Dickens Way, Crook house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £146,500, set in 2022. 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 Dickens Way, Crook?
£1,570 per square metre, from the 37 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 22 May 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, “Dickens Way, Crook 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.