Brighton Road, Darlington house prices are built from 150 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 11 Aug 2023. The median price paid across the whole record is £42,975. Across the 10 years from 1999 to 2009 the median moved +110.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +69.7%.
Median price paid
£42,975
Change in cash, 1999–2009
+110.4%
Change in real terms
+69.7%
Median per m²
£489
HM Land Registry150 sales68 with floor areaLatest sale 11 Aug 2023
Section 01
How Brighton Road, Darlington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Brighton Road, Darlington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2009. 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 | 4 | £26,000 | £57,732 |
| 2000s | 9 | £60,500 | £110,213 |
The highest yearly median on record for Brighton Road, Darlington is £79,000 in 2007; the lowest is £26,000 in 1997. Across the full 14-year record the cash median has moved from £27,000 to £60,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £58,569, so the real change over the whole record is +69.8% — about +4.15% 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: +110.4% in cash against +69.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 11 Aug 2023 | Terraced | £85,000 | £91,839 |
| 92 | 22 May 2023 | Terraced | £78,000 | £84,276 |
| 51 | 20 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £50,000 | £57,929 |
| 22 | 15 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £75,000 | £86,894 |
| 3 | 12 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £40,000 | £50,538 |
| 59 | 28 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £50,000 | £64,738 |
| 12 | 12 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £39,749 | £51,991 |
| 33 | 26 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £57,000 | £75,964 |
| 73 | 1 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £54,000 | £73,494 |
| 22 | 30 Jan 2017 | Terraced | £58,500 | £79,619 |
| 61 | 27 Oct 2016 | Terraced | £55,000 | £76,782 |
| 24 | 21 Oct 2016 | Terraced | £53,500 | £74,688 |
| 73 | 22 Jan 2016 | Terraced | £53,000 | £73,990 |
| 32 | 11 Dec 2015 | Terraced | £62,750 | £88,478 |
| 73 | 20 Jul 2015 | Terraced | £35,500 | £50,055 |
| 54 | 3 Jul 2015 | Terraced | £58,000 | £81,780 |
| 62 | 18 Jun 2015 | Terraced | £54,500 | £76,845 |
| 1 | 12 Sep 2014 | Terraced | £45,000 | £64,547 |
| 54 | 30 May 2014 | Terraced | £54,000 | £77,457 |
| 60 | 17 Dec 2013 | Terraced | £43,000 | £62,699 |
| 43 | 15 Feb 2013 | Terraced | £53,000 | £77,280 |
| 24 | 25 Jan 2013 | Terraced | £69,000 | £100,610 |
| 29 | 7 Dec 2012 | Terraced | £53,000 | £79,163 |
| 85 | 5 Apr 2012 | Terraced | £38,000 | £56,758 |
| 40 | 23 Mar 2012 | Terraced | £65,000 | £97,087 |
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 Brighton Road, Darlington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 Brighton Road | £21,000 (2002) | £85,000 (2023) | +6.9% | +4.0% |
| 92 Brighton Road | £24,000 (2001) | £78,000 (2023) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| 51 Brighton Road | £28,000 (1999) | £50,000 (2022) | +2.6% | +0.1% |
| 22 Brighton Road | £31,000 (1995) | £75,000 (2022) | +3.3% | +0.9% |
| 59 Brighton Road | £26,750 (2000) | £50,000 (2020) | +3.2% | +1.0% |
| 12 Brighton Road | £50,500 (2008) | £39,749 (2019) | -2.2% | -4.3% |
| 33 Brighton Road | £26,000 (1998) | £57,000 (2018) | +4.0% | +1.7% |
| 73 Brighton Road | £22,000 (1997) | £54,000 (2017) | +4.6% | +2.3% |
| 61 Brighton Road | £47,500 (2003) | £55,000 (2016) | +1.1% | -1.2% |
| 24 Brighton Road | £27,950 (1999) | £53,500 (2016) | +3.9% | +1.6% |
| 32 Brighton Road | £26,500 (2000) | £62,750 (2015) | +5.9% | +3.5% |
| 54 Brighton Road | £61,000 (2009) | £58,000 (2015) | -0.8% | -3.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Brighton Road, Darlington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 148 | 98.7% | £43,000 | £16,000 – £86,500 |
| Detached | 2 | 1.3% | £24,750 | £24,750 – £29,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Brighton Road, Darlington
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 150 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 | 150 | 100.0% | £42,975 |
A further 21 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 Brighton Road, Darlington
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 £42,975 here, that rent is a gross yield of 17.90% 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 DL1, 716 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 207 violent, 22 burglary, 20 vehicle-related and 164 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.3 times busier.
Against the 522,068 residents the 2021 census counted in County Durham, that is 1.37 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 Brighton Road, Darlington
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.
17 state and independent schools have a DL1 postcode: 12 primary, 2 secondary, 1 nursery, 1 16 plus, 1 all-through. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haughton Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 854 |
| Polam Hall School | All-through | Free schools | 842 |
| St Aidan's Church of England Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 587 |
| The Rydal Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 584 |
| Heathfield Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 439 |
| Whinfield Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 433 |
| Northwood Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 429 |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 342 |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 322 |
| Firthmoor Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 279 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| North Road Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Darlington Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Dinsdale Rail Station | Rail | 4.9 km |
| Tees-side Airport Rail Station | Rail | 7.4 km |
Section 09
How Brighton Road, Darlington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Brighton Road, Darlington sits below that national figure — -72.7%.
Within Darlington the street ranks 1337 of 1380 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £101,500 (-57.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £489 per square metre, across 68 of the 150 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 £16,000 to £86,500. 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.
Brighton Road, Darlington 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
- North Road£85,000 median
- Geneva Road£80,000 median
- Yarm Road£80,000 median
- The Green£185,000 median
- Eastbourne Road£65,000 median
- Neasham Road£85,000 median
- Clifton Road£83,000 median
- Park Lane£70,000 median
- Chestnut Drive£116,750 median
- Marlborough Drive£80,000 median
- Haughton Road£66,500 median
- Brunton Street£39,725 median
- Davison Road£94,500 median
- Barmpton Lane£140,000 median
- Leyburn Road£99,950 median
- Redmire Close£72,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 73 Brighton Road6 sales
- 21 Brighton Road5 sales
- 48 Brighton Road4 sales
- 51 Brighton Road4 sales
- 22 Brighton Road4 sales
- 24 Brighton Road4 sales
- 80 Brighton Road4 sales
- 7 Brighton Road4 sales
- 8 Brighton Road4 sales
- 92 Brighton Road3 sales
- 59 Brighton Road3 sales
- 61 Brighton Road3 sales
- 32 Brighton Road3 sales
- 54 Brighton Road3 sales
- 81 Brighton Road3 sales
- 17 Brighton Road3 sales
- 6 Brighton Road3 sales
- 74 Brighton Road3 sales
- 42 Brighton Road3 sales
- 88 Brighton Road3 sales
- 46 Brighton Road3 sales
- 89 Brighton Road3 sales
- 10 Brighton Road3 sales
- 12 Brighton Road2 sales
Back to Darlington house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Brighton Road, Darlington?
The median price paid in Brighton Road, Darlington across every sale on the register is £42,975. 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 Brighton Road, Darlington?
150 sales are on record for Brighton Road, Darlington, the most recent completing on 11 Aug 2023. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Brighton Road, Darlington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +110.4% between 1999 and 2009. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +69.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Brighton Road, Darlington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £79,000, set in 2007. 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 Brighton Road, Darlington?
£489 per square metre, from the 68 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 11 Aug 2023. 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, “Brighton Road, Darlington 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.