Eldon Street, Darlington house prices are built from 189 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 26 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £38,000. Across the 11 years from 2007 to 2018 the median moved -37.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -52.0%.
Median price paid
£38,000
Change in cash, 2007–2018
-37.3%
Change in real terms
-52.0%
Median per m²
£595
HM Land Registry189 sales82 with floor areaLatest sale 26 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Eldon Street, Darlington prices moved
The chart tracks the median Eldon Street, Darlington house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2018. 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 | £21,000 | £46,630 |
| 2000s | 7 | £60,625 | £110,441 |
| 2010s | 4 | £41,000 | £57,810 |
The highest yearly median on record for Eldon Street, Darlington is £79,778 in 2007; the lowest is £21,000 in 1998. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £23,000 to £50,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £49,892, so the real change over the whole record is +33.6% — about +1.32% 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: -37.3% in cash against -52.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | 26 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £62,000 | £63,348 |
| 50 | 30 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £56,000 | £57,217 |
| 53 | 24 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £56,000 | £57,217 |
| 25 | 27 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £90,000 | £91,957 |
| 119 | 26 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £60,000 | £63,134 |
| 15 | 30 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £55,000 | £57,873 |
| 167 | 10 May 2023 | Terraced | £60,000 | £64,828 |
| 79 | 1 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £70,000 | £81,101 |
| 112 | 1 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £80,000 | £92,687 |
| 151 | 26 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £56,000 | £64,881 |
| 44 | 5 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £90,000 | £113,710 |
| 125 | 22 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £38,000 | £48,011 |
| 67 | 8 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £41,000 | £51,801 |
| 102 | 16 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £65,000 | £82,124 |
| 167 | 30 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £50,000 | £64,738 |
| 153 | 17 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £49,500 | £64,745 |
| 56 | 15 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £41,000 | £54,641 |
| 159 | 31 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £40,000 | £53,308 |
| 128 | 22 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £53,000 | £70,633 |
| 107 | 1 Jun 2018 | Terraced | £60,000 | £79,962 |
| 77 | 25 May 2018 | Terraced | £50,000 | £66,635 |
| 126 | 13 Mar 2018 | Terraced | £50,000 | £66,635 |
| 143 | 15 Aug 2017 | Terraced | £54,000 | £73,494 |
| 11 | 5 May 2017 | Terraced | £38,000 | £51,718 |
| 25 | 15 Dec 2016 | Terraced | £40,000 | £55,842 |
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 Eldon Street, Darlington values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 Eldon Street | £23,000 (2002) | £62,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 50 Eldon Street | £22,250 (2002) | £56,000 (2025) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 53 Eldon Street | £13,000 (1997) | £56,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.6% |
| 25 Eldon Street | £20,000 (1995) | £90,000 (2025) | +5.1% | +2.5% |
| 119 Eldon Street | £64,000 (2004) | £60,000 (2024) | -0.3% | -3.1% |
| 15 Eldon Street | £22,000 (1999) | £55,000 (2024) | +3.7% | +1.0% |
| 79 Eldon Street | £54,500 (2006) | £70,000 (2022) | +1.6% | -1.1% |
| 112 Eldon Street | £67,500 (2005) | £80,000 (2022) | +1.0% | -1.6% |
| 44 Eldon Street | £87,000 (2007) | £90,000 (2021) | +0.2% | -2.0% |
| 125 Eldon Street | £21,500 (1995) | £38,000 (2021) | +2.2% | +0.0% |
| 67 Eldon Street | £13,500 (2002) | £41,000 (2021) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
| 102 Eldon Street | £50,000 (2013) | £65,000 (2021) | +3.3% | +1.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Eldon Street, 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 | 183 | 96.8% | £38,500 | £6,700 – £94,000 |
| Semi-detached | 5 | 2.6% | £35,950 | £26,500 – £85,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.5% | £10,000 | £10,000 – £10,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Eldon Street, Darlington
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 189 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 | 189 | 100.0% | £38,000 |
A further 23 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 Eldon Street, Darlington
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Darlington, 41.5% of 59,479 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 432 | 0.7% |
| B | 6,775 | 11.4% |
| C | 17,456 | 29.3% |
| D | 22,644 | 38.1% |
| E | 9,461 | 15.9% |
| F | 2,133 | 3.6% |
| G | 578 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Darlington at £682 a month as of Jun 2026 — £491 for a one-bedroom home and £758 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £38,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 21.54% 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 DL3, 541 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 146 violent, 9 burglary, 13 vehicle-related and 148 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.2 times busier.
Against the 107,799 residents the 2021 census counted in Darlington, that is 5.02 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 Eldon Street, Darlington
The 2021 census counted 107,799 residents in Darlington across 48,915 households. 63.1% of those households own their home and 36.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a DL3 postcode: 11 primary, 4 secondary, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,367 |
| Hummersknott Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,215 |
| Longfield Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 660 |
| Wyvern Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 464 |
| Harrowgate Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 407 |
| Reid Street Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 364 |
| Abbey Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 362 |
| Mowden Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 295 |
| Corporation Road Community Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 282 |
| Abbey Infants' School | Primary | Academy converter | 264 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| North Road Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Darlington Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Dinsdale Rail Station | Rail | 7.0 km |
| Heighington Rail Station | Rail | 7.2 km |
Section 09
How Eldon Street, Darlington compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Eldon Street, Darlington sits below that national figure — -75.9%.
Within Darlington the street ranks 1359 of 1380 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £101,500 (-62.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £595 per square metre, across 82 of the 189 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 £6,700 to £94,000. 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.
Eldon Street, Darlington sits in Darlington, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Darlington at 5.3 times median local earnings of £33,840 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
- Coniscliffe Road£225,000 median
- Woodland Road£99,950 median
- Craig Street£63,000 median
- Greenbank Road£74,000 median
- Longfield Road£69,975 median
- Glaisdale Court£245,000 median
- Cumberland Street£47,000 median
- Beaconsfield Street£49,950 median
- Lansdowne Street£49,750 median
- Darrowby Drive£69,950 median
- Thompson Street West£73,500 median
- Brougham Street£51,000 median
- Hartington Way£115,000 median
- Vine Street£80,000 median
- Brinkburn Drive£118,000 median
- Salutation Road£175,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 167 Eldon Street7 sales
- 53 Eldon Street4 sales
- 15 Eldon Street4 sales
- 95 Eldon Street4 sales
- 65 Eldon Street4 sales
- 137 Eldon Street4 sales
- 58 Eldon Street4 sales
- 50 Eldon Street3 sales
- 25 Eldon Street3 sales
- 119 Eldon Street3 sales
- 112 Eldon Street3 sales
- 125 Eldon Street3 sales
- 128 Eldon Street3 sales
- 77 Eldon Street3 sales
- 126 Eldon Street3 sales
- 122 Eldon Street3 sales
- 117 Eldon Street3 sales
- 17 Eldon Street3 sales
- 100 Eldon Street3 sales
- 73 Eldon Street3 sales
- 175 Eldon Street3 sales
- 130 Eldon Street3 sales
- 139 Eldon Street3 sales
- 19 Eldon Street3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Eldon Street, Darlington?
The median price paid in Eldon Street, Darlington across every sale on the register is £38,000. 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 Eldon Street, Darlington?
189 sales are on record for Eldon Street, Darlington, the most recent completing on 26 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Eldon Street, Darlington house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -37.3% between 2007 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -52.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Eldon Street, Darlington house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £79,778, 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 Eldon Street, Darlington?
£595 per square metre, from the 82 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 26 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, “Eldon Street, 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.