Smithy Croft, Dronfield house prices are built from 61 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2014 and the most recent on 2 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £156,500.
Median price paid
£156,500
HM Land Registry61 salesLatest sale 2 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Smithy Croft, Dronfield prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Smithy Croft, Dronfield to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 2 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 4 | 26 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £224,022 | £235,725 |
| 40 | 30 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £325,000 | £376,541 |
| 52 | 22 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £405,505 |
| 83 | 21 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £126,100 | £146,098 |
| 58 | 14 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £372,715 |
| 2 | 1 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £473,790 |
| 28 | 6 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £258,953 |
| 26 | 30 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £203,000 | £262,837 |
| 9 | 3 Jul 2020 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £336,639 |
| 30 | 26 Jun 2020 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £258,953 |
| 38 | 27 Sep 2019 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £372,774 |
| 10 | 18 Jan 2019 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £287,755 |
| 37 | 23 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £203,000 | £270,539 |
| 8 | 11 Jan 2018 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £319,849 |
| 33 | 27 Oct 2016 | Semi-detached | £175,560 | £245,089 |
| 46 | 22 Jun 2015 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £246,750 |
| 16 | 12 Jun 2015 | Semi-detached | £162,500 | £229,125 |
| 37 | 27 May 2015 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £246,750 |
| 7 | 15 Oct 2014 | Semi-detached | £166,000 | £238,108 |
| 44 | 23 Sep 2014 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £243,845 |
| 32 | 1 Aug 2014 | Semi-detached | £187,282 | £268,634 |
| 11 | 30 May 2014 | Terraced | £150,000 | £215,158 |
| 24 | 10 Jan 2014 | Semi-detached | £156,500 | £224,481 |
| 32 | 12 Jun 2013 | Semi-detached | £167,000 | £243,506 |
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 Smithy Croft, Dronfield values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Smithy Croft | £152,000 (2005) | £285,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| 52 Smithy Croft | £59,995 (1998) | £350,000 (2022) | +7.6% | +5.0% |
| 83 Smithy Croft | £31,000 (2003) | £126,100 (2022) | +7.7% | +4.9% |
| 58 Smithy Croft | £101,000 (2001) | £295,000 (2021) | +5.5% | +3.2% |
| 2 Smithy Croft | £159,950 (2007) | £375,000 (2021) | +6.3% | +3.9% |
| 9 Smithy Croft | £155,000 (2007) | £260,000 (2020) | +4.1% | +1.7% |
| 38 Smithy Croft | £80,000 (2000) | £285,000 (2019) | +6.9% | +4.6% |
| 37 Smithy Croft | £26,400 (2000) | £203,000 (2018) | +12.0% | +9.5% |
| 44 Smithy Croft | £68,000 (2001) | £170,000 (2014) | +7.3% | +4.8% |
| 24 Smithy Croft | £162,500 (2007) | £156,500 (2014) | -0.5% | -3.2% |
| 60 Smithy Croft | £52,000 (1998) | £220,000 (2012) | +10.9% | +8.3% |
| 13 Smithy Croft | £90,000 (2003) | £138,000 (2012) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Smithy Croft, Dronfield 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 | 51 | 83.6% | £166,000 | £26,400 – £375,000 |
| Terraced | 5 | 8.2% | £138,000 | £58,000 – £325,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 5 | 8.2% | £90,000 | £31,000 – £126,100 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Smithy Croft, Dronfield
7 of the sales on record are leasehold and 54 freehold — 11.5% 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 £90,000 and the median freehold sale £164,250 — a gap of +82.5%. 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 | 7 | 11.5% | £90,000 |
| Freehold | 54 | 88.5% | £164,250 |
A further 1 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 Smithy Croft, Dronfield
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across North East Derbyshire, 41.4% of 49,558 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 352 | 0.7% |
| B | 6,183 | 12.5% |
| C | 13,978 | 28.2% |
| D | 21,001 | 42.4% |
| E | 6,140 | 12.4% |
| F | 1,535 | 3.1% |
| G | 369 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in North East Derbyshire at £780 a month as of Jun 2026 — £560 for a one-bedroom home and £865 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £156,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.98% 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 S18, 73 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 28 violent, 3 burglary, 8 vehicle-related and 9 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.3 times quieter.
Against the 102,001 residents the 2021 census counted in North East Derbyshire, that is 0.72 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 Smithy Croft, Dronfield
The 2021 census counted 102,001 residents in North East Derbyshire across 45,987 households. 71.1% of those households own their home and 28.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
14 state and independent schools have a S18 postcode: 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School | Secondary | Voluntary controlled school | 1,810 |
| Dronfield Junior School | Primary | Community school | 319 |
| Gorseybrigg Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 252 |
| William Levick Primary School | Primary | Community school | 207 |
| Dronfield Infant School | Primary | Community school | 199 |
| St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 193 |
| Northfield Junior School | Primary | Community school | 165 |
| Holmesdale Infant School | Primary | Community school | 150 |
| Dronfield Stonelow Junior School | Primary | Community school | 139 |
| Barlow CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 86 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dronfield Rail Station | Rail | 0.4 km |
| Dore & Totley Rail Station | Rail | 4.1 km |
| Herdings Park | Metro or underground | 5.3 km |
| Herdings Park Platform | Tram | 5.3 km |
Section 09
How Smithy Croft, Dronfield compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Smithy Croft, Dronfield sits below that national figure — -0.6%.
Within Dronfield the street ranks 221 of 341 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £160,000 (-2.2%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £26,400 to £375,000. 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.
Smithy Croft, Dronfield sits in North East Derbyshire, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in North East Derbyshire at 7.0 times median local earnings of £34,798 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
- Holmley Lane£160,000 median
- Longcroft Road£200,000 median
- Coniston Road£149,975 median
- Shakespeare Crescent£132,000 median
- Stonelow Road£139,000 median
- Chesterfield Road£124,500 median
- Stubley Lane£161,000 median
- Eckington Road£175,500 median
- Carr Lane£169,250 median
- Green Lane£179,025 median
- Snape Hill Crescent£109,000 median
- Ullswater Drive£133,500 median
- Burns Drive£95,000 median
- Hollins Spring Avenue£164,000 median
- Hallowes Rise£130,250 median
- Cemetery Road£148,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 32 Smithy Croft4 sales
- 13 Smithy Croft4 sales
- 52 Smithy Croft3 sales
- 38 Smithy Croft3 sales
- 37 Smithy Croft3 sales
- 44 Smithy Croft3 sales
- 60 Smithy Croft3 sales
- 69 Smithy Croft3 sales
- 12 Smithy Croft3 sales
- 83 Smithy Croft2 sales
- 58 Smithy Croft2 sales
- 2 Smithy Croft2 sales
- 9 Smithy Croft2 sales
- 24 Smithy Croft2 sales
- 6 Smithy Croft2 sales
- 79 Smithy Croft2 sales
- 48 Smithy Croft2 sales
- 14 Smithy Croft2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Smithy Croft, Dronfield?
The median price paid in Smithy Croft, Dronfield across every sale on the register is £156,500. 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 Smithy Croft, Dronfield?
61 sales are on record for Smithy Croft, Dronfield, the most recent completing on 2 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were Smithy Croft, Dronfield house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £166,000, set in 2014. 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 Smithy Croft, Dronfield?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 2 Apr 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, “Smithy Croft, Dronfield 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.