Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead house prices are built from 209 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 5 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £135,000. Across the 11 years from 2007 to 2018 the median moved +80.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +38.1%.
Median price paid
£135,000
Change in cash, 2007–2018
+80.2%
Change in real terms
+38.1%
Median per m²
£2,294
HM Land Registry209 sales55 with floor areaLatest sale 5 May 2026
Section 01
How Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead prices moved
The chart tracks the median Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 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 | £71,665 | £159,129 |
| 2000s | 8 | £162,000 | £295,116 |
| 2010s | 2 | £234,950 | £331,280 |
The highest yearly median on record for Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead is £337,000 in 2018; the lowest is £68,812 in 1995. Across the full 24-year record the cash median has moved from £68,812 to £337,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £152,795, so the real change over the whole record is +193.9% — about +4.80% 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: +80.2% in cash against +38.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 May 2026 | Terraced | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 4 | 17 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 52 | 18 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| 10 | 27 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £378,000 | £397,746 |
| 26 | 20 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £352,000 | £380,322 |
| 19 | 6 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £400,000 | £432,184 |
| 28 | 23 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £353,000 | £408,981 |
| 22 | 26 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £385,000 | £446,056 |
| 32 | 3 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £386,700 | £448,025 |
| 8 | 18 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £348,000 | £439,677 |
| 35 | 23 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £375,000 | £473,790 |
| 1 | 28 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £284,274 |
| 51 | 30 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £306,000 | £396,198 |
| 24 | 14 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £330,000 | £427,273 |
| 37 | 22 May 2020 | Terraced | £320,000 | £414,325 |
| 15 | 21 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £290,000 | £379,314 |
| 52 | 30 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £295,000 | £393,147 |
| 35 | 4 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £337,000 | £449,121 |
| 50 | 3 May 2018 | Terraced | £353,000 | £470,444 |
| 56 | 3 May 2018 | Terraced | £323,000 | £430,463 |
| 53 | 12 Jan 2018 | Terraced | £350,000 | £466,446 |
| 22 | 8 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £325,000 | £442,326 |
| 41 | 25 Aug 2017 | Terraced | £230,000 | £313,031 |
| 20 | 20 Jan 2017 | Terraced | £307,500 | £418,509 |
| 51 | 25 Nov 2016 | Terraced | £296,000 | £413,228 |
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 Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Bencroft Road | £110,807 (2002) | £340,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 4 Bencroft Road | £77,500 (1996) | £350,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 52 Bencroft Road | £68,000 (1995) | £340,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 10 Bencroft Road | £65,000 (1995) | £378,000 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 26 Bencroft Road | £84,500 (1995) | £352,000 (2023) | +5.2% | +2.6% |
| 19 Bencroft Road | £145,000 (2002) | £400,000 (2023) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| 28 Bencroft Road | £64,000 (1995) | £353,000 (2022) | +6.5% | +4.0% |
| 22 Bencroft Road | £68,127 (1995) | £385,000 (2022) | +6.6% | +4.1% |
| 32 Bencroft Road | £82,500 (1995) | £386,700 (2022) | +5.9% | +3.4% |
| 8 Bencroft Road | £94,950 (2000) | £348,000 (2021) | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| 35 Bencroft Road | £82,950 (1995) | £375,000 (2021) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
| 1 Bencroft Road | £49,950 (1995) | £225,000 (2021) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead 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 | 184 | 88.0% | £137,500 | £17,500 – £400,000 |
| Semi-detached | 25 | 12.0% | £101,500 | £21,000 – £370,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 209 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 | 209 | 100.0% | £135,000 |
| New build | 47 | 22.5% | £69,952 |
| Existing home | 162 | 77.5% | £167,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -58.1%. 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.
Section 07
Living in Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Dacorum, 49.9% of 77,681 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 256 | 0.3% |
| B | 8,166 | 10.5% |
| C | 30,377 | 39.1% |
| D | 27,618 | 35.6% |
| E | 9,093 | 11.7% |
| F | 1,771 | 2.3% |
| G | 400 | 0.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Dacorum at £1,579 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,087 for a one-bedroom home and £1,639 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £135,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 14.04% 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 HP2, 329 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 135 violent, 4 burglary, 18 vehicle-related and 84 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.0 times busier.
Against the 155,081 residents the 2021 census counted in Dacorum, that is 2.12 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 Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead
The 2021 census counted 155,081 residents in Dacorum across 63,412 households. 64.5% of those households own their home and 35.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
16 state and independent schools have a HP2 postcode: 14 primary, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Astley Cooper School | Secondary | Community school | 914 |
| The Adeyfield Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 858 |
| Broadfield Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 429 |
| Jupiter Primary School | Primary | Free schools | 397 |
| Aycliffe Drive Primary School | Primary | Community school | 327 |
| Yewtree Primary School | Primary | Community school | 321 |
| Hammond Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 308 |
| Brockswood Primary School | Primary | Community school | 247 |
| Hobletts Manor Junior School | Primary | Community school | 237 |
| Holtsmere End Junior School | Primary | Community school | 237 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Apsley Rail Station | Rail | 3.6 km |
| Hemel Hempstead Rail Station | Rail | 3.6 km |
| Kings Langley Rail Station | Rail | 6.5 km |
| Berkhamsted Rail Station | Rail | 7.6 km |
Section 09
How Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead sits below that national figure — -14.3%.
Within Hemel Hempstead the street ranks 942 of 1057 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £205,000 (-34.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,294 per square metre, across 55 of the 209 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 £400,000. 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.
Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead sits in Dacorum, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Dacorum at 11.9 times median local earnings of £37,773 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
- Selden Hill£185,000 median
- Valley Green£104,750 median
- Alexandra Road£135,000 median
- St Agnells Lane£175,998 median
- Hunters Oak£199,950 median
- Burns Drive£90,500 median
- Windmill Road£201,000 median
- Claymore£141,500 median
- Midland Road£205,000 median
- Elstree Road£130,000 median
- Tattershall Drive£105,000 median
- Green Lane£422,500 median
- Cuffley Court£98,000 median
- Turners Hill£210,000 median
- Washington Avenue£145,000 median
- Livingstone Walk£97,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 1 Bencroft Road9 sales
- 49 Bencroft Road8 sales
- 22 Bencroft Road7 sales
- 10 Bencroft Road6 sales
- 35 Bencroft Road6 sales
- 51 Bencroft Road6 sales
- 50 Bencroft Road6 sales
- 20 Bencroft Road6 sales
- 4 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 52 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 8 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 37 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 18 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 47 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 17 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 3 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 34 Bencroft Road5 sales
- 32 Bencroft Road4 sales
- 24 Bencroft Road4 sales
- 56 Bencroft Road4 sales
- 25 Bencroft Road4 sales
- 16 Bencroft Road4 sales
- 38 Bencroft Road4 sales
- 14 Bencroft Road4 sales
Back to Hemel Hempstead house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead?
The median price paid in Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead across every sale on the register is £135,000. 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 Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead?
209 sales are on record for Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead, the most recent completing on 5 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +80.2% between 2007 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +38.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £337,000, set in 2018. 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 Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead?
£2,294 per square metre, from the 55 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 5 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, “Bencroft Road, Hemel Hempstead 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.