Dales Road, Ipswich house prices are built from 205 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 6 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £160,000. Across the 10 years from 2012 to 2022 the median moved +79.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +39.1%.
Median price paid
£160,000
Change in cash, 2012–2022
+79.4%
Change in real terms
+39.1%
Median per m²
£2,471
HM Land Registry205 sales39 with floor areaLatest sale 6 May 2026
Section 01
How Dales Road, Ipswich prices moved
The chart tracks the median Dales Road, Ipswich house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2022. 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 | 5 | £59,995 | £133,217 |
| 2000s | 8 | £128,500 | £234,089 |
| 2010s | 6 | £168,500 | £237,585 |
| 2020s | 3 | £287,000 | £293,239 |
The highest yearly median on record for Dales Road, Ipswich is £300,000 in 2021; the lowest is £50,250 in 1997. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £52,000 to £287,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £115,465, so the real change over the whole record is +188.0% — about +4.00% 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: +79.4% in cash against +39.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | 6 May 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 61 | 1 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £258,000 | £258,000 |
| 96 | 15 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £248,000 | £248,000 |
| 253 | 19 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £379,000 | £387,239 |
| 65 | 20 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £248,500 | £253,902 |
| 104 | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| 223 | 17 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £267,500 | £273,315 |
| 188 | 30 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £228,000 | £239,910 |
| 283 | 20 Sep 2024 | Detached | £325,000 | £341,978 |
| 210 | 14 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 286 | 9 Feb 2024 | Detached | £305,000 | £320,933 |
| 274 | 8 Jun 2023 | Semi-detached | £363,000 | £392,207 |
| 178 | 5 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £284,500 | £307,391 |
| 66 | 18 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £292,500 | £338,887 |
| 213 | 11 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £287,000 | £332,514 |
| 9 | 7 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £288,000 | £333,673 |
| 227 | 9 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £249,096 |
| 63 | 5 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £312,818 |
| 70 | 29 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £359,162 |
| 255 | 18 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £405,505 |
| 217 | 18 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £252,000 | £291,964 |
| 225 | 24 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £249,096 |
| 267 | 29 Jun 2021 | Detached | £450,000 | £568,548 |
| 282 | 25 Jun 2021 | Detached | £340,000 | £429,570 |
| 259 | 30 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £246,000 | £310,806 |
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 Dales Road, Ipswich values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 Dales Road | £60,000 (1996) | £258,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 96 Dales Road | £140,000 (2014) | £248,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +1.8% |
| 65 Dales Road | £46,000 (1995) | £248,500 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 104 Dales Road | £51,000 (1997) | £280,000 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.5% |
| 223 Dales Road | £63,000 (1999) | £267,500 (2025) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| 188 Dales Road | £65,000 (1997) | £228,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 283 Dales Road | £190,000 (2002) | £325,000 (2024) | +2.5% | -0.3% |
| 210 Dales Road | £225,000 (2019) | £240,000 (2024) | +1.3% | -3.0% |
| 286 Dales Road | £200,000 (2008) | £305,000 (2024) | +2.7% | -0.3% |
| 274 Dales Road | £147,500 (2012) | £363,000 (2023) | +8.5% | +5.4% |
| 178 Dales Road | £124,000 (2012) | £284,500 (2023) | +7.8% | +4.7% |
| 213 Dales Road | £139,000 (2005) | £287,000 (2022) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Dales Road, Ipswich 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 | 141 | 68.8% | £153,500 | £31,225 – £379,000 |
| Detached | 59 | 28.8% | £190,000 | £45,000 – £735,000 |
| Terraced | 5 | 2.4% | £97,681 | £29,250 – £248,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Dales Road, Ipswich
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 205 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 | 205 | 100.0% | £160,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.5% | £97,681 |
| Existing home | 204 | 99.5% | £160,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -38.9%. 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 24 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 Dales Road, Ipswich
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Babergh, 43.0% of 43,823 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 389 | 0.9% |
| B | 6,268 | 14.3% |
| C | 12,181 | 27.8% |
| D | 14,574 | 33.3% |
| E | 7,180 | 16.4% |
| F | 2,592 | 5.9% |
| G | 639 | 1.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Babergh at £970 a month as of Jun 2026 — £720 for a one-bedroom home and £1,116 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £160,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.27% 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 IP1, 389 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 142 violent, 5 burglary, 9 vehicle-related and 27 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.3 times busier.
Against the 92,341 residents the 2021 census counted in Babergh, that is 4.21 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 Dales Road, Ipswich
The 2021 census counted 92,341 residents in Babergh across 40,200 households. 71.8% of those households own their home and 28.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a IP1 postcode: 10 primary, 1 nursery, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ormiston Endeavour Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 793 |
| Whitehouse Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 551 |
| Dale Hall Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 412 |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich | Primary | Academy converter | 407 |
| The Beeches Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 393 |
| Handford Hall Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 360 |
| Springfield Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 354 |
| Castle Hill Junior School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 288 |
| Springfield Infant School and Nursery | Primary | Academy converter | 287 |
| Castle Hill Infant School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 251 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Rail Station | Rail | 1.9 km |
| Westerfield Rail Station | Rail | 2.3 km |
| Derby Road (Ipswich) Rail Station | Rail | 3.5 km |
| Needham Market Rail Station | Rail | 11.1 km |
Section 09
How Dales Road, Ipswich compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Dales Road, Ipswich sits above that national figure — +1.6%.
Within Ipswich the street ranks 1233 of 2348 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £147,500 (+8.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,471 per square metre, across 39 of the 205 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 £29,250 to £735,000. 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.
Dales Road, Ipswich sits in Babergh, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Babergh at 10.6 times median local earnings of £30,929 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
- Norwich Road£110,000 median
- Bramford Road£103,000 median
- Bramford Lane£102,000 median
- Henley Road£150,500 median
- London Road£125,000 median
- Henniker Road£109,995 median
- Ashcroft Road£158,250 median
- Valley Road£249,975 median
- Sirdar Road£77,000 median
- Waveney Road£109,000 median
- Richmond Road£111,100 median
- Wallace Road£99,475 median
- Jovian Way£134,000 median
- Chevallier Street£59,000 median
- Fonnereau Road£117,500 median
- Kingston Road£94,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 206 Dales Road5 sales
- 286 Dales Road4 sales
- 9 Dales Road4 sales
- 267 Dales Road4 sales
- 212 Dales Road4 sales
- 2 Dales Road4 sales
- 223 Dales Road3 sales
- 274 Dales Road3 sales
- 178 Dales Road3 sales
- 213 Dales Road3 sales
- 63 Dales Road3 sales
- 11 Dales Road3 sales
- 3 Dales Road3 sales
- 31 Dales Road3 sales
- 29 Dales Road3 sales
- 18 Dales Road3 sales
- 30 Dales Road3 sales
- 12 Dales Road3 sales
- 68 Dales Road3 sales
- 61 Dales Road2 sales
- 96 Dales Road2 sales
- 65 Dales Road2 sales
- 104 Dales Road2 sales
- 188 Dales Road2 sales
Back to Ipswich house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Dales Road, Ipswich?
The median price paid in Dales Road, Ipswich across every sale on the register is £160,000. 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 Dales Road, Ipswich?
205 sales are on record for Dales Road, Ipswich, the most recent completing on 6 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Dales Road, Ipswich house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +79.4% between 2012 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +39.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Dales Road, Ipswich house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £300,000, set in 2021. 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 Dales Road, Ipswich?
£2,471 per square metre, from the 39 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 6 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, “Dales Road, Ipswich 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.