Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham house prices are built from 122 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 12 Sep 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £198,750. Across the 15 years from 2007 to 2022 the median moved +35.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -10.0%.
Median price paid
£198,750
Change in cash, 2007–2022
+35.1%
Change in real terms
-10.0%
Median per m²
£2,725
HM Land Registry122 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Sep 2025
Section 01
How Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 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 | 4 | £83,000 | £184,299 |
| 2000s | 5 | £197,500 | £359,787 |
| 2010s | 2 | £330,000 | £465,300 |
| 2020s | 2 | £385,000 | £393,370 |
The highest yearly median on record for Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham is £477,500 in 2021; the lowest is £62,000 in 1998. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £83,000 to £385,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £180,046, so the real change over the whole record is +147.7% — about +3.55% 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: +35.1% in cash against -10.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 12 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £585,000 | £597,717 |
| 39 | 23 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £495,000 | £534,828 |
| 26 | 30 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £525,000 | £567,241 |
| 55 | 21 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £385,000 | £446,056 |
| 20 | 15 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £590,000 | £683,566 |
| 3 | 9 Sep 2022 | Detached | £475,000 | £550,329 |
| Flat 4 85 | 1 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £335,990 |
| 12 | 22 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 36b | 30 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £412,000 | £520,538 |
| 58 | 15 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £675,000 | £852,823 |
| 40 | 31 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £485,000 | £612,769 |
| 30 | 19 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £477,500 | £603,293 |
| Flat 3 85 | 1 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £360,081 |
| 74 | 12 Jun 2020 | Terraced | £425,000 | £550,275 |
| Flat 5 85 | 29 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £277,000 | £369,159 |
| Flat 1 77a | 2 Mar 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | £413,138 |
| Flat 1 85 | 28 Jul 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £428,716 |
| Flat 3 85 | 7 Oct 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £418,812 |
| 10 | 29 Sep 2016 | Terraced | £632,500 | £882,995 |
| 77 | 13 Jun 2016 | Detached | £600,000 | £837,624 |
| 51 | 30 Mar 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £222,000 | £309,921 |
| 50 | 21 Dec 2015 | Terraced | £430,000 | £606,300 |
| 32 | 18 Dec 2015 | Terraced | £500,000 | £705,000 |
| 37 | 1 May 2015 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £549,900 |
| 78 | 24 Apr 2015 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £500,550 |
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 Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 Elmhurst Avenue | £134,000 (2005) | £385,000 (2022) | +6.4% | +3.6% |
| FLAT 4 85 Elmhurst Avenue | £240,000 (2005) | £290,000 (2022) | +1.1% | -1.5% |
| 12 Elmhurst Avenue | £197,000 (2001) | £250,000 (2022) | +1.1% | -1.4% |
| 36B Elmhurst Avenue | £181,000 (2005) | £412,000 (2021) | +5.3% | +2.9% |
| 58 Elmhurst Avenue | £427,000 (2013) | £675,000 (2021) | +5.9% | +4.0% |
| 40 Elmhurst Avenue | £72,500 (1997) | £485,000 (2021) | +8.2% | +5.9% |
| 30 Elmhurst Avenue | £164,000 (2001) | £477,500 (2021) | +5.5% | +3.2% |
| FLAT 3 85 Elmhurst Avenue | £240,000 (2005) | £285,000 (2021) | +1.1% | -1.2% |
| FLAT 5 85 Elmhurst Avenue | £250,000 (2005) | £277,000 (2018) | +0.8% | -1.6% |
| FLAT 1 77A Elmhurst Avenue | £165,000 (2012) | £310,000 (2018) | +11.1% | +9.0% |
| 77 Elmhurst Avenue | £177,500 (2000) | £600,000 (2016) | +7.9% | +5.5% |
| 32 Elmhurst Avenue | £335,000 (2015) | £500,000 (2015) | +49.3% | +49.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham 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 | 52 | 42.6% | £218,000 | £43,000 – £675,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 40 | 32.8% | £166,000 | £48,000 – £412,000 |
| Semi-detached | 16 | 13.1% | £245,000 | £79,500 – £495,000 |
| Detached | 14 | 11.5% | £156,000 | £45,000 – £600,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham
46 of the sales on record are leasehold and 76 freehold — 37.7% 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 £165,000 and the median freehold sale £233,750 — a gap of +41.7%. 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 | 46 | 37.7% | £165,000 |
| Freehold | 76 | 62.3% | £233,750 |
| New build | 9 | 7.4% | £181,000 |
| Existing home | 113 | 92.6% | £200,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -9.5%. 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 9 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 Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Croydon, 44.2% of 186,890 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 437 | 0.2% |
| B | 23,858 | 12.8% |
| C | 58,330 | 31.2% |
| D | 70,808 | 37.9% |
| E | 27,074 | 14.5% |
| F | 5,050 | 2.7% |
| G | 1,333 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Croydon at £1,579 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,262 for a one-bedroom home and £1,853 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £198,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.53% 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 CR4, 429 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 166 violent, 23 burglary, 31 vehicle-related and 107 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.6 times busier.
Against the 390,719 residents the 2021 census counted in Croydon, that is 1.10 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 Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham
The 2021 census counted 390,719 residents in Croydon across 152,945 households. 56.1% of those households own their home and 43.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
18 state and independent schools have a CR4 postcode: 15 primary, 2 secondary, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Academy Merton | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,371 |
| St Mark's Church of England Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 983 |
| Harris Primary Academy Merton | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 486 |
| Liberty Primary | Primary | Community school | 446 |
| Gorringe Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 434 |
| Cranmer Primary School | Primary | Community school | 430 |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 408 |
| Culvers House Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 407 |
| Haslemere Primary School | Primary | Community school | 286 |
| Lonesome Primary School | Primary | Community school | 273 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Mitcham Eastfields Rail Station | Rail | 0.5 km |
| Mitcham Tram Stop | Metro or underground | 1.1 km |
| Mitcham Tram Stop | Metro or underground | 1.2 km |
| Mitcham Tram Stop | Tram | 1.2 km |
Section 09
How Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham sits above that national figure — +26.2%.
Within Mitcham the street ranks 166 of 343 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £173,125 (+14.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,725 per square metre, across 31 of the 122 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 £43,000 to £675,000. 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.
Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham sits in Croydon, in London.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Croydon at 10.6 times median local earnings of £40,033 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
- London Road£160,000 median
- Mullards Close£107,000 median
- Grove Road£158,250 median
- Heathfield Drive£119,250 median
- Commonside East£228,000 median
- Ashbourne Road£188,750 median
- New Road£109,000 median
- Tamworth Lane£200,000 median
- Lowry Crescent£130,000 median
- Tynemouth Road£159,000 median
- Manor Way£219,000 median
- Manor Road£215,000 median
- Church Road£150,000 median
- Firs Close£120,000 median
- Sherwood Park Road£220,000 median
- Deer Park Gardens£125,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 3, 85 Elmhurst Avenue5 sales
- 36 Elmhurst Avenue5 sales
- FLAT 2, 77A Elmhurst Avenue4 sales
- 36B Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 30 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 77 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 17 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 59 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- FLAT 3, 77A Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 79 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 49 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 1 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 23 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 19 Elmhurst Avenue3 sales
- 55 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- FLAT 4, 85 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- 12 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- 58 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- 40 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- FLAT 5, 85 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- FLAT 1, 77A Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- 32 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- 78 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
- 11 Elmhurst Avenue2 sales
Back to Mitcham house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham?
The median price paid in Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham across every sale on the register is £198,750. 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 Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham?
122 sales are on record for Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham, the most recent completing on 12 Sep 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +35.1% between 2007 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -10.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £477,500, 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 Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham?
£2,725 per square metre, from the 31 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 12 Sep 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, “Elmhurst Avenue, Mitcham 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.