Cliff End, Purley house prices are built from 99 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 11 Jul 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £344,450. Across the 16 years from 2008 to 2024 the median moved +90.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +19.4%.
Median price paid
£344,450
Change in cash, 2008–2024
+90.5%
Change in real terms
+19.4%
Median per m²
£2,904
HM Land Registry99 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 11 Jul 2025
Section 01
How Cliff End, Purley prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cliff End, Purley house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2024. 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 | 2 | £135,000 | £299,764 |
| 2000s | 3 | £326,000 | £593,876 |
| 2010s | 1 | £514,500 | £725,445 |
| 2020s | 1 | £621,000 | £634,500 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cliff End, Purley is £621,000 in 2024; the lowest is £135,000 in 1996. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £135,000 to £621,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £292,846, so the real change over the whole record is +123.1% — about +2.91% 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: +90.5% in cash against +19.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25a | 11 Jul 2025 | Detached | £705,000 | £720,326 |
| 17 | 1 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £625,000 | £638,587 |
| 10 | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| 42 | 13 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £752,000 | £791,284 |
| 32 | 28 Nov 2024 | Detached | £710,000 | £747,090 |
| 31 | 19 Apr 2024 | Semi-detached | £525,000 | £552,425 |
| 50 | 3 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £580,000 | £610,299 |
| 23 | 13 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £642,000 | £675,537 |
| 16 | 26 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £600,000 | £631,343 |
| 45 | 10 Aug 2023 | Detached | £702,500 | £759,023 |
| 43 | 2 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £644,515 | £746,726 |
| 44 | 11 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £715,000 | £828,389 |
| 25 | 2 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £600,000 | £695,152 |
| 21 | 28 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached | £855,000 | £990,592 |
| 4 | 28 Jun 2021 | Detached | £560,000 | £707,527 |
| 11 | 22 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £561,000 | £708,790 |
| 36 | 19 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £660,000 | £833,871 |
| 27 | 4 Nov 2020 | Detached | £695,000 | £899,862 |
| 44a | 2 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £610,675 | £790,681 |
| 52 | 29 Oct 2019 | Detached | £555,000 | £725,928 |
| 32 | 23 Aug 2019 | Detached | £575,000 | £752,087 |
| Ground Floor Flat 7 | 24 Apr 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £268,000 | £350,538 |
| 42 | 1 Feb 2019 | Semi-detached | £595,000 | £778,247 |
| 48 | 22 Jan 2018 | Detached | £550,000 | £732,987 |
| 39 | 15 Dec 2017 | Semi-detached | £600,000 | £816,602 |
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 Cliff End, Purley values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A Cliff End | £330,000 (2009) | £705,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +1.8% |
| 17 Cliff End | £95,000 (1996) | £625,000 (2025) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 10 Cliff End | £146,000 (1999) | £650,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 42 Cliff End | £595,000 (2019) | £752,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +0.3% |
| 32 Cliff End | £305,000 (2004) | £710,000 (2024) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 31 Cliff End | £355,000 (2007) | £525,000 (2024) | +2.3% | -0.7% |
| 50 Cliff End | £250,000 (2006) | £580,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +1.8% |
| 23 Cliff End | £385,000 (2015) | £642,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +2.5% |
| 16 Cliff End | £225,000 (2001) | £600,000 (2024) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 45 Cliff End | £576,900 (2014) | £702,500 (2023) | +2.2% | -1.0% |
| 43 Cliff End | £425,000 (2017) | £644,515 (2022) | +8.7% | +5.2% |
| 44 Cliff End | £350,000 (2006) | £715,000 (2022) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cliff End, Purley 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 | 57 | 57.6% | £344,450 | £90,000 – £855,000 |
| Detached | 37 | 37.4% | £365,000 | £133,000 – £710,000 |
| Terraced | 3 | 3.0% | £306,000 | £250,000 – £580,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 2 | 2.0% | £250,000 | £250,000 – £268,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cliff End, Purley
2 of the sales on record are leasehold and 97 freehold — 2.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £259,000 and the median freehold sale £350,000 — a gap of +35.1%. 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 | 2 | 2.0% | £259,000 |
| Freehold | 97 | 98.0% | £350,000 |
| New build | 2 | 2.0% | £297,750 |
| Existing home | 97 | 98.0% | £344,450 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -13.6%. 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 Cliff End, Purley
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 £344,450 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.50% 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 CR8, 202 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 63 violent, 7 burglary, 26 vehicle-related and 30 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times busier.
Against the 390,719 residents the 2021 census counted in Croydon, that is 0.52 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 Cliff End, Purley
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.
10 state and independent schools have a CR8 postcode: 6 primary, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riddlesdown Collegiate | Secondary | Academy converter | 2,074 |
| The John Fisher School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 1,116 |
| Thomas More Catholic School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 599 |
| Harris Primary Academy Kenley | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 433 |
| The Hayes Primary School | Primary | Community school | 420 |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 397 |
| Beaumont Primary School | Primary | Community school | 222 |
| Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 212 |
| New Valley Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 191 |
| Purley Nursery School | Nursery | Local authority nursery school | 87 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Reedham (Surrey) Rail Station | Rail | 0.6 km |
| Purley Rail Station | Rail | 0.6 km |
| Riddlesdown Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Kenley Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
Section 09
How Cliff End, Purley compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cliff End, Purley sits above that national figure — +118.7%.
Within Purley the street ranks 102 of 182 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £282,000 (+22.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,904 per square metre, across 31 of the 99 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 £90,000 to £855,000. 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.
Cliff End, Purley 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
- Brighton Road£176,000 median
- Foxley Lane£355,000 median
- Lansdowne Road£194,250 median
- Old Lodge Lane£270,000 median
- Godstone Road£156,000 median
- Valley Road£249,950 median
- Hayes Lane£300,000 median
- Aveling Close£179,975 median
- High Street£205,000 median
- Woodcote Valley Road£432,500 median
- Montpelier Road£242,000 median
- Pampisford Road£250,000 median
- Northwood Avenue£279,475 median
- Riddlesdown Road£395,000 median
- Lower Road£214,500 median
- Higher Drive£400,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 17 Cliff End6 sales
- 16 Cliff End5 sales
- 25 Cliff End4 sales
- 11 Cliff End4 sales
- 25A Cliff End3 sales
- 32 Cliff End3 sales
- 50 Cliff End3 sales
- 27 Cliff End3 sales
- 44A Cliff End3 sales
- 2 Cliff End3 sales
- 12 Cliff End3 sales
- 20 Cliff End3 sales
- 22 Cliff End3 sales
- 10 Cliff End2 sales
- 42 Cliff End2 sales
- 31 Cliff End2 sales
- 23 Cliff End2 sales
- 45 Cliff End2 sales
- 43 Cliff End2 sales
- 44 Cliff End2 sales
- 21 Cliff End2 sales
- 36 Cliff End2 sales
- 52 Cliff End2 sales
- 29A Cliff End2 sales
Back to Purley house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cliff End, Purley?
The median price paid in Cliff End, Purley across every sale on the register is £344,450. 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 Cliff End, Purley?
99 sales are on record for Cliff End, Purley, the most recent completing on 11 Jul 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cliff End, Purley house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +90.5% between 2008 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +19.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cliff End, Purley house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £621,000, set in 2024. 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 Cliff End, Purley?
£2,904 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 11 Jul 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, “Cliff End, Purley 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.