West Road, Southend-on-sea house prices are built from 255 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 15 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £105,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +104.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +48.3%.
Median price paid
£105,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+104.7%
Change in real terms
+48.3%
Median per m²
£2,700
HM Land Registry255 sales7 with floor areaLatest sale 15 Jun 2026
Section 01
How West Road, Southend-on-sea prices moved
The chart tracks the median West Road, Southend-on-sea house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | £32,250 | £71,610 |
| 2000s | 10 | £92,500 | £168,508 |
| 2010s | 6 | £130,000 | £183,300 |
| 2020s | 4 | £305,000 | £311,630 |
The highest yearly median on record for West Road, Southend-on-sea is £322,500 in 2024; the lowest is £28,000 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £29,000 to £305,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £64,394, so the real change over the whole record is +383.9% — about +5.40% 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: +104.7% in cash against +48.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £362,500 | £362,500 |
| 27 | 9 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 47a | 28 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £225,500 | £230,402 |
| Flat 1 Westbury Court | 27 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £158,000 | £161,435 |
| 24 | 2 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 49 | 27 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £315,000 | £321,848 |
| 43 | 25 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £275,870 |
| 40 | 31 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £301,413 |
| 19 | 7 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 26 | 31 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £337,174 |
| 135 | 19 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £278,843 |
| 58 | 7 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| 7 | 11 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £399,851 |
| 23 | 30 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £363,022 |
| 62 | 27 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £385,000 | £405,112 |
| 185 | 26 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| 60a | 24 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £190,000 | £205,287 |
| 179 | 10 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £124,253 |
| Flat B Mill Lodge, 10 | 12 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £81,000 | £87,517 |
| 7 | 25 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £242,000 | £261,471 |
| 60 | 3 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £237,701 |
| 27 | 24 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £232,299 |
| 66 | 31 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £415,000 | £480,813 |
| 32 | 26 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £315,000 | £364,955 |
| 37a | 19 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £191,167 |
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 West Road, Southend-on-sea values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 West Road | £56,000 (1998) | £362,500 (2026) | +6.9% | +4.1% |
| 27 West Road | £130,000 (2016) | £215,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +1.7% |
| 47A West Road | £182,500 (2020) | £225,500 (2025) | +4.3% | -0.5% |
| FLAT 1 WESTBURY COURT West Road | £53,000 (2002) | £158,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.0% |
| 49 West Road | £106,000 (2004) | £315,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.4% |
| 43 West Road | £70,000 (2001) | £270,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 40 West Road | £47,000 (1995) | £295,000 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 19 West Road | £135,500 (2003) | £350,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.5% |
| 135 West Road | £149,000 (2007) | £265,000 (2024) | +3.4% | +0.4% |
| 58 West Road | £53,000 (2002) | £185,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 7 West Road | £70,000 (2001) | £380,000 (2024) | +7.6% | +4.8% |
| 62 West Road | £162,000 (2009) | £385,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. West Road, Southend-on-sea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 101 | 39.6% | £88,500 | £2,500 – £225,500 |
| Semi-detached | 87 | 34.1% | £144,000 | £28,000 – £380,000 |
| Terraced | 64 | 25.1% | £130,500 | £27,250 – £415,000 |
| Detached | 3 | 1.2% | £93,500 | £68,000 – £250,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in West Road, Southend-on-sea
108 of the sales on record are leasehold and 147 freehold — 42.4% 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 £89,250 and the median freehold sale £137,000 — a gap of +53.5%. 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 | 108 | 42.4% | £89,250 |
| Freehold | 147 | 57.6% | £137,000 |
| New build | 2 | 0.8% | £63,500 |
| Existing home | 253 | 99.2% | £106,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -40.1%. 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.
A further 31 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 West Road, Southend-on-sea
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Rochford, 41.9% of 33,916 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 320 | 0.9% |
| B | 4,695 | 13.8% |
| C | 9,211 | 27.2% |
| D | 12,865 | 37.9% |
| E | 5,370 | 15.8% |
| F | 1,203 | 3.5% |
| G | 252 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Rochford at £1,297 a month as of Jun 2026 — £888 for a one-bedroom home and £1,424 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £105,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 14.82% 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 SS3, 164 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 82 violent, 6 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 19 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 85,661 residents the 2021 census counted in Rochford, that is 1.91 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 West Road, Southend-on-sea
The 2021 census counted 85,661 residents in Rochford across 35,558 households. 81.2% of those households own their home and 18.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a SS3 postcode: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoeburyness High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,713 |
| Friars Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Academy converter | 429 |
| Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery | Primary | Academy converter | 421 |
| Great Wakering Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 412 |
| Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Academy converter | 393 |
| Hinguar Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 261 |
| St George's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 209 |
| Barling Magna Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 167 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Shoeburyness Rail Station | Rail | 1.4 km |
| Thorpe Bay Rail Station | Rail | 2.0 km |
| Southend East Rail Station | Rail | 4.0 km |
| Southend Victoria Rail Station | Rail | 5.4 km |
Section 09
How West Road, Southend-on-sea compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. West Road, Southend-on-sea sits below that national figure — -33.3%.
Within Southend-on-sea the street ranks 571 of 676 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £154,000 (-31.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,700 per square metre, across 7 of the 255 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 £2,500 to £415,000. 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.
West Road, Southend-on-sea sits in Rochford, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Rochford at 11.1 times median local earnings of £36,625 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
- High Street£125,000 median
- Little Wakering Road£200,000 median
- Shoebury Road£220,000 median
- Richmond Avenue£122,500 median
- Church Road£250,000 median
- Wakering Road£165,500 median
- Caulfield Road£168,000 median
- Ness Road£140,500 median
- Conway Avenue£180,000 median
- Bishopsteignton£310,000 median
- Horseshoe Crescent£230,000 median
- Frobisher Way£81,000 median
- Wakering Avenue£135,000 median
- Churchfields£153,750 median
- The Drakes£102,500 median
- St Andrews Road£175,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 48 West Road6 sales
- 58 West Road5 sales
- 179 West Road5 sales
- 68 West Road5 sales
- 75B West Road5 sales
- 35 West Road5 sales
- 69A West Road5 sales
- 17 West Road4 sales
- 19 West Road4 sales
- 32 West Road4 sales
- 61 West Road4 sales
- 101 West Road4 sales
- 119A West Road4 sales
- 41 West Road4 sales
- 64 West Road4 sales
- 169 West Road4 sales
- 61A West Road4 sales
- 27 West Road3 sales
- FLAT 1, WESTBURY COURT West Road3 sales
- 49 West Road3 sales
- 43 West Road3 sales
- 40 West Road3 sales
- 7 West Road3 sales
- 62 West Road3 sales
Back to Southend-on-sea house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in West Road, Southend-on-sea?
The median price paid in West Road, Southend-on-sea across every sale on the register is £105,000. 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 West Road, Southend-on-sea?
255 sales are on record for West Road, Southend-on-sea, the most recent completing on 15 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have West Road, Southend-on-sea house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +104.7% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +48.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were West Road, Southend-on-sea house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £322,500, 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 West Road, Southend-on-sea?
£2,700 per square metre, from the 7 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 15 Jun 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, “West Road, Southend-on-sea 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.