Darwin Close, York house prices are built from 191 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2001 and the most recent on 24 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £115,000. Across the 11 years from 2012 to 2023 the median moved +43.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +3.8%.
Median price paid
£115,000
Change in cash, 2012–2023
+43.5%
Change in real terms
+3.8%
Median per m²
£2,400
HM Land Registry191 sales75 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Darwin Close, York prices moved
The chart tracks the median Darwin Close, York house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2001 to 2023. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 | £110,000 | £200,388 |
| 2010s | 4 | £124,500 | £175,545 |
| 2020s | 1 | £166,500 | £170,120 |
The highest yearly median on record for Darwin Close, York is £166,500 in 2023; the lowest is £70,950 in 2001. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £70,950 to £166,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £139,137, so the real change over the whole record is +29.3% — about +1.17% 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: +43.5% in cash against +3.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Danube House | 24 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £168,000 | £168,000 |
| 9 Essex House | 16 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 8 Essex House | 27 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £177,500 | £181,359 |
| 8 Chester House | 1 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £167,000 | £170,630 |
| 9 Chester House | 27 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £172,000 | £175,739 |
| 8 Godwin House | 3 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| 6 Essex House | 23 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £177,500 | £186,772 |
| 1 Chester House | 20 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| 17 Danube House | 11 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £178,276 |
| 8 | 26 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £211,000 | £227,977 |
| 6 Chester House | 14 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £163,500 | £176,655 |
| 4 Godwin House | 6 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £172,000 | £185,839 |
| 9 Godwin House | 27 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £168,000 | £181,517 |
| 3 Danube House | 21 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 4 Essex House | 30 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £167,000 | £193,484 |
| 18 Danube House | 25 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £185,374 |
| 12 Essex House | 30 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £189,516 |
| 2 Danube House | 30 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £153,500 | £193,938 |
| 4 Godwin House | 2 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £195,833 |
| 10 Danube House | 9 Nov 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £133,000 | £172,204 |
| 10 Chester House | 27 Mar 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £147,000 | £190,331 |
| 8 Godwin House | 8 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £138,000 | £180,501 |
| 2 Essex House | 29 Aug 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £142,500 | £186,387 |
| 14 Danube House | 8 Jun 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £143,000 | £190,577 |
| 12 Danube House | 17 Apr 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £129,000 | £171,919 |
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 Darwin Close, York values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 DANUBE HOUSE Darwin Close | £67,950 (2001) | £168,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +0.9% |
| 9 ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close | £87,950 (2002) | £170,000 (2026) | +2.8% | +0.0% |
| 8 ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close | £89,950 (2001) | £177,500 (2025) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
| 8 CHESTER HOUSE Darwin Close | £89,950 (2002) | £167,000 (2025) | +2.7% | -0.1% |
| 9 CHESTER HOUSE Darwin Close | £89,950 (2002) | £172,000 (2025) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
| 8 GODWIN HOUSE Darwin Close | £72,950 (2001) | £185,000 (2024) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 6 ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close | £87,950 (2002) | £177,500 (2024) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
| 1 CHESTER HOUSE Darwin Close | £89,950 (2002) | £160,000 (2023) | +2.8% | 0.0% |
| 17 DANUBE HOUSE Darwin Close | £66,950 (2001) | £165,000 (2023) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
| 8 Darwin Close | £109,950 (2002) | £211,000 (2023) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 6 CHESTER HOUSE Darwin Close | £87,950 (2002) | £163,500 (2023) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
| 4 GODWIN HOUSE Darwin Close | £72,950 (2001) | £172,000 (2023) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Darwin Close, York 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 | 153 | 80.1% | £116,000 | £63,950 – £185,000 |
| Semi-detached | 24 | 12.6% | £119,000 | £84,450 – £212,500 |
| Terraced | 14 | 7.3% | £89,950 | £67,450 – £172,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Darwin Close, York
191 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% 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 | 191 | 100.0% | £115,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 61 | 31.9% | £85,450 |
| Existing home | 130 | 68.1% | £123,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -30.5%. 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 2 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 Darwin Close, York
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across York, 43.6% of 94,614 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 | 637 | 0.7% |
| B | 8,219 | 8.7% |
| C | 32,387 | 34.2% |
| D | 40,238 | 42.5% |
| E | 10,486 | 11.1% |
| F | 2,052 | 2.2% |
| G | 595 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in York at £1,186 a month as of Jun 2026 — £866 for a one-bedroom home and £1,265 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £115,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 12.38% 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 YO31, 435 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 131 violent, 9 burglary, 7 vehicle-related and 108 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 202,821 residents the 2021 census counted in York, that is 2.14 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 Darwin Close, York
The 2021 census counted 202,821 residents in York across 85,458 households. 65.9% of those households own their home and 33.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a YO31 postcode: 8 primary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hempland Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 420 |
| Yearsley Grove Primary School | Primary | Community school | 385 |
| Haxby Road Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 293 |
| Park Grove Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 262 |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School – a Catholic Voluntary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 261 |
| Tang Hall Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 227 |
| St Aelred's Catholic Primary School – a Catholic Voluntary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 175 |
| Heworth Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 142 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| York Rail Station | Rail | 2.3 km |
| Poppleton Rail Station | Rail | 5.5 km |
| Hammerton Rail Station | Rail | 14.7 km |
| Ulleskelf Rail Station | Rail | 16.2 km |
Section 09
How Darwin Close, York compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Darwin Close, York sits below that national figure — -27.0%.
Within York the street ranks 3326 of 3670 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £173,000 (-33.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,400 per square metre, across 75 of the 191 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 £63,950 to £212,500. 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.
Darwin Close, York sits in York, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in York at 7.8 times median local earnings of £39,337 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
- Huntington Road£170,000 median
- Stockton Lane£249,950 median
- Haxby Road£229,750 median
- Dodsworth Avenue£75,000 median
- Fifth Avenue£168,000 median
- Eboracum Way£163,174 median
- Whitecross Gardens£139,950 median
- Hansom Place£118,000 median
- Kitchener Street£115,000 median
- Birch Close£142,475 median
- Tang Hall Lane£142,250 median
- Rose Street£120,000 median
- Bad Bargain Lane£157,750 median
- Highthorn Road£157,000 median
- Fossway£115,500 median
- Anthea Drive£170,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 12, DANUBE HOUSE Darwin Close7 sales
- 4, GODWIN HOUSE Darwin Close7 sales
- 2, DANUBE HOUSE Darwin Close6 sales
- 9, ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close5 sales
- 8, ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close5 sales
- 8, GODWIN HOUSE Darwin Close5 sales
- 9, GODWIN HOUSE Darwin Close5 sales
- 12, ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close5 sales
- 1, ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close5 sales
- 6 Darwin Close5 sales
- 3, ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close5 sales
- 9, CHESTER HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 1, CHESTER HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 17, DANUBE HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 8 Darwin Close4 sales
- 6, CHESTER HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 18, DANUBE HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 2, ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 1, GODWIN HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 11, GODWIN HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 12, GODWIN HOUSE Darwin Close4 sales
- 5 Darwin Close4 sales
- 6, ESSEX HOUSE Darwin Close3 sales
- 3, DANUBE HOUSE Darwin Close3 sales
Back to York house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Darwin Close, York?
The median price paid in Darwin Close, York across every sale on the register is £115,000. 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 Darwin Close, York?
191 sales are on record for Darwin Close, York, the most recent completing on 24 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Darwin Close, York house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +43.5% between 2012 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +3.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Darwin Close, York house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £166,500, set in 2023. 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 Darwin Close, York?
£2,400 per square metre, from the 75 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 24 Apr 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, “Darwin Close, York 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.