97 Austen Drive, B78 3BN

Detached houseBand EFreehold

97 Austen Drive, in B78, is a freehold detached house on Austen Drive. It last sold for £405,000 in 2025 — its 2nd recorded sale, up 16% on its first recorded sale of £349,995 in 2020.

37 min walk to TamworthLow crimeFlood risk very low13 of 16 schools Good+Road noise ~57 dB
52.63164, -1.72042 · B78 3BN

What this home is

The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.

Property type
Detached house
Tenure
Freehold

EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.

What is it worth now?

An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.

Most likely worth £385,000–£400,000 today, from its £405,000 sale carried along the local index — in a pocket pricier than the wider area.

Most likely range today
£385,000 – £400,000
The last sold price carried forward along the local price index. Wider 80% range £375,000 – £410,000. It can't see condition or improvements.
Last sold (2025)
£405,000
The known fact every projection starts from — HM Land Registry's recorded price.
£405,000£400,000£385,000sold Oct 25today
£405k£400k£385ksold Oct 25today
core 50% range wider 80% range

From the last sold price to today, along the local price index. The bands widen with time since the sale — the inner band is where the value most likely sits, the outer the wider plausible spread.

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B78 £/m² (recent sales)£2,910
The local market
Recent sold prices around this home
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5-year
+5%
local sold prices
1-year
-3%
local sold prices
Latest-month median
£255,521
all types, local area
What each type sells for
Detached · this home£374,249
£3,337/m² · ~101 m² · 26 sales · last 12 months
Semi-detached£281,085
£3,088/m² · ~79 m² · 31 sales · last 12 months
Terraced£210,813
£3,300/m² · ~68 m² · 23 sales · last 12 months
Flat / maisonette£162,903
£2,246/m² · ~59 m² · 16 sales · last 12 months
Higher or lower-priced pocket?

B78 3 is a higher-priced pocket — median of this property type is +5% vs the wider B78 area (last 12 months, same window both sides).

B78 3 · postcode sector£390,000
B78 · postcode district£372,000
Official house price index (UK HPI)

Across Tamworth, the official average home value is £226,366 — +2% in a year, +19% over five.

Detached · this home£365,656
Semi-detached£230,625
Terraced£191,201
Flat / maisonette£114,332

Covers the whole Tamworth area, not this postcode.

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Sale history

Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 97 Austen Drive, newest first.

2 recorded sales since 2020, up 16% from first to latest.

£100k£200k£300k£400k200820122016202020242026£243k+16%Sold 2025: £405,000£405kSold 2020: £349,995£350k
£100k£200k£300k£400k201520212026£243k+16%Sold 2025: £405,000£405kSold 2020: £349,995£350k
B78 yearly medianThis home's recorded sales

This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against B78's yearly median.

31 Oct 2025Most recent
£405,000+16%
Detached house · Freehold · +3%/yr since the previous sale
18 Dec 2020
£349,995
Detached house · Freehold · New build

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

How it compares on Austen Drive

Against the 161 homes HM Land Registry and the EPC register know on this street.

Last sold 30% above the street's recent norm
Last sold price
160 recent sales
£200k£250k£300kThis home £405,000
Street median £311,125 · higher than 88% of the street

Austen Drive sold prices & full street profile →

Street medians from recorded sales in the last 8 years and EPC floor areas; a street's unsold homes are invisible to price medians.

Getting around

Stations and stops within practical reach of the front door.

Tamworth — about a 37-minute walk
Rail station.
Stations (blue rail, indigo underground) and nearest bus stops (amber) — NaPTAN
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Nearest station
Tamworth
Rail
Walk time
~37 min
2.3 km
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Schools

The nearest primaries and secondaries, with their latest Ofsted judgement.

Strong schools
16 schools within range, 13 rated Good or Outstanding. Nearest is Dunstall Park Primary School (289 m).
Nearest schools — blue primary, pink secondary (DfE/Ofsted)
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Dunstall Park Primary School · Primary289 mOfsted ↗
Longwood Primary School · PrimaryGood1.6 kmOfsted ↗
Moorgate Primary Academy · PrimaryGood1.7 kmOfsted ↗
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS · SecondaryGood2.2 kmOfsted ↗
Lift Rawlett · SecondaryRequires improvement2.6 kmOfsted ↗
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Results & admissions for all 16 schools in range

Every school nearby with exam performance (KS2 progress, Progress 8) benchmarked against the borough and England, admission odds by preference, capacity, and catchment likelihood for this address.

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Dunstall Park Primary School — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Longwood Primary School — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Moorgate Primary Academy — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS — Progress 8, GCSE results & admission odds
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The practical file

The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.

Council tax band E (≈£2,812/yr) · gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises · 1 amenities in a 15-minute walk.

Council tax
Band E
£2,812/yr · Tamworth
Gigabit broadband
100%
of premises here
Top speed
0 Mbps
median 0 Mbps
Amenities
1
within a 15-minute walk
Gyms & sport876 mBannatyne Health Club
Food hygiene

Food hygiene nearby averages 4.8/5 across 35 rated places.

Nearest rated places (8)
5/5 Progressive Sports @ Dunstall193 mCaring Premises
5/5 Dunstall Park Primary School193 mSchool/college/university
5/5 Northgate Healthcare Limited632 mCaring Premises
5/5 SYSCO UK LIMITED / BRAKES a SYSCO Company683 mRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen
5/5 Footsteps Nursery and Preschool695 mCaring Premises
5/5 The Build Barn757 mRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen
5/5 The Bakery Box767 mRetailers - other
5/5 Annette JONES c/o Swish Products864 mOther catering premises
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All 1 amenities, counted and priced

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VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.

The neighbourhood

Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Tamworth 002B neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.

IMD decile 5/10 — mid-range for England; household income about 34% below the national average; shared/rented housing low.

5/10Mid-range for England
1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

In plain terms: housing & access and living environment score well, but a weaker health.

Breakdown by domain
Income4/10
Employment6/10
Education & skills4/10
Health4/10
Crime6/10
Housing & access7/10
Living environment7/10

ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.

Crime & safety

Reported street-level crime within about 400 m of B78 3BN.

Low crime
212 crimes over 24 months — about 9 a month, most often violent crime (59%). Trend rising (+14% year on year).
Lower crime than about 55% of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhood ranking from the Indices of Deprivation crime domain — relative risk of personal and property crime.
Reported crime density within ~400 m (Police.uk)
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violent crime125 (59%)
anti social behaviour32 (15%)
vehicle crime13 (6%)
Full breakdown — every category, monthly trend & road safety
violent crime125 (59%)
anti social behaviour32 (15%)
vehicle crime13 (6%)
public order10 (5%)
other theft9 (4%)
other crime8 (4%)
criminal damage arson7 (3%)
burglary5 (2%)
Trend over 24 months
Trend
+14%
recent vs earlier months
Earlier months
~8
incidents / month
Recent months
~9
incidents / month
202520262024-07: 6Jul 242024-08: 112024-09: 92024-10: 82024-11: 82024-12: 32025-01: 122025-02: 22025-03: 92025-04: 92025-05: 72025-06: 152025-07: 112025-08: 82025-09: 142025-10: 82025-11: 122025-12: 62026-01: 62026-02: 122026-03: 92026-04: 132026-05: 122026-06: 2Jun 26

Monthly recorded crimes within ~400 m; the dark line is the 3-month rolling average.

Road safety

✓ No fatal or serious collisions recorded within 500 m.

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Police.uk street-level reports, positioned to protect privacy — points snap to anonymised map locations. Road collisions from DfT STATS19.

Flood & ground

Environment Agency, UKHSA and Coal Authority screening for this location.

Flood: very low
Nothing at this location that would typically trouble a lender.
EA Flood Map for Planning — blue shading marks rivers & sea flood zones 2–3
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Surface water (rainfall)
Very Low
Chance of flooding in heavy rainfall — EA NaFRA2.
Very low
Low
Medium
High
Rivers & sea
Very Low
Likelihood of river or sea flooding today — EA NaFRA2.
Very low
Low
Medium
High
Climate outlook · 2040s–2060s (central climate scenario)
Surface waterVery Low→Very Low
Rivers & seaVery Low→Very Low
No increase projected under the central climate scenario (EA NaFRA2).

Nearest watercourse: 1.5 km away.

Storm overflows & water quality
7 storm overflows monitored within 3 km
Worst site (GLASCOTE ROAD CSO): 19 spills over 0 hours in 2025.
Monitored overflows nearby (6)
CSO AT LICHFIELD ROAD SPS9 spillsinto RIVER TAME · 775 m · Severn Trent Water
CANALSIDE SCH LANE/LUDGATE ROAD CSO13 spillsinto RIVER TAME · 1.5 km · Severn Trent Water
GLASCOTE ROAD CSO19 spillsinto RIVER ANKER · 2.3 km · Severn Trent Water
DRAYTON MANOR DRIVE - FAZELEY SPS6 spillsinto BOURNE BROOK · 2.5 km · Severn Trent Water
PERRY CROFTS - FARM CLOSE (SSO)1 spillsinto TRIBUTARY OF RIVER ANKER · 2.7 km · Severn Trent Water
NEW STREET CSO10 spillsinto TRIB OF RIVER ANKER · 2.8 km · Severn Trent Water
Energy infrastructure nearby

✓ No large energy projects (solar farms, batteries, wind) within 3 km.

Radon
Lowest
< 1% of homes above action level
Coal mining
Not in a coalfield
Coal Authority
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The EA planning flood zone, historic flooding and landfill within 1 km, BGS GeoSure six-theme ground-stability screening, non-coal mining hazard and coastal erosion — and what each finding means for insurance and conveyancing.

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EA Flood Map for Planning zone (rivers & sea, zones 2–3)
Historic flooding & landfill within 1 km
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Non-coal mining hazard & coastal erosion
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Environment Agency flood mapping and storm-overflow monitoring, UKHSA radon atlas, Coal Authority reporting areas and the Renewable Energy Planning Database — location screening, not a site investigation.

Noise, air & designations

DEFRA strategic mapping and planning designations at 97 Austen Drive's location.

Moderate mapped noise (~57 dB) · NO₂ ~8 µg/m³
DEFRA strategic noise mapping (Lden day-evening-night) — warm colours are louder
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Road noise
DEFRA
Daytime57 dB Lden
✗ 4 dB above the 53 dB guideline — moderate
35guideline 5385 dB
Night43 dB Lnight
✓ within the 45 dB guideline — low noise
35guideline 4585 dB
Rail noise
NOT MAPPED
DEFRA maps no significant rail noise at this plot or immediately bordering it.
Aircraft noise
NOT MAPPED
DEFRA maps no significant aircraft noise at this plot or immediately bordering it.
Nearest airport: Birmingham, 19.9 km away — may see overflight depending on runway use.
What does a decibel sound like?
40
Quiet library
50
Quiet home
60
Conversation
70
Busy main road
80
Heavy traffic
Decibels are logarithmic: every +10 dB sounds roughly twice as loud, so 65 dB is markedly noisier than 55 — not “a little” more.
NO₂8 µg/m³Good
PM2.57 µg/m³Moderate
PM1013 µg/m³Good
How each pollutant compares — WHO guideline, UK limit & national average
NO₂
8 µg/m³Good
8 µg/m³
WHO 10UK limit 40
National average 3 µg/m³
Cleaner than 7% of the country
PM2.5
7 µg/m³Moderate
7 µg/m³
WHO 5UK limit 20
National average 5 µg/m³
Cleaner than 6% of the country
PM10
13 µg/m³Good
13 µg/m³
WHO 15UK limit 40
National average 8 µg/m³
Planning designations at this address
✓
Listed building — No
Not statutorily listed, so the usual alteration rules apply.
✓
Conservation area — No
Not in a conservation area.
✓
Article 4 direction — No
No Article 4 direction — normal permitted-development rights apply.
✓
Tree preservation order — No
No tree preservation order recorded on the plot.

Also recorded here: Flood Risk Zone.

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The planning application near this address, in full

Applications at and near this property with their outcomes, the local approval rate, major developments nearby, and odour sources within range.

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Planning applications at this property, with outcomes
Applications next door & nearby (within 40 m)
Local approval rate & major developments
Odour sources within range (sewage works, landfill, industry)

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DEFRA strategic noise mapping (dB Lden day / Lnight night) and modelled background air quality; designations from local plan open data.

The street and the area

Where 97 Austen Drive sits in its local market.

B78 median
£245,000
last 8 years
B78 £/m²
£2,910
last 8 years

97 Austen Drive: quick answers

From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.

When did 97 Austen Drive last sell, and for how much?

97 Austen Drive last sold for £405,000 on 31 Oct 2025, according to HM Land Registry.

How many times has 97 Austen Drive been sold?

HM Land Registry records 2 sales for 97 Austen Drive between 2020 and 2025. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

What council tax band is 97 Austen Drive?

97 Austen Drive is in council tax band E, costing about £2,812 a year (Tamworth).

What is 97 Austen Drive worth today?

Carrying its 2025 sale price forward with its own compounded sale-price growth of 3% a year across 2 sales suggests roughly £386,000–£444,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.

What is crime like near 97 Austen Drive?

Police recorded 212 crimes within about 400 m over 24 months — roughly 9 a month, most often violent crime. The trend is rising. (Source: Police.uk)

What schools are near 97 Austen Drive?

16 schools are within range, 13 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest is Dunstall Park Primary School (289 m). (Source: DfE/Ofsted)

What transport links are near 97 Austen Drive?

The nearest station is Tamworth, about a 37-minute walk.

Is 97 Austen Drive at risk of flooding?

No flood warnings are in force. Surface-water (heavy rainfall) risk at this location is very low. Rivers-and-sea risk is very low. (Source: Environment Agency)

How fast is broadband at 97 Austen Drive?

Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 100% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)

Other homes at B78 3BN

Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Austen Drive.

59 Austen Drive2026 · £232,5001 Austen Drive2025 · £419,8953 Austen Drive2025 · £321,49517 Austen Drive2025 · £390,00025 Austen Drive2025 · £255,00067 Austen Drive2025 · £322,99573 Austen Drive2025 · £384,79575 Austen Drive2025 · £401,096
All homes at this postcode, with sales counts & floor areas (30)
1 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£419,895
Sales
1
Floor area
114 m²
3 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£321,495
Sales
1
Floor area
77 m²
5 Austen Drive
Last sold
2024
Price
£256,496
Sales
1
Floor area
63 m²
7 Austen Drive
Last sold
2019
Price
£299,995
Sales
1
Floor area
94 m²
9 Austen Drive
Last sold
2019
Price
£299,995
Sales
1
Floor area
94 m²
11 Austen Drive
Last sold
2019
Price
£289,995
Sales
1
Floor area
91 m²
15 Austen Drive
Last sold
2019
Price
£289,995
Sales
1
Floor area
91 m²
17 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£390,000
Sales
2
Floor area
128 m²
19 Austen Drive
Last sold
2020
Price
£243,995
Sales
1
21 Austen Drive
Last sold
2020
Price
£243,995
Sales
1
23 Austen Drive
Last sold
2020
Price
£243,995
Sales
1
25 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£255,000
Sales
3
27 Austen Drive
Last sold
2020
Price
£299,995
Sales
1
29 Austen Drive
Last sold
2020
Price
£299,995
Sales
1
31 Austen Drive
Last sold
2020
Price
£234,645
Sales
1
33 Austen Drive
Last sold
2020
Price
£249,995
Sales
1
59 Austen Drive
Last sold
2026
Price
£232,500
Sales
2
61 Austen Drive
Last sold
2024
Price
£210,000
Sales
2
63 Austen Drive
Last sold
2024
Price
£235,000
Sales
2
65 Austen Drive
Last sold
2020
Price
£252,995
Sales
1
67 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£322,995
Sales
1
Floor area
84 m²
73 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£384,795
Sales
1
Floor area
99 m²
75 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£401,096
Sales
1
Floor area
114 m²
77 Austen Drive
Last sold
2024
Price
£284,996
Sales
1
Floor area
77 m²
81 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£427,496
Sales
1
Floor area
128 m²
83 Austen Drive
Last sold
2024
Price
£322,996
Sales
1
Floor area
85 m²
85 Austen Drive
Last sold
2021
Price
£346,995
Sales
1
Floor area
114 m²
87 Austen Drive
Last sold
2021
Price
£318,995
Sales
1
Floor area
94 m²
89 Austen Drive
Last sold
2025
Price
£370,000
Sales
2
Floor area
94 m²
91 Austen Drive
Last sold
2021
Price
£342,995
Sales
1
Floor area
128 m²

HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.

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