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Defoe Crescent, DL5

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£107,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,170
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
34
Distinct homes
23
Price range
£55,000 – £165,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Defoe Crescent is a mix of terraced houses and semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £107,000 — roughly 31% below the DL5 norm. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider DL5 market. HM Land Registry records 34 sales across 23 homes since 2001 — homes here come up rarely.

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Defoe Crescent prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 34 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianDL5 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k200520102015202020252001: £55,750 median · 2 sales2002: £55,000 median · 1 sale2003: £77,500 median · 3 sales2004: £58,250 median · 1 sale2005: £108,000 median · 3 sales2006: £115,750 median · 2 sales2007: £100,000 median · 1 sale2009: £85,000 median · 1 sale2010: £124,950 median · 3 sales2012: £109,000 median · 1 sale2014: £106,000 median · 1 sale2016: £96,000 median · 1 sale2017: £76,000 median · 2 sales2019: £125,000 median · 4 sales2021: £127,500 median · 3 sales2022: £125,000 median · 1 sale2023: £113,000 median · 1 sale2024: £160,000 median · 1 sale2025: £125,000 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the DL5 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Defoe Crescent compares

Defoe Crescent against the DL5 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Orchid Drive£287k · 36
Spindleberry Way£264k · 76
Birch Way£200k · 115
The Swale£193k · 35
Chestnut Way£180k · 90
The Glade£169k · 30
Pemberton Road£140k · 32
Wellhouse Road£137k · 34
Defoe Crescent£107k · 34*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£107,000
median · all recorded sales
DL5 district
£154,000
median · last 8 years · street -31%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Defoe Crescent's £107,000 median sits about 31% below DL5's £154,000.

Street and DL5 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Defoe Crescent.

Terraced
£97,500
16 sales
Semi-detached
£110,000
15 sales
Detached
£162,500
3 sales

Every recorded sale on Defoe Crescent

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
17 Mar 202516 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£110,000
10 Jan 202520 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£140,000
29 Nov 202430 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£160,000
28 Jul 20232 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£113,000
19 Aug 202220 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£125,000
17 Dec 202142 · DL5 4JRDetached—£127,500
29 Oct 20216 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£95,000
11 Jun 202118 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£140,500
13 Aug 201952 · DL5 4JRSemi-detached—£135,000
22 Jul 201944 · DL5 4JRDetached—£165,000
5 Jul 201938 · DL5 4JRTerraced—£95,000
4 Apr 2019Defoe Court Care Home · DL5 4JPnon-standardOther—£1,280,000
25 Jan 201922 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£115,000
24 Nov 20174 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£73,000
29 Sept 20179 · DL5 4JPnon-standardTerraced—£85,000
4 Sept 201725 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£79,000
30 Jun 2017Defoe Court Care Home · DL5 4JPnon-standardOther—£1,167,890
1 Jun 201626 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£96,000
29 May 201520 · DL5 4JPnon-standardSemi-detached—£95,000
24 Jul 201429 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£106,000
8 Jun 201222 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£109,000
15 Oct 201040 · DL5 4JRTerraced—£145,750
15 Oct 201030 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£124,950
7 May 201014 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£100,000
11 Sept 200921 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£85,000
27 Jul 200738 · DL5 4JRTerraced—£100,000
19 Dec 200625 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£112,000
31 Mar 200631 · DL5 4JRSemi-detached—£119,500
19 Aug 200533 · DL5 4JRTerraced—£108,000
15 Apr 200527 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£104,000
25 Feb 200544 · DL5 4JRDetached—£162,500
5 Mar 200410 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£58,250
17 Oct 200331 · DL5 4JRSemi-detached—£77,500
5 Sept 200340 · DL5 4JRTerraced—£90,000
11 Apr 200327 · DL5 4JPTerraced—£60,000
12 Jun 200220 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£55,000
25 May 200118 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£55,500
25 May 200112 · DL5 4JPSemi-detached—£56,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.