October 2026 report
Area reports · South East · Ashford
South East · Local authority district

Ashford

How Ashford compares with the 316 districts of England and Wales on prices, market activity, people, homes, transport and safety, from the same data our valuations use.

Price per m²
£3,971
-5.5% on the year
HPAI Property Index
58/100
Ranked 89th of 316 districts
Sales a month
126
-19% on the year
Recorded crime
64 per 1,000
Median district 71

HPAI Swatch

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Top row: how things areBottom row: which way they are moving
Band1 low8 high (always best)

Price per m²

£3,971/m²

Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, all property types.

Band 5/8Score 12/20 Weight in the index 15%

Areas alike

Districts with the most similar character to Ashford: price level, sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use, crime and carbon, from the HPAI Swatch. Useful if you like this area but want to compare options.

Cherwell
92% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, rail use, carbon
Pricier: £4,398/m²Busier market: 144 sales a monthPrices rising there (+1.3%)
Winchester
88% alike
Same band for sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use
Pricier: £5,150/m²Higher-carbon homesPrices rising there (+4.1%)
Bedford
87% alike
Same band for energy efficiency
Higher crime: 74 per 1,000Busier market: 148 sales a monthPrices rising there (+2.8%)
Rugby
87% alike
Same band for energy efficiency
Fewer rail journeysSmaller market: 107 sales a month
Vale of Glamorgan
86% alike
Higher-carbon homesCheaper: £3,335/m²Prices rising there (+1.7%)
Huntingdonshire
85% alike
Same band for price, energy efficiency, density, carbon
Busier market: 187 sales a monthFewer rail journeys

Alike but cheaper

Similar character, at least 15% lower price per m² than Ashford's £3,971

Vale of Glamorgan
86% alike
Higher-carbon homesCheaper: £3,335/m²Prices rising there (+1.7%)
Stafford
83% alike
Same band for density
Higher-carbon homesCheaper: £3,161/m²Prices rising there (+3.5%)
Chorley
80% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, carbon
Fewer rail journeysCheaper: £2,912/m²Prices rising there (+6.3%)
Charnwood
79% alike
Same band for crime, carbon
Fewer rail journeysBusier market: 169 sales a month

Buying costs

At today's 5.36% five-year fixed mortgage rate (August 2026), a typical detached house in Ashford (£487,000) costs about £2,213 a month with a 25% deposit over 25 years. With inflation at 3.1%, prices are down 8.3% on the year in real terms.

Market conditions

Latest published, August 2026

5.36%5-year fixed mortgage rate (75% loan-to-value, Bank of England) +0.50 points on a year ago
3.1%Inflation (CPI, ONS) 3.8% a year ago

Repayment calculator

Starts from the median price of each property type in Ashford (last 12 months). Change any figure.

£2,213a month
Loan
£365,250
Deposit
£121,750
Total interest
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Income lenders may look for (4.5×)
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A guide only: repayment mortgage at a fixed rate for the whole term; lenders' rates, fees and criteria vary.

Prices

Homes in Ashford sell for £3,971 per m² (12-month median, all property types), 16% below the South East median. Prices fell 5.5% over the last year.

Price per m², last 10 years

12-month median, all property types, against the region and the median district in England and Wales

By property type

Last 12 months

Type£/m²YearMedian price
Detached3,992 +0.4%£487,000
Semi-detached3,933 +0.0%£272,500
Terraced3,503 +2.8%£285,000
Flat3,096 -0.9%£275,000

Market

About 1,515 homes sold in the last 12 months, 34% of them detacheds. Activity is down 19% on a year ago.

Sales a month

Open-market sales registered with HM Land Registry; the line is the 12-month average

What sells

Sales by property type, last 12 months

People & homes

143,908 people live in Ashford, 248 per km² across 580.6 km². The population changed by +0.8% in the last year.

Population

ONS mid-year estimates (projected after the latest year)

Homes and energy

Energy Performance Certificates and ONS

67Average EPC scoreBand 7 of 8
3.6 tCO₂ a home a yearBand 5 of 8
248Residents per km²Band 2 of 8

Transport

7 rail stations with 4.4 million entries and exits in 2025. Ashford International accounts for 86%.

Rail stations

Entries and exits, 2025 (Office of Rail and Road), with the change on the previous year

Safety

64 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year (Apr 2025 - Mar 2026), higher than 39% of districts; the median district has 71. Crime is down 6.8% on the year.

Recorded crime, 12 months to each March

Home Office police recorded crime; anti-social behaviour isn't recorded crime

Main types

Recorded crimes, Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Schools

53 schools take primary-age pupils and 18 secondary-age, 22,861 pupils in all. Distances to a particular home, and admissions rules, are in each valuation report.

Latest inspection outcomes

Ofsted, in Ofsted's own terms; report cards (from November 2025) have no overall grade; Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn

How hard it is to get in

First-choice applications and offers, latest entry year (DfE, England)

Value a home in Ashford

Free instant valuation using the same data as this report: recent sales, local price trends and the HPAI Swatch.

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October 2026 report: as up to date as it can be. Every figure is the latest each source has published. Where an official source runs behind (population, rail passengers), we project it forward to today from its own trend and mark it as projected. Latest periods:

  • Sales and prices: to August 2026 (HM Land Registry)
  • Recorded crime: year to March 2026 (Home Office)
  • Population: mid-2025 estimates, projected to date (ONS)
  • Rail passengers: year to March 2025, projected after that (Office of Rail and Road)
  • Schools: latest published inspections and admissions (Ofsted, DfE)
  • Energy and homes: certificates lodged to date (EPC register)

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