Property sales statistics

Here the property sales data is sliced and diced in various ways. If you'd like to see something added, let me know.

Average price by postcode area

This shows the average price in the last year for all postcode areas. Some postcode areas (such as EC and WC) have very low sales volumes so the averages may not be that useful

Area Average price
AL - St Albans £548,560
B - Birmingham £248,164
BA - Bath £330,942
BB - Blackburn £142,491
BD - Bradford £167,534
BH - Bournemouth £363,463
BL - Bolton £193,361
BN - Brighton £373,489
BR - Bromley £513,423
BS - Bristol £337,877
CA - Carlisle £171,470
CB - Cambridge £411,927
CF - Cardiff £207,993
CH - Chester £217,464
CM - Chelmsford £392,689
CO - Colchester £301,832
CR - Croydon £424,000
CT - Canterbury £309,915
CV - Coventry £275,266
CW - Crewe £232,096
DA - Dartford £374,720
DE - Derby £224,316
DH - Durham £137,176
DL - Darlington £156,254
DN - Doncaster £165,756
DT - Dorchester £319,978
DY - Dudley £225,951
E - East London £502,885
EC - Central London £797,437
EN - Enfield £439,876
EX - Exeter £313,505
FY - Blackpool £159,210
GL - Gloucester £322,387
GU - Guildford £467,524
HA - Harrow £531,262
HD - Huddersfield £199,081
HG - Harrogate £334,317
HP - Hemel Hempstead £443,635
HR - Hereford £280,631
HU - Hull £169,204
HX - Halifax £172,462
IG - Ilford £463,889
IP - Ipswich £296,799
KT - Kingston upon Thames £587,045
L - Liverpool £183,413
LA - Lancaster £206,562
LD - Llandrindod Wells £236,553
LE - Leicester £270,321
LL - Llandudno £198,601
LN - Lincoln £218,984
LS - Leeds £246,737
LU - Luton £311,178
M - Manchester £233,375
ME - Rochester £316,697
MK - Milton Keynes £329,711
N - North London £632,727
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne £179,110
NG - Nottingham £222,950
NN - Northampton £266,128
NP - Newport £206,878
NR - Norwich £268,528
NW - North West London £758,195
OL - Oldham £179,071
OX - Oxford £401,353
PE - Peterborough £252,778
PL - Plymouth £248,837
PO - Portsmouth £296,004
PR - Preston £201,579
RG - Reading £409,611
RH - Redhill £432,321
RM - Romford £385,132
S - Sheffield £191,090
SA - Swansea £187,796
SE - South East London £499,985
SG - Stevenage £379,579
SK - Stockport £279,725
SL - Slough £532,065
SM - Sutton £461,297
SN - Swindon £298,621
SO - Southampton £335,547
SP - Salisbury £332,174
SR - Sunderland £126,455
SS - Southend-on-Sea £346,328
ST - Stoke-on-Trent £185,393
SW - South West London £762,474
SY - Shrewsbury £255,158
TA - Taunton £278,174
TF - Telford £228,404
TN - Tonbridge £396,235
TQ - Torquay £299,756
TR - Truro £312,233
TS - Cleveland £149,152
TW - Twickenham £547,659
UB - Southall £424,848
W - West London £844,581
WA - Warrington £235,327
WC - Central London £716,608
WD - Watford £487,724
WF - Wakefield £184,031
WN - Wigan £170,900
WR - Worcester £299,937
WS - Walsall £225,187
WV - Wolverhampton £213,826
YO - York £257,329

Most expensive postcode districts

This shows the postcode districts with the most expensive properties, ignoring those with less than 10 sales, in the last calendar year. As you may expect, the list is all in central London (or it was when I originally built it).

Area Average price
W1S - Hanover Square, Savile Row, Westminster £4,638,219
W1K - Mayfair (north), Grosvenor Square, Westminster £4,273,058
SW1A - Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, Westminster £4,236,267
W1J - Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy, Westminster £2,754,072
SW1X - Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Westminster £2,725,598
W8 - Kensington, Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea £2,011,828
SW1E - Buckingham Gate, Victoria Station, Westminster £1,961,249
SW1H - Buckingham Gate, Victoria St, Birdcage Walk, Westminster £1,859,540
W1G - Harley Street, Westminster £1,682,490
SW7 - South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,679,877

Cheapest postcode districts

This shows the postcode districts with the cheapest properties, ignoring those with less than 10 sales, in the last calendar year. At time of writing this list is almost exclusively oop North. In fact you could swap your mansion in Belgravia for a whole street of houses in several places.

Area Average price
TS1 - Middlesborough Town Centre, Gresham, University, Abingdon, Middlesbrough £66,172
BD1 - Bradford city centre, Little Germany, Bradford £66,276
SR1 - Sunderland City Centre, East End, Hendon, Sunderland £70,775
DN31 - Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire £72,336
CA24 - Moor Row, Copeland £77,677
TS3 - Brambles Farm, Thorntree, Park End, North Ormesby, Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough £77,895
DL4 - Shildon, County Durham £78,227
SR8 - Easington, Easington Colliery, Horden, Little Thorpe, Peterlee, Shotton, Shotton Colliery, County Durham £81,440
DL17 - Ferryhill, Chilton, Cornforth, Bishop Middleham, County Durham £86,913
CF43 - Ferndale, Blaenllechau, Tylorstown, Penrhys, Pontygwaith, Stanleytown, Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf £89,603

Annual change

Find the areas with the biggest price increases and falls over the last year

Area Annual change (%)
SL - Slough 2.8
TW - Twickenham 2.2
SM - Sutton 1.2
W - West London 1.1
CB - Cambridge 0.4
UB - Southall 0.1
HA - Harrow 0.0
WR - Worcester -0.0
WV - Wolverhampton -0.1
LS - Leeds -0.3
N - North London -0.6
HX - Halifax -0.8
BH - Bournemouth -0.9
RM - Romford -0.9
NW - North West London -1.0
BA - Bath -1.1
KT - Kingston upon Thames -1.1
RH - Redhill -1.1
SE - South East London -1.1
YO - York -1.1
BL - Bolton -1.2
BR - Bromley -1.2
B - Birmingham -1.3
SP - Salisbury -1.3
HP - Hemel Hempstead -1.4
M - Manchester -1.4
TQ - Torquay -1.4
CH - Chester -1.5
L - Liverpool -1.5
IG - Ilford -1.6
GL - Gloucester -1.7
GU - Guildford -1.7
RG - Reading -1.7
S - Sheffield -1.7
AL - St Albans -1.8
DY - Dudley -1.8
BS - Bristol -2.0
CR - Croydon -2.0
BD - Bradford -2.1
LE - Leicester -2.1
WN - Wigan -2.1
OL - Oldham -2.2
SK - Stockport -2.2
SW - South West London -2.3
WA - Warrington -2.3
WS - Walsall -2.3
NG - Nottingham -2.4
PL - Plymouth -2.4
CV - Coventry -2.5
HG - Harrogate -2.5
SS - Southend-on-Sea -2.5
TR - Truro -2.5
DT - Dorchester -2.6
E - East London -2.6
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne -2.7
ST - Stoke-on-Trent -2.7
BN - Brighton -2.8
DA - Dartford -2.8
LA - Lancaster -2.8
NP - Newport -2.8
PR - Preston -2.8
LD - Llandrindod Wells -2.9
WF - Wakefield -2.9
HD - Huddersfield -3.0
TA - Taunton -3.1
DE - Derby -3.2
OX - Oxford -3.2
SA - Swansea -3.2
SN - Swindon -3.2
EX - Exeter -3.3
LL - Llandudno -3.4
TN - Tonbridge -3.4
CF - Cardiff -3.5
IP - Ipswich -3.5
PO - Portsmouth -3.6
CM - Chelmsford -3.8
HR - Hereford -3.9
ME - Rochester -3.9
SY - Shrewsbury -3.9
CO - Colchester -4.2
NN - Northampton -4.2
DN - Doncaster -4.4
TF - Telford -4.4
DL - Darlington -4.5
WD - Watford -4.5
FY - Blackpool -4.6
HU - Hull -4.6
PE - Peterborough -4.6
TS - Cleveland -4.6
CT - Canterbury -4.8
LU - Luton -4.8
SO - Southampton -4.8
CA - Carlisle -4.9
NR - Norwich -5.0
EC - Central London -5.1
LN - Lincoln -5.4
SR - Sunderland -5.4
SG - Stevenage -5.8
MK - Milton Keynes -6.0
DH - Durham -6.5
CW - Crewe -6.7
BB - Blackburn -7.3
EN - Enfield -7.4
WC - Central London -15.7