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 £538,705
B - Birmingham £258,758
BA - Bath £323,711
BB - Blackburn £163,533
BD - Bradford £190,097
BH - Bournemouth £353,624
BL - Bolton £215,779
BN - Brighton £369,775
BR - Bromley £521,438
BS - Bristol £343,563
CA - Carlisle £187,192
CB - Cambridge £406,322
CF - Cardiff £227,737
CH - Chester £231,311
CM - Chelmsford £407,454
CO - Colchester £307,844
CR - Croydon £425,681
CT - Canterbury £307,354
CV - Coventry £283,702
CW - Crewe £256,839
DA - Dartford £384,472
DE - Derby £236,195
DH - Durham £152,644
DL - Darlington £169,456
DN - Doncaster £179,695
DT - Dorchester £311,902
DY - Dudley £245,245
E - East London £513,296
EC - Central London £754,958
EN - Enfield £468,846
EX - Exeter £301,256
FY - Blackpool £168,156
GL - Gloucester £325,596
GU - Guildford £462,959
HA - Harrow £530,012
HD - Huddersfield £217,242
HG - Harrogate £340,118
HP - Hemel Hempstead £455,004
HR - Hereford £284,193
HU - Hull £180,181
HX - Halifax £192,781
IG - Ilford £486,847
IP - Ipswich £293,194
KT - Kingston upon Thames £574,324
L - Liverpool £206,327
LA - Lancaster £212,067
LD - Llandrindod Wells £256,681
LE - Leicester £276,608
LL - Llandudno £208,204
LN - Lincoln £230,292
LS - Leeds £258,202
LU - Luton £323,854
M - Manchester £252,679
ME - Rochester £326,976
MK - Milton Keynes £346,015
N - North London £626,652
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne £193,588
NG - Nottingham £231,545
NN - Northampton £272,921
NP - Newport £225,915
NR - Norwich £269,312
NW - North West London £712,938
OL - Oldham £202,349
OX - Oxford £407,130
PE - Peterborough £255,874
PL - Plymouth £251,717
PO - Portsmouth £297,384
PR - Preston £215,055
RG - Reading £409,793
RH - Redhill £427,794
RM - Romford £392,513
S - Sheffield £204,312
SA - Swansea £202,113
SE - South East London £505,305
SG - Stevenage £394,171
SK - Stockport £303,390
SL - Slough £527,856
SM - Sutton £450,163
SN - Swindon £308,183
SO - Southampton £348,533
SP - Salisbury £326,118
SR - Sunderland £137,403
SS - Southend-on-Sea £356,915
ST - Stoke-on-Trent £204,908
SW - South West London £716,383
SY - Shrewsbury £263,750
TA - Taunton £280,171
TF - Telford £240,926
TN - Tonbridge £395,044
TQ - Torquay £287,894
TR - Truro £300,630
TS - Cleveland £161,181
TW - Twickenham £534,259
UB - Southall £436,307
W - West London £791,945
WA - Warrington £254,333
WC - Central London £752,654
WD - Watford £502,356
WF - Wakefield £204,938
WN - Wigan £190,298
WR - Worcester £302,472
WS - Walsall £241,813
WV - Wolverhampton £234,674
YO - York £257,931

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
W1K - Mayfair (north), Grosvenor Square, Westminster £3,748,042
SW1X - Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Westminster £2,202,169
W1J - Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy, Westminster £1,994,467
SW1A - Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, Westminster £1,957,099
W1G - Harley Street, Westminster £1,824,335
W8 - Kensington, Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea £1,676,225
SW1W - Belgravia, Westminster £1,636,231
W1U - Marylebone, Westminster £1,631,901
SW7 - South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,580,982
SW3 - Chelsea, Brompton, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,449,744

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
SR1 - Sunderland City Centre, East End, Hendon, Sunderland £52,924
TS1 - Middlesborough Town Centre, Gresham, University, Abingdon, Middlesbrough £70,124
DN31 - Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire £75,338
BD1 - Bradford city centre, Little Germany, Bradford £80,547
TS3 - Brambles Farm, Thorntree, Park End, North Ormesby, Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough £88,558
DL4 - Shildon, County Durham £88,968
HU2 - Hull, Kingston upon Hull £92,327
SR8 - Easington, Easington Colliery, Horden, Little Thorpe, Peterlee, Shotton, Shotton Colliery, County Durham £92,892
CF43 - Ferndale, Blaenllechau, Tylorstown, Penrhys, Pontygwaith, Stanleytown, Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf £94,942
TS29 - Trimdon Station, County Durham £102,128

Annual change

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

Area Annual change (%)
UB - Southall 3.3
L - Liverpool 2.1
CF - Cardiff 2.0
LD - Llandrindod Wells 1.7
IG - Ilford 1.6
NP - Newport 1.5
WV - Wolverhampton 1.4
BD - Bradford 1.3
SA - Swansea 1.3
N - North London 1.1
SL - Slough 1.1
WF - Wakefield 0.9
HX - Halifax 0.4
WD - Watford 0.4
BR - Bromley 0.3
CR - Croydon 0.3
LL - Llandudno 0.3
HP - Hemel Hempstead 0.2
M - Manchester 0.2
SS - Southend-on-Sea 0.2
ST - Stoke-on-Trent 0.2
CW - Crewe 0.1
DY - Dudley 0.1
SK - Stockport 0.1
TW - Twickenham 0.1
WS - Walsall 0.1
CH - Chester -0.2
SN - Swindon -0.4
SP - Salisbury -0.4
GU - Guildford -0.5
RM - Romford -0.5
SE - South East London -0.5
B - Birmingham -0.6
HG - Harrogate -0.7
DA - Dartford -0.8
E - East London -0.8
KT - Kingston upon Thames -0.8
TA - Taunton -0.8
DL - Darlington -0.9
LS - Leeds -0.9
ME - Rochester -0.9
WN - Wigan -0.9
EN - Enfield -1.0
BB - Blackburn -1.1
BS - Bristol -1.1
CB - Cambridge -1.1
OX - Oxford -1.1
HD - Huddersfield -1.2
TF - Telford -1.2
LN - Lincoln -1.3
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne -1.3
OL - Oldham -1.3
RH - Redhill -1.4
TN - Tonbridge -1.5
WA - Warrington -1.5
BL - Bolton -1.8
BN - Brighton -1.8
HA - Harrow -1.8
NW - North West London -1.8
IP - Ipswich -1.9
AL - St Albans -2.0
SG - Stevenage -2.0
BH - Bournemouth -2.1
DN - Doncaster -2.1
GL - Gloucester -2.1
W - West London -2.1
PO - Portsmouth -2.2
S - Sheffield -2.3
PL - Plymouth -2.4
WR - Worcester -2.4
YO - York -2.4
CA - Carlisle -2.5
MK - Milton Keynes -2.5
SM - Sutton -2.5
BA - Bath -2.6
NG - Nottingham -2.6
SY - Shrewsbury -2.6
CT - Canterbury -2.7
CV - Coventry -2.7
LE - Leicester -2.7
NR - Norwich -2.7
RG - Reading -2.7
CM - Chelmsford -2.8
LU - Luton -2.8
SO - Southampton -2.8
CO - Colchester -2.9
PR - Preston -2.9
DE - Derby -3.2
SR - Sunderland -3.3
SW - South West London -3.3
TS - Cleveland -3.4
PE - Peterborough -3.5
DH - Durham -3.6
FY - Blackpool -3.7
NN - Northampton -3.7
TR - Truro -3.8
HU - Hull -4.0
DT - Dorchester -4.3
EX - Exeter -4.6
HR - Hereford -4.8
TQ - Torquay -4.9
LA - Lancaster -6.2
EC - Central London -9.5
WC - Central London -12.5