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 £542,570
B - Birmingham £260,399
BA - Bath £327,856
BB - Blackburn £165,074
BD - Bradford £191,103
BH - Bournemouth £357,213
BL - Bolton £219,092
BN - Brighton £371,017
BR - Bromley £520,889
BS - Bristol £345,502
CA - Carlisle £188,576
CB - Cambridge £407,217
CF - Cardiff £226,500
CH - Chester £232,248
CM - Chelmsford £411,585
CO - Colchester £312,477
CR - Croydon £429,129
CT - Canterbury £309,989
CV - Coventry £286,786
CW - Crewe £259,286
DA - Dartford £388,779
DE - Derby £239,375
DH - Durham £155,817
DL - Darlington £172,673
DN - Doncaster £182,496
DT - Dorchester £315,619
DY - Dudley £248,045
E - East London £515,253
EC - Central London £753,814
EN - Enfield £471,494
EX - Exeter £304,883
FY - Blackpool £170,816
GL - Gloucester £326,872
GU - Guildford £462,565
HA - Harrow £531,389
HD - Huddersfield £218,474
HG - Harrogate £343,448
HP - Hemel Hempstead £451,371
HR - Hereford £285,199
HU - Hull £183,079
HX - Halifax £195,526
IG - Ilford £487,157
IP - Ipswich £295,385
KT - Kingston upon Thames £570,344
L - Liverpool £206,822
LA - Lancaster £216,388
LD - Llandrindod Wells £256,127
LE - Leicester £279,506
LL - Llandudno £207,482
LN - Lincoln £231,996
LS - Leeds £259,653
LU - Luton £328,667
M - Manchester £253,983
ME - Rochester £328,652
MK - Milton Keynes £349,810
N - North London £614,300
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne £195,921
NG - Nottingham £233,043
NN - Northampton £276,052
NP - Newport £224,726
NR - Norwich £271,854
NW - North West London £696,034
OL - Oldham £204,522
OX - Oxford £407,374
PE - Peterborough £259,775
PL - Plymouth £254,341
PO - Portsmouth £300,802
PR - Preston £217,169
RG - Reading £414,238
RH - Redhill £431,429
RM - Romford £396,509
S - Sheffield £205,240
SA - Swansea £202,022
SE - South East London £504,352
SG - Stevenage £398,405
SK - Stockport £303,633
SL - Slough £523,655
SM - Sutton £454,388
SN - Swindon £310,195
SO - Southampton £349,983
SP - Salisbury £326,189
SR - Sunderland £138,247
SS - Southend-on-Sea £358,848
ST - Stoke-on-Trent £206,318
SW - South West London £702,101
SY - Shrewsbury £266,884
TA - Taunton £282,086
TF - Telford £241,668
TN - Tonbridge £397,545
TQ - Torquay £290,164
TR - Truro £301,120
TS - Cleveland £163,639
TW - Twickenham £529,733
UB - Southall £437,930
W - West London £771,781
WA - Warrington £258,385
WC - Central London £784,799
WD - Watford £500,722
WF - Wakefield £206,609
WN - Wigan £192,810
WR - Worcester £303,436
WS - Walsall £244,747
WV - Wolverhampton £238,159
YO - York £260,099

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 £3,822,096
SW1X - Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Westminster £2,287,005
W1G - Harley Street, Westminster £1,885,178
SW1A - Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, Westminster £1,813,215
SW1W - Belgravia, Westminster £1,750,409
W1J - Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy, Westminster £1,643,021
W8 - Kensington, Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea £1,608,963
SW7 - South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,480,304
W1U - Marylebone, Westminster £1,458,343
SW3 - Chelsea, Brompton, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,403,692

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 £51,724
TS1 - Middlesborough Town Centre, Gresham, University, Abingdon, Middlesbrough £69,535
DN31 - Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire £75,982
BD1 - Bradford city centre, Little Germany, Bradford £79,926
DL4 - Shildon, County Durham £88,365
TS3 - Brambles Farm, Thorntree, Park End, North Ormesby, Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough £89,146
SR8 - Easington, Easington Colliery, Horden, Little Thorpe, Peterlee, Shotton, Shotton Colliery, County Durham £95,616
CF43 - Ferndale, Blaenllechau, Tylorstown, Penrhys, Pontygwaith, Stanleytown, Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf £97,197
HU2 - Hull, Kingston upon Hull £98,095
TS29 - Trimdon Station, County Durham £102,817

Annual change

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

Area Annual change (%)
WV - Wolverhampton 4.9
HX - Halifax 4.4
UB - Southall 4.4
L - Liverpool 4.1
BD - Bradford 3.8
CW - Crewe 3.3
WF - Wakefield 3.2
WS - Walsall 3.2
LD - Llandrindod Wells 3.1
DL - Darlington 2.8
DY - Dudley 2.8
ST - Stoke-on-Trent 2.8
WA - Warrington 2.8
IG - Ilford 2.4
CR - Croydon 2.2
M - Manchester 2.2
DA - Dartford 2.1
CF - Cardiff 2.0
BB - Blackburn 1.9
HG - Harrogate 1.8
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne 1.8
NP - Newport 1.8
RM - Romford 1.8
SA - Swansea 1.8
WN - Wigan 1.8
CH - Chester 1.7
SK - Stockport 1.7
BL - Bolton 1.6
OL - Oldham 1.6
SS - Southend-on-Sea 1.6
B - Birmingham 1.5
TA - Taunton 1.5
DN - Doncaster 1.3
DH - Durham 1.2
SN - Swindon 1.1
LS - Leeds 0.9
HD - Huddersfield 0.8
LN - Lincoln 0.7
ME - Rochester 0.7
BR - Bromley 0.6
E - East London 0.5
LL - Llandudno 0.5
TF - Telford 0.5
LU - Luton 0.4
EN - Enfield 0.3
WD - Watford 0.3
BS - Bristol 0.2
PL - Plymouth 0.2
SL - Slough 0.2
TN - Tonbridge 0.1
SY - Shrewsbury -0.0
BH - Bournemouth -0.1
CO - Colchester -0.1
FY - Blackpool -0.1
S - Sheffield -0.1
SG - Stevenage -0.1
SP - Salisbury -0.1
CA - Carlisle -0.3
GU - Guildford -0.3
RH - Redhill -0.3
DE - Derby -0.4
IP - Ipswich -0.4
SR - Sunderland -0.4
BA - Bath -0.5
CV - Coventry -0.5
MK - Milton Keynes -0.5
PO - Portsmouth -0.5
TS - Cleveland -0.5
HU - Hull -0.6
RG - Reading -0.6
CB - Cambridge -0.7
HP - Hemel Hempstead -0.7
LE - Leicester -0.7
OX - Oxford -0.7
PR - Preston -0.7
AL - St Albans -0.8
CM - Chelmsford -0.8
HA - Harrow -0.8
BN - Brighton -0.9
SE - South East London -0.9
YO - York -0.9
NG - Nottingham -1.0
NR - Norwich -1.0
CT - Canterbury -1.1
PE - Peterborough -1.1
TW - Twickenham -1.1
GL - Gloucester -1.2
SM - Sutton -1.3
WR - Worcester -1.6
SO - Southampton -1.7
KT - Kingston upon Thames -1.8
N - North London -1.8
NN - Northampton -1.8
DT - Dorchester -2.2
LA - Lancaster -2.6
EX - Exeter -2.7
WC - Central London -3.2
TQ - Torquay -3.4
TR - Truro -3.5
HR - Hereford -4.2
NW - North West London -6.2
W - West London -7.0
SW - South West London -7.2
EC - Central London -11.9