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 £537,275
B - Birmingham £260,198
BA - Bath £324,640
BB - Blackburn £164,959
BD - Bradford £191,123
BH - Bournemouth £353,414
BL - Bolton £216,997
BN - Brighton £369,511
BR - Bromley £522,447
BS - Bristol £344,687
CA - Carlisle £186,534
CB - Cambridge £406,924
CF - Cardiff £228,229
CH - Chester £232,416
CM - Chelmsford £409,439
CO - Colchester £309,135
CR - Croydon £425,197
CT - Canterbury £307,503
CV - Coventry £285,160
CW - Crewe £257,171
DA - Dartford £384,972
DE - Derby £237,326
DH - Durham £154,045
DL - Darlington £169,917
DN - Doncaster £180,288
DT - Dorchester £310,798
DY - Dudley £246,771
E - East London £514,078
EC - Central London £742,786
EN - Enfield £467,101
EX - Exeter £301,645
FY - Blackpool £168,804
GL - Gloucester £327,669
GU - Guildford £462,593
HA - Harrow £529,080
HD - Huddersfield £218,565
HG - Harrogate £339,379
HP - Hemel Hempstead £455,521
HR - Hereford £285,981
HU - Hull £181,045
HX - Halifax £196,434
IG - Ilford £487,175
IP - Ipswich £292,814
KT - Kingston upon Thames £574,457
L - Liverpool £207,108
LA - Lancaster £212,641
LD - Llandrindod Wells £257,618
LE - Leicester £276,178
LL - Llandudno £208,249
LN - Lincoln £230,326
LS - Leeds £259,162
LU - Luton £322,424
M - Manchester £254,232
ME - Rochester £327,687
MK - Milton Keynes £346,274
N - North London £624,788
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne £194,859
NG - Nottingham £232,185
NN - Northampton £273,778
NP - Newport £228,522
NR - Norwich £270,516
NW - North West London £720,472
OL - Oldham £204,264
OX - Oxford £407,505
PE - Peterborough £257,439
PL - Plymouth £253,082
PO - Portsmouth £297,044
PR - Preston £215,990
RG - Reading £408,474
RH - Redhill £430,539
RM - Romford £394,085
S - Sheffield £205,574
SA - Swansea £202,469
SE - South East London £505,672
SG - Stevenage £394,527
SK - Stockport £303,353
SL - Slough £529,466
SM - Sutton £452,750
SN - Swindon £307,859
SO - Southampton £349,577
SP - Salisbury £326,195
SR - Sunderland £139,014
SS - Southend-on-Sea £357,664
ST - Stoke-on-Trent £207,030
SW - South West London £719,795
SY - Shrewsbury £264,733
TA - Taunton £280,898
TF - Telford £240,303
TN - Tonbridge £396,424
TQ - Torquay £287,182
TR - Truro £300,895
TS - Cleveland £162,172
TW - Twickenham £535,718
UB - Southall £435,368
W - West London £783,354
WA - Warrington £254,847
WC - Central London £752,928
WD - Watford £502,737
WF - Wakefield £205,420
WN - Wigan £191,768
WR - Worcester £304,049
WS - Walsall £242,314
WV - Wolverhampton £235,186
YO - York £259,301

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 £4,470,656
SW1X - Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Westminster £2,165,501
SW1A - Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, Westminster £2,121,432
W1J - Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy, Westminster £2,014,672
W1G - Harley Street, Westminster £1,822,385
W8 - Kensington, Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea £1,691,214
SW1W - Belgravia, Westminster £1,668,158
W1U - Marylebone, Westminster £1,666,534
SW7 - South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,651,342
SW3 - Chelsea, Brompton, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,500,249

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 £70,542
DN31 - Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire £74,904
BD1 - Bradford city centre, Little Germany, Bradford £80,822
DL4 - Shildon, County Durham £87,619
TS3 - Brambles Farm, Thorntree, Park End, North Ormesby, Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough £88,072
HU2 - Hull, Kingston upon Hull £90,553
SR8 - Easington, Easington Colliery, Horden, Little Thorpe, Peterlee, Shotton, Shotton Colliery, County Durham £91,658
CF43 - Ferndale, Blaenllechau, Tylorstown, Penrhys, Pontygwaith, Stanleytown, Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf £94,470
TS29 - Trimdon Station, County Durham £101,494

Annual change

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

Area Annual change (%)
UB - Southall 2.8
L - Liverpool 2.4
HX - Halifax 2.3
NP - Newport 2.1
CF - Cardiff 1.9
IG - Ilford 1.8
BD - Bradford 1.7
LD - Llandrindod Wells 1.6
SL - Slough 1.4
WV - Wolverhampton 1.3
M - Manchester 1.1
ST - Stoke-on-Trent 1.1
WF - Wakefield 1.0
SA - Swansea 0.9
DY - Dudley 0.7
WD - Watford 0.7
N - North London 0.6
CW - Crewe 0.5
WS - Walsall 0.4
CH - Chester 0.3
SS - Southend-on-Sea 0.3
TW - Twickenham 0.3
CR - Croydon 0.2
B - Birmingham 0.1
BR - Bromley 0.1
HP - Hemel Hempstead 0.0
RM - Romford -0.1
SK - Stockport -0.1
WN - Wigan -0.1
DA - Dartford -0.2
BB - Blackburn -0.3
LL - Llandudno -0.3
OL - Oldham -0.3
SE - South East London -0.4
TA - Taunton -0.4
LS - Leeds -0.5
NW - North West London -0.5
HD - Huddersfield -0.6
SP - Salisbury -0.6
GL - Gloucester -0.7
GU - Guildford -0.7
BS - Bristol -0.8
DL - Darlington -0.8
E - East London -0.8
KT - Kingston upon Thames -0.8
RH - Redhill -0.8
CB - Cambridge -0.9
ME - Rochester -0.9
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne -0.9
SN - Swindon -0.9
OX - Oxford -1.0
BL - Bolton -1.1
HG - Harrogate -1.1
WA - Warrington -1.1
TN - Tonbridge -1.2
LN - Lincoln -1.4
EN - Enfield -1.5
PL - Plymouth -1.5
DN - Doncaster -1.6
HA - Harrow -1.7
S - Sheffield -1.7
SG - Stevenage -1.7
TF - Telford -1.7
YO - York -1.7
BN - Brighton -1.8
SM - Sutton -1.8
SR - Sunderland -1.9
WR - Worcester -1.9
BH - Bournemouth -2.0
SO - Southampton -2.0
BA - Bath -2.1
CV - Coventry -2.1
NR - Norwich -2.1
AL - St Albans -2.2
CM - Chelmsford -2.2
IP - Ipswich -2.2
MK - Milton Keynes -2.2
NG - Nottingham -2.2
PO - Portsmouth -2.2
PR - Preston -2.2
SY - Shrewsbury -2.2
CO - Colchester -2.3
CA - Carlisle -2.5
CT - Canterbury -2.6
DE - Derby -2.7
DH - Durham -2.7
PE - Peterborough -2.8
FY - Blackpool -2.9
LE - Leicester -2.9
TS - Cleveland -2.9
RG - Reading -3.0
SW - South West London -3.0
HU - Hull -3.2
NN - Northampton -3.2
TR - Truro -3.3
LU - Luton -3.5
W - West London -3.9
HR - Hereford -4.1
EX - Exeter -4.4
DT - Dorchester -4.7
TQ - Torquay -4.8
LA - Lancaster -5.5
EC - Central London -9.1
WC - Central London -13.3