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 £540,966
B - Birmingham £259,781
BA - Bath £327,497
BB - Blackburn £164,375
BD - Bradford £191,145
BH - Bournemouth £357,782
BL - Bolton £218,838
BN - Brighton £370,138
BR - Bromley £520,835
BS - Bristol £345,829
CA - Carlisle £188,079
CB - Cambridge £407,203
CF - Cardiff £225,080
CH - Chester £230,928
CM - Chelmsford £411,065
CO - Colchester £314,157
CR - Croydon £430,577
CT - Canterbury £310,053
CV - Coventry £287,793
CW - Crewe £259,151
DA - Dartford £390,689
DE - Derby £239,630
DH - Durham £155,911
DL - Darlington £174,062
DN - Doncaster £181,589
DT - Dorchester £317,142
DY - Dudley £248,179
E - East London £516,567
EC - Central London £734,982
EN - Enfield £469,853
EX - Exeter £306,389
FY - Blackpool £170,695
GL - Gloucester £326,078
GU - Guildford £461,073
HA - Harrow £530,324
HD - Huddersfield £218,072
HG - Harrogate £342,549
HP - Hemel Hempstead £450,915
HR - Hereford £285,364
HU - Hull £183,323
HX - Halifax £195,059
IG - Ilford £487,166
IP - Ipswich £295,533
KT - Kingston upon Thames £566,890
L - Liverpool £206,790
LA - Lancaster £215,981
LD - Llandrindod Wells £251,307
LE - Leicester £280,469
LL - Llandudno £206,503
LN - Lincoln £231,770
LS - Leeds £259,359
LU - Luton £327,604
M - Manchester £252,919
ME - Rochester £327,451
MK - Milton Keynes £348,979
N - North London £614,414
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne £195,990
NG - Nottingham £232,942
NN - Northampton £275,543
NP - Newport £224,171
NR - Norwich £270,987
NW - North West London £689,881
OL - Oldham £204,009
OX - Oxford £407,258
PE - Peterborough £259,788
PL - Plymouth £255,525
PO - Portsmouth £300,948
PR - Preston £217,274
RG - Reading £413,503
RH - Redhill £430,361
RM - Romford £397,455
S - Sheffield £204,493
SA - Swansea £201,634
SE - South East London £503,417
SG - Stevenage £398,956
SK - Stockport £301,700
SL - Slough £522,170
SM - Sutton £453,916
SN - Swindon £309,662
SO - Southampton £350,015
SP - Salisbury £326,098
SR - Sunderland £139,488
SS - Southend-on-Sea £357,367
ST - Stoke-on-Trent £206,025
SW - South West London £705,812
SY - Shrewsbury £265,661
TA - Taunton £283,564
TF - Telford £242,304
TN - Tonbridge £396,891
TQ - Torquay £290,459
TR - Truro £301,522
TS - Cleveland £163,872
TW - Twickenham £529,008
UB - Southall £438,872
W - West London £775,628
WA - Warrington £256,688
WC - Central London £723,111
WD - Watford £497,857
WF - Wakefield £205,335
WN - Wigan £192,742
WR - Worcester £303,074
WS - Walsall £244,213
WV - Wolverhampton £236,876
YO - York £260,585

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 (%)
HX - Halifax 5.6
BD - Bradford 5.1
UB - Southall 5.1
WV - Wolverhampton 5.0
L - Liverpool 4.8
DL - Darlington 4.3
DY - Dudley 4.3
CW - Crewe 3.7
ST - Stoke-on-Trent 3.3
WF - Wakefield 3.2
IG - Ilford 3.0
WS - Walsall 3.0
CR - Croydon 2.9
DA - Dartford 2.9
BB - Blackburn 2.7
RM - Romford 2.7
WA - Warrington 2.7
BL - Bolton 2.6
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne 2.4
TA - Taunton 2.4
WN - Wigan 2.3
DH - Durham 2.2
M - Manchester 2.1
OL - Oldham 2.1
NP - Newport 2.0
SA - Swansea 2.0
CF - Cardiff 1.8
B - Birmingham 1.7
BR - Bromley 1.7
HD - Huddersfield 1.7
CH - Chester 1.6
SS - Southend-on-Sea 1.6
TF - Telford 1.5
CO - Colchester 1.3
HG - Harrogate 1.3
LS - Leeds 1.3
DN - Doncaster 1.2
LD - Llandrindod Wells 1.2
PL - Plymouth 1.2
SK - Stockport 1.2
LN - Lincoln 1.1
SN - Swindon 1.1
E - East London 1.0
BS - Bristol 0.8
ME - Rochester 0.6
CV - Coventry 0.5
EN - Enfield 0.5
FY - Blackpool 0.5
SR - Sunderland 0.5
BH - Bournemouth 0.4
LU - Luton 0.4
SG - Stevenage 0.4
CA - Carlisle 0.3
DE - Derby 0.3
TN - Tonbridge 0.3
SP - Salisbury 0.1
TS - Cleveland 0.1
HU - Hull 0.0
LL - Llandudno 0.0
S - Sheffield 0.0
IP - Ipswich -0.1
PO - Portsmouth -0.1
GU - Guildford -0.2
LE - Leicester -0.2
MK - Milton Keynes -0.2
OX - Oxford -0.3
SY - Shrewsbury -0.3
BA - Bath -0.4
CM - Chelmsford -0.4
PR - Preston -0.4
SL - Slough -0.4
WD - Watford -0.4
CB - Cambridge -0.5
NG - Nottingham -0.5
RG - Reading -0.5
RH - Redhill -0.5
YO - York -0.5
CT - Canterbury -0.6
HA - Harrow -0.6
HP - Hemel Hempstead -0.7
PE - Peterborough -0.8
TW - Twickenham -0.8
AL - St Albans -0.9
SE - South East London -0.9
BN - Brighton -1.0
SO - Southampton -1.0
WR - Worcester -1.0
SM - Sutton -1.2
NR - Norwich -1.3
N - North London -1.4
DT - Dorchester -1.7
EX - Exeter -1.7
GL - Gloucester -1.8
NN - Northampton -1.8
LA - Lancaster -2.2
KT - Kingston upon Thames -2.4
TQ - Torquay -3.3
TR - Truro -3.7
HR - Hereford -4.7
W - West London -6.2
SW - South West London -6.9
NW - North West London -7.4
WC - Central London -11.8
EC - Central London -15.8