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 £538,735
B - Birmingham £258,725
BA - Bath £327,319
BB - Blackburn £161,910
BD - Bradford £190,001
BH - Bournemouth £359,010
BL - Bolton £217,254
BN - Brighton £370,500
BR - Bromley £523,097
BS - Bristol £344,694
CA - Carlisle £188,734
CB - Cambridge £404,732
CF - Cardiff £223,933
CH - Chester £229,456
CM - Chelmsford £410,757
CO - Colchester £314,557
CR - Croydon £428,078
CT - Canterbury £310,322
CV - Coventry £288,976
CW - Crewe £256,772
DA - Dartford £390,501
DE - Derby £239,461
DH - Durham £153,583
DL - Darlington £173,264
DN - Doncaster £180,592
DT - Dorchester £318,467
DY - Dudley £247,562
E - East London £515,603
EC - Central London £732,344
EN - Enfield £469,012
EX - Exeter £307,403
FY - Blackpool £170,400
GL - Gloucester £324,790
GU - Guildford £460,125
HA - Harrow £532,245
HD - Huddersfield £218,023
HG - Harrogate £340,611
HP - Hemel Hempstead £449,710
HR - Hereford £284,834
HU - Hull £183,256
HX - Halifax £194,768
IG - Ilford £482,879
IP - Ipswich £296,448
KT - Kingston upon Thames £563,466
L - Liverpool £204,579
LA - Lancaster £215,071
LD - Llandrindod Wells £248,748
LE - Leicester £280,020
LL - Llandudno £205,747
LN - Lincoln £230,631
LS - Leeds £258,055
LU - Luton £326,373
M - Manchester £250,880
ME - Rochester £327,541
MK - Milton Keynes £349,128
N - North London £610,597
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne £195,839
NG - Nottingham £232,244
NN - Northampton £275,904
NP - Newport £222,755
NR - Norwich £271,408
NW - North West London £691,636
OL - Oldham £201,766
OX - Oxford £407,153
PE - Peterborough £259,786
PL - Plymouth £256,936
PO - Portsmouth £299,921
PR - Preston £216,332
RG - Reading £412,641
RH - Redhill £431,873
RM - Romford £396,884
S - Sheffield £203,993
SA - Swansea £200,833
SE - South East London £502,263
SG - Stevenage £396,321
SK - Stockport £300,536
SL - Slough £520,193
SM - Sutton £455,103
SN - Swindon £308,403
SO - Southampton £349,187
SP - Salisbury £328,816
SR - Sunderland £138,187
SS - Southend-on-Sea £356,541
ST - Stoke-on-Trent £205,159
SW - South West London £702,930
SY - Shrewsbury £266,222
TA - Taunton £282,581
TF - Telford £241,167
TN - Tonbridge £394,859
TQ - Torquay £292,694
TR - Truro £301,987
TS - Cleveland £163,398
TW - Twickenham £531,335
UB - Southall £438,922
W - West London £776,634
WA - Warrington £256,630
WC - Central London £742,519
WD - Watford £498,631
WF - Wakefield £204,838
WN - Wigan £191,942
WR - Worcester £303,133
WS - Walsall £243,776
WV - Wolverhampton £235,389
YO - York £259,585

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
W1J - Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy, Westminster £3,719,626
W1K - Mayfair (north), Grosvenor Square, Westminster £3,443,357
SW1X - Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Westminster £2,811,322
WC1A - New Oxford Street, Camden £2,624,206
SW1H - Buckingham Gate, Victoria St, Birdcage Walk, Westminster £2,276,765
SW1E - Buckingham Gate, Victoria Station, Westminster £2,186,022
EC3A - St Mary Axe, Aldgate, City of London £2,077,340
W8 - Kensington, Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea £1,842,276
W1G - Harley Street, Westminster £1,785,865
SW1W - Belgravia, Westminster £1,692,227

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 £59,864
TS1 - Middlesborough Town Centre, Gresham, University, Abingdon, Middlesbrough £64,982
DL4 - Shildon, County Durham £74,182
DN31 - Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire £79,547
TS3 - Brambles Farm, Thorntree, Park End, North Ormesby, Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough £80,171
SR8 - Easington, Easington Colliery, Horden, Little Thorpe, Peterlee, Shotton, Shotton Colliery, County Durham £85,145
HU2 - Hull, Kingston upon Hull £85,995
CF43 - Ferndale, Blaenllechau, Tylorstown, Penrhys, Pontygwaith, Stanleytown, Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf £89,335
DL17 - Ferryhill, Chilton, Cornforth, Bishop Middleham, County Durham £91,606
TS29 - Trimdon Station, County Durham £95,190

Annual change

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

Area Annual change (%)
HX - Halifax 6.9
UB - Southall 5.4
BD - Bradford 5.1
L - Liverpool 4.8
DY - Dudley 4.7
DL - Darlington 4.4
WV - Wolverhampton 4.4
ST - Stoke-on-Trent 3.6
DA - Dartford 3.4
WF - Wakefield 3.3
WA - Warrington 3.2
RM - Romford 3.0
CW - Crewe 2.8
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne 2.8
WS - Walsall 2.8
HD - Huddersfield 2.4
WN - Wigan 2.4
BB - Blackburn 2.3
BR - Bromley 2.3
TA - Taunton 2.3
BL - Bolton 2.2
CR - Croydon 2.2
IG - Ilford 2.2
PL - Plymouth 2.1
B - Birmingham 2.0
OL - Oldham 2.0
SA - Swansea 2.0
CF - Cardiff 1.8
CO - Colchester 1.8
SS - Southend-on-Sea 1.8
M - Manchester 1.5
CV - Coventry 1.4
SP - Salisbury 1.4
TF - Telford 1.4
FY - Blackpool 1.3
NP - Newport 1.3
SK - Stockport 1.3
CA - Carlisle 1.2
DN - Doncaster 1.2
BH - Bournemouth 1.1
ME - Rochester 1.1
CH - Chester 1.0
DH - Durham 1.0
E - East London 1.0
LN - Lincoln 1.0
LS - Leeds 0.8
DE - Derby 0.7
LD - Llandrindod Wells 0.7
SN - Swindon 0.7
BS - Bristol 0.6
EN - Enfield 0.6
HG - Harrogate 0.6
TW - Twickenham 0.4
HU - Hull 0.3
IP - Ipswich 0.3
SR - Sunderland 0.3
TS - Cleveland 0.3
S - Sheffield 0.2
LE - Leicester 0.1
LL - Llandudno 0.1
OX - Oxford 0.1
WD - Watford 0.1
CM - Chelmsford 0.0
CT - Canterbury -0.0
SY - Shrewsbury 0.0
LU - Luton -0.1
RH - Redhill -0.2
TN - Tonbridge -0.2
RG - Reading -0.3
SG - Stevenage -0.3
GU - Guildford -0.4
HP - Hemel Hempstead -0.4
PO - Portsmouth -0.4
HA - Harrow -0.5
MK - Milton Keynes -0.5
PR - Preston -0.5
SL - Slough -0.6
BA - Bath -0.8
NG - Nottingham -0.8
WR - Worcester -0.8
BN - Brighton -0.9
NR - Norwich -0.9
PE - Peterborough -0.9
SE - South East London -1.0
YO - York -1.0
DT - Dorchester -1.1
SM - Sutton -1.1
EX - Exeter -1.2
SO - Southampton -1.3
CB - Cambridge -1.5
AL - St Albans -1.6
NN - Northampton -1.6
N - North London -1.9
LA - Lancaster -2.2
GL - Gloucester -2.3
TQ - Torquay -2.3
KT - Kingston upon Thames -2.7
TR - Truro -3.3
HR - Hereford -5.0
W - West London -6.2
SW - South West London -7.3
NW - North West London -7.4
WC - Central London -11.2
EC - Central London -16.6