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 £541,972
B - Birmingham £257,790
BA - Bath £327,535
BB - Blackburn £161,888
BD - Bradford £189,380
BH - Bournemouth £358,327
BL - Bolton £215,532
BN - Brighton £369,859
BR - Bromley £520,301
BS - Bristol £344,571
CA - Carlisle £189,532
CB - Cambridge £402,670
CF - Cardiff £223,192
CH - Chester £228,904
CM - Chelmsford £409,126
CO - Colchester £313,881
CR - Croydon £428,716
CT - Canterbury £310,888
CV - Coventry £287,017
CW - Crewe £255,390
DA - Dartford £388,410
DE - Derby £241,112
DH - Durham £154,539
DL - Darlington £174,659
DN - Doncaster £180,952
DT - Dorchester £318,777
DY - Dudley £245,699
E - East London £515,478
EC - Central London £738,035
EN - Enfield £466,752
EX - Exeter £307,629
FY - Blackpool £169,024
GL - Gloucester £323,895
GU - Guildford £457,664
HA - Harrow £530,657
HD - Huddersfield £217,941
HG - Harrogate £338,769
HP - Hemel Hempstead £448,468
HR - Hereford £287,849
HU - Hull £184,235
HX - Halifax £192,425
IG - Ilford £476,197
IP - Ipswich £296,691
KT - Kingston upon Thames £559,560
L - Liverpool £203,589
LA - Lancaster £215,400
LD - Llandrindod Wells £247,064
LE - Leicester £280,482
LL - Llandudno £204,566
LN - Lincoln £230,637
LS - Leeds £255,966
LU - Luton £328,270
M - Manchester £246,160
ME - Rochester £328,398
MK - Milton Keynes £348,665
N - North London £605,770
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne £195,001
NG - Nottingham £233,086
NN - Northampton £277,569
NP - Newport £221,998
NR - Norwich £272,730
NW - North West London £684,139
OL - Oldham £200,429
OX - Oxford £405,689
PE - Peterborough £259,791
PL - Plymouth £257,428
PO - Portsmouth £300,245
PR - Preston £215,973
RG - Reading £413,091
RH - Redhill £430,381
RM - Romford £397,327
S - Sheffield £204,229
SA - Swansea £199,261
SE - South East London £501,059
SG - Stevenage £395,449
SK - Stockport £299,968
SL - Slough £517,607
SM - Sutton £455,331
SN - Swindon £307,978
SO - Southampton £349,142
SP - Salisbury £325,050
SR - Sunderland £138,799
SS - Southend-on-Sea £355,843
ST - Stoke-on-Trent £203,614
SW - South West London £705,771
SY - Shrewsbury £266,576
TA - Taunton £282,294
TF - Telford £240,940
TN - Tonbridge £392,674
TQ - Torquay £292,715
TR - Truro £299,384
TS - Cleveland £164,899
TW - Twickenham £531,300
UB - Southall £435,858
W - West London £769,278
WA - Warrington £255,085
WC - Central London £801,415
WD - Watford £497,503
WF - Wakefield £204,310
WN - Wigan £191,192
WR - Worcester £302,542
WS - Walsall £245,041
WV - Wolverhampton £235,909
YO - York £260,664

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 £3,193,804
W1J - Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy, Westminster £3,022,485
SW1X - Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Westminster £2,762,024
SW1H - Buckingham Gate, Victoria St, Birdcage Walk, Westminster £2,618,301
SW1E - Buckingham Gate, Victoria Station, Westminster £2,284,515
W8 - Kensington, Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea £1,841,867
SW1W - Belgravia, Westminster £1,720,758
W1G - Harley Street, Westminster £1,718,902
W1U - Marylebone, Westminster £1,623,893
SW7 - South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,552,633

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
TS1 - Middlesborough Town Centre, Gresham, University, Abingdon, Middlesbrough £63,902
SR1 - Sunderland City Centre, East End, Hendon, Sunderland £65,826
DL4 - Shildon, County Durham £75,090
DN31 - Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire £77,320
TS3 - Brambles Farm, Thorntree, Park End, North Ormesby, Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough £80,885
SR8 - Easington, Easington Colliery, Horden, Little Thorpe, Peterlee, Shotton, Shotton Colliery, County Durham £84,130
HU2 - Hull, Kingston upon Hull £84,433
CF43 - Ferndale, Blaenllechau, Tylorstown, Penrhys, Pontygwaith, Stanleytown, Maerdy, Rhondda Cynon Taf £90,141
DL17 - Ferryhill, Chilton, Cornforth, Bishop Middleham, County Durham £91,807
TS29 - Trimdon Station, County Durham £93,076

Annual change

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

Area Annual change (%)
DL - Darlington 6.8
HX - Halifax 5.8
BD - Bradford 5.5
WV - Wolverhampton 5.5
DY - Dudley 5.1
L - Liverpool 4.8
UB - Southall 4.7
WS - Walsall 3.9
WF - Wakefield 3.6
BB - Blackburn 3.1
DA - Dartford 3.1
ST - Stoke-on-Trent 3.1
HD - Huddersfield 3.0
RM - Romford 3.0
CR - Croydon 2.9
CW - Crewe 2.9
WA - Warrington 2.9
DH - Durham 2.8
WN - Wigan 2.8
PL - Plymouth 2.6
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne 2.5
TA - Taunton 2.4
OL - Oldham 2.3
SS - Southend-on-Sea 2.3
DN - Doncaster 2.1
TF - Telford 2.1
B - Birmingham 2.0
CA - Carlisle 2.0
SK - Stockport 2.0
CO - Colchester 1.9
DE - Derby 1.9
BR - Bromley 1.8
CF - Cardiff 1.7
ME - Rochester 1.7
TS - Cleveland 1.6
BL - Bolton 1.5
LN - Lincoln 1.5
LU - Luton 1.5
CH - Chester 1.4
HU - Hull 1.4
SR - Sunderland 1.4
SA - Swansea 1.3
BH - Bournemouth 1.2
CV - Coventry 1.2
NP - Newport 1.1
S - Sheffield 1.1
SY - Shrewsbury 1.0
CT - Canterbury 0.9
E - East London 0.9
TW - Twickenham 0.9
BS - Bristol 0.8
LD - Llandrindod Wells 0.8
SN - Swindon 0.8
IP - Ipswich 0.6
LE - Leicester 0.6
FY - Blackpool 0.5
OX - Oxford 0.3
EN - Enfield 0.2
NR - Norwich 0.2
WD - Watford 0.2
CM - Chelmsford 0.1
IG - Ilford 0.1
BA - Bath -0.0
LL - Llandudno 0.0
NG - Nottingham 0.0
PO - Portsmouth -0.0
RG - Reading 0.0
AL - St Albans -0.1
HG - Harrogate -0.1
SP - Salisbury -0.1
YO - York -0.1
HP - Hemel Hempstead -0.2
PR - Preston -0.2
SL - Slough -0.2
LS - Leeds -0.3
MK - Milton Keynes -0.3
SG - Stevenage -0.3
DT - Dorchester -0.5
RH - Redhill -0.5
SO - Southampton -0.5
HA - Harrow -0.6
NN - Northampton -0.6
M - Manchester -0.7
PE - Peterborough -0.7
SE - South East London -0.7
SM - Sutton -0.8
TN - Tonbridge -0.8
GU - Guildford -0.9
BN - Brighton -1.1
EX - Exeter -1.4
WR - Worcester -1.4
LA - Lancaster -1.8
CB - Cambridge -2.1
TQ - Torquay -2.2
GL - Gloucester -2.4
N - North London -2.7
HR - Hereford -3.3
KT - Kingston upon Thames -3.6
TR - Truro -3.8
SW - South West London -6.5
WC - Central London -7.1
W - West London -8.1
NW - North West London -8.8
EC - Central London -15.4