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 £550,793
B - Birmingham £245,165
BA - Bath £327,229
BB - Blackburn £138,883
BD - Bradford £165,029
BH - Bournemouth £363,107
BL - Bolton £190,452
BN - Brighton £374,602
BR - Bromley £519,143
BS - Bristol £338,382
CA - Carlisle £170,770
CB - Cambridge £408,477
CF - Cardiff £205,403
CH - Chester £214,306
CM - Chelmsford £393,122
CO - Colchester £299,869
CR - Croydon £422,543
CT - Canterbury £311,555
CV - Coventry £271,958
CW - Crewe £230,942
DA - Dartford £372,821
DE - Derby £222,477
DH - Durham £135,529
DL - Darlington £153,571
DN - Doncaster £163,301
DT - Dorchester £323,166
DY - Dudley £229,213
E - East London £505,095
EC - Central London £832,291
EN - Enfield £444,746
EX - Exeter £312,386
FY - Blackpool £159,387
GL - Gloucester £323,214
GU - Guildford £473,368
HA - Harrow £533,464
HD - Huddersfield £195,310
HG - Harrogate £333,199
HP - Hemel Hempstead £443,671
HR - Hereford £280,012
HU - Hull £168,669
HX - Halifax £171,686
IG - Ilford £468,186
IP - Ipswich £295,643
KT - Kingston upon Thames £593,277
L - Liverpool £181,162
LA - Lancaster £204,451
LD - Llandrindod Wells £227,312
LE - Leicester £270,088
LL - Llandudno £198,751
LN - Lincoln £218,052
LS - Leeds £243,217
LU - Luton £308,856
M - Manchester £230,819
ME - Rochester £314,759
MK - Milton Keynes £327,416
N - North London £632,394
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne £177,155
NG - Nottingham £221,160
NN - Northampton £266,234
NP - Newport £206,236
NR - Norwich £269,921
NW - North West London £765,338
OL - Oldham £176,799
OX - Oxford £405,603
PE - Peterborough £251,341
PL - Plymouth £250,863
PO - Portsmouth £295,098
PR - Preston £199,354
RG - Reading £411,001
RH - Redhill £433,737
RM - Romford £383,734
S - Sheffield £187,500
SA - Swansea £186,515
SE - South East London £499,356
SG - Stevenage £378,832
SK - Stockport £275,905
SL - Slough £524,164
SM - Sutton £460,689
SN - Swindon £296,494
SO - Southampton £333,410
SP - Salisbury £332,401
SR - Sunderland £123,001
SS - Southend-on-Sea £345,411
ST - Stoke-on-Trent £183,585
SW - South West London £770,063
SY - Shrewsbury £254,602
TA - Taunton £279,572
TF - Telford £226,017
TN - Tonbridge £394,141
TQ - Torquay £301,190
TR - Truro £313,129
TS - Cleveland £146,586
TW - Twickenham £554,611
UB - Southall £425,412
W - West London £849,598
WA - Warrington £235,436
WC - Central London £713,477
WD - Watford £500,929
WF - Wakefield £182,673
WN - Wigan £167,509
WR - Worcester £294,446
WS - Walsall £221,227
WV - Wolverhampton £212,830
YO - York £254,769

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
W1S - Hanover Square, Savile Row, Westminster £4,638,219
W1K - Mayfair (north), Grosvenor Square, Westminster £4,351,694
SW1A - Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, Westminster £4,061,324
W1J - Mayfair (south), Piccadilly, Royal Academy, Westminster £2,754,072
SW1X - Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Westminster £2,461,594
SW1E - Buckingham Gate, Victoria Station, Westminster £2,002,829
W8 - Kensington, Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea £1,985,731
SW1H - Buckingham Gate, Victoria St, Birdcage Walk, Westminster £1,921,424
SW7 - South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea £1,711,334
W1G - Harley Street, Westminster £1,682,490

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
BD1 - Bradford city centre, Little Germany, Bradford £62,290
TS1 - Middlesborough Town Centre, Gresham, University, Abingdon, Middlesbrough £67,184
DN31 - Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire £70,416
DL4 - Shildon, County Durham £77,052
TS3 - Brambles Farm, Thorntree, Park End, North Ormesby, Berwick Hills, Middlesbrough £77,398
SR8 - Easington, Easington Colliery, Horden, Little Thorpe, Peterlee, Shotton, Shotton Colliery, County Durham £80,993
SR1 - Sunderland City Centre, East End, Hendon, Sunderland £83,091
NE17 - Chopwell, Western Chopwell Wood, Gateshead £85,038
DL17 - Ferryhill, Chilton, Cornforth, Bishop Middleham, County Durham £87,275
HU2 - Hull, Kingston upon Hull £87,978

Annual change

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

Area Annual change (%)
TW - Twickenham 3.9
SL - Slough 1.6
SM - Sutton 1.4
UB - Southall 1.1
W - West London 1.1
HA - Harrow 0.8
TQ - Torquay 0.8
DY - Dudley 0.7
RH - Redhill 0.7
CB - Cambridge 0.3
NW - North West London 0.3
GU - Guildford 0.2
GL - Gloucester 0.0
BR - Bromley -0.1
WA - Warrington -0.1
HX - Halifax -0.2
PL - Plymouth -0.5
BH - Bournemouth -0.6
KT - Kingston upon Thames -0.7
WV - Wolverhampton -0.7
EC - Central London -0.8
RG - Reading -0.8
N - North London -0.9
OX - Oxford -0.9
AL - St Albans -1.0
SE - South East London -1.0
BS - Bristol -1.1
LS - Leeds -1.1
RM - Romford -1.1
SP - Salisbury -1.1
HP - Hemel Hempstead -1.3
LE - Leicester -1.4
YO - York -1.4
BN - Brighton -1.5
IG - Ilford -1.5
WR - Worcester -1.5
DT - Dorchester -1.6
B - Birmingham -1.7
SW - South West London -1.7
TA - Taunton -1.7
TR - Truro -1.7
WD - Watford -1.7
L - Liverpool -1.8
E - East London -1.9
NG - Nottingham -2.1
WF - Wakefield -2.3
CH - Chester -2.4
M - Manchester -2.4
NP - Newport -2.4
HG - Harrogate -2.5
OL - Oldham -2.5
PR - Preston -2.5
EX - Exeter -2.6
LA - Lancaster -2.6
WN - Wigan -2.6
BA - Bath -2.7
CR - Croydon -2.7
FY - Blackpool -2.7
NE - Newcastle upon Tyne -2.7
HR - Hereford -2.9
BD - Bradford -3.0
BL - Bolton -3.0
DA - Dartford -3.1
S - Sheffield -3.1
SY - Shrewsbury -3.1
WS - Walsall -3.1
CV - Coventry -3.2
IP - Ipswich -3.2
SK - Stockport -3.2
HD - Huddersfield -3.3
SS - Southend-on-Sea -3.3
ST - Stoke-on-Trent -3.3
DE - Derby -3.4
PO - Portsmouth -3.4
LL - Llandudno -3.5
TN - Tonbridge -3.5
CT - Canterbury -3.6
SN - Swindon -3.6
NN - Northampton -3.7
NR - Norwich -3.7
SA - Swansea -3.7
CO - Colchester -3.8
CF - Cardiff -3.9
CM - Chelmsford -3.9
CA - Carlisle -4.0
HU - Hull -4.0
TF - Telford -4.1
ME - Rochester -4.4
PE - Peterborough -4.5
LU - Luton -4.8
SO - Southampton -5.0
TS - Cleveland -5.1
DN - Doncaster -5.2
DL - Darlington -5.3
LN - Lincoln -5.5
SG - Stevenage -5.8
MK - Milton Keynes -5.9
EN - Enfield -6.2
CW - Crewe -6.5
DH - Durham -7.4
SR - Sunderland -7.6
LD - Llandrindod Wells -7.8
BB - Blackburn -8.6
WC - Central London -17.1