In short
Between 2016 and 2026 (the same month each year), average prices rose the most in Oldham (+87.3%), Salford (+75.9%), Rossendale (+74.4%) and the least in City of Aberdeen (−33%), City of Westminster (−19.6%), Tower Hamlets (−8%). 9 areas saw prices fall over the period.
All 135 areas
| # | Area | Nation | Average price 2016 | Average price 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oldham | England | £115,956 | £217,171 | +87.3% |
| 2 | Salford | England | £130,424 | £229,462 | +75.9% |
| 3 | Rossendale | England | £114,550 | £199,759 | +74.4% |
| 4 | Bury | England | £139,024 | £242,437 | +74.4% |
| 5 | Manchester | England | £144,978 | £252,309 | +74% |
| 6 | Bolton | England | £117,937 | £204,379 | +73.3% |
| 7 | Tameside | England | £121,026 | £209,723 | +73.3% |
| 8 | Liverpool | England | £110,481 | £189,036 | +71.1% |
| 9 | Sandwell | England | £121,625 | £205,830 | +69.2% |
| 10 | Bolsover | England | £108,226 | £182,759 | +68.9% |
| 11 | St Helens | England | £110,131 | £185,154 | +68.1% |
| 12 | City of Glasgow | Scotland | £116,374 | £193,675 | +66.4% |
| 13 | Wolverhampton | England | £132,559 | £220,559 | +66.4% |
| 14 | Wigan | England | £117,653 | £194,551 | +65.4% |
| 15 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | £111,957 | £184,768 | +65% |
| 16 | Knowsley | England | £116,396 | £188,527 | +62% |
| 17 | Trafford | England | £249,191 | £400,688 | +60.8% |
| 18 | Dudley | England | £145,202 | £232,196 | +59.9% |
| 19 | Halton | England | £121,782 | £194,727 | +59.9% |
| 20 | Falkirk | Scotland | £108,806 | £173,046 | +59% |
| 21 | Rotherham | England | £121,268 | £191,496 | +57.9% |
| 22 | Telford and Wrekin | England | £143,950 | £226,893 | +57.6% |
| 23 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | £193,105 | £303,965 | +57.4% |
| 24 | South Lanarkshire | Scotland | £117,835 | £185,267 | +57.2% |
| 25 | South Staffordshire | England | £198,194 | £310,862 | +56.8% |
| 26 | Hyndburn | England | £90,233 | £141,430 | +56.7% |
| 27 | Warrington | England | £165,964 | £260,040 | +56.7% |
| 28 | Hinckley and Bosworth | England | £166,080 | £260,187 | +56.7% |
| 29 | Wirral | England | £141,740 | £221,849 | +56.5% |
| 30 | West Lothian | Scotland | £145,340 | £227,354 | +56.4% |
| 31 | Kirklees | England | £134,469 | £208,987 | +55.4% |
| 32 | North Lanarkshire | Scotland | £102,245 | £158,591 | +55.1% |
| 33 | Calderdale | England | £123,439 | £191,385 | +55% |
| 34 | Wakefield | England | £128,665 | £199,347 | +54.9% |
| 35 | Bassetlaw | England | £138,327 | £214,281 | +54.9% |
| 36 | East Ayrshire | Scotland | £89,793 | £138,971 | +54.8% |
| 37 | Leicester | England | £147,700 | £227,322 | +53.9% |
| 38 | Walsall | England | £140,371 | £215,329 | +53.4% |
| 39 | Sefton | England | £146,345 | £224,289 | +53.3% |
| 40 | Fife | Scotland | £117,181 | £179,134 | +52.9% |
| 41 | North East Derbyshire | England | £166,227 | £253,810 | +52.7% |
| 42 | Clackmannanshire | Scotland | £109,061 | £166,005 | +52.2% |
| 43 | Sheffield | England | £145,406 | £219,713 | +51.1% |
| 44 | Leeds | England | £164,305 | £247,695 | +50.8% |
| 45 | Blaby | England | £192,123 | £289,282 | +50.6% |
| 46 | Cheshire East | England | £205,301 | £309,121 | +50.6% |
| 47 | Doncaster | England | £114,582 | £172,305 | +50.4% |
| 48 | Wrexham | Wales | £142,271 | £212,778 | +49.6% |
| 49 | Charnwood | England | £183,697 | £273,945 | +49.1% |
| 50 | North Northamptonshire | England | £173,773 | £257,807 | +48.4% |
| 51 | Cheshire West and Chester | England | £182,222 | £270,104 | +48.2% |
| 52 | Birmingham | England | £158,120 | £234,257 | +48.2% |
| 53 | Powys | Wales | £160,770 | £237,762 | +47.9% |
| 54 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | England | £154,796 | £228,142 | +47.4% |
| 55 | East Dunbartonshire | Scotland | £184,740 | £271,608 | +47% |
| 56 | Bradford | England | £124,344 | £182,766 | +47% |
| 57 | Lancaster | England | £138,261 | £202,966 | +46.8% |
| 58 | North Lincolnshire | England | £122,824 | £179,954 | +46.5% |
| 59 | Moray | Scotland | £139,354 | £204,008 | +46.4% |
| 60 | Highland | Scotland | £151,770 | £221,136 | +45.7% |
| 61 | Northumberland | England | £146,155 | £212,563 | +45.4% |
| 62 | Harborough | England | £238,768 | £347,010 | +45.3% |
| 63 | City of Kingston upon Hull | England | £93,463 | £135,511 | +45% |
| 64 | County Durham | England | £97,310 | £140,447 | +44.3% |
| 65 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | £119,276 | £171,905 | +44.1% |
| 66 | Coventry | England | £158,111 | £227,679 | +44% |
| 67 | Teignbridge | England | £210,276 | £302,368 | +43.8% |
| 68 | Cardiff | Wales | £189,619 | £272,252 | +43.6% |
| 69 | North Tyneside | England | £143,665 | £205,744 | +43.2% |
| 70 | Shropshire | England | £193,048 | £275,232 | +42.6% |
| 71 | City of Plymouth | England | £156,681 | £223,161 | +42.4% |
| 72 | City of Peterborough | England | £164,818 | £234,690 | +42.4% |
| 73 | Solihull | England | £236,900 | £337,112 | +42.3% |
| 74 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | £155,297 | £220,408 | +41.9% |
| 75 | Flintshire | Wales | £152,461 | £215,892 | +41.6% |
| 76 | South Tyneside | England | £114,662 | £161,559 | +40.9% |
| 77 | Cumberland | England | £121,585 | £170,966 | +40.6% |
| 78 | South Gloucestershire | England | £244,716 | £341,833 | +39.7% |
| 79 | Somerset | England | £202,922 | £282,062 | +39% |
| 80 | Bedford | England | £241,126 | £333,824 | +38.4% |
| 81 | Cornwall | England | £200,365 | £275,642 | +37.6% |
| 82 | City of Bristol | England | £258,222 | £352,262 | +36.4% |
| 83 | York | England | £227,961 | £310,781 | +36.3% |
| 84 | Stratford-on-Avon | England | £291,484 | £396,753 | +36.1% |
| 85 | Westmorland and Furness | England | £171,757 | £230,449 | +34.2% |
| 86 | West Northamptonshire | England | £217,704 | £291,929 | +34.1% |
| 87 | North Somerset | England | £234,841 | £313,638 | +33.6% |
| 88 | Tendring | England | £194,526 | £259,568 | +33.4% |
| 89 | Newcastle upon Tyne | England | £155,753 | £207,547 | +33.3% |
| 90 | Breckland | England | £203,028 | £268,905 | +32.4% |
| 91 | North Yorkshire | England | £204,423 | £270,463 | +32.3% |
| 92 | Test Valley | England | £278,985 | £368,131 | +32% |
| 93 | Warwick | England | £281,367 | £369,220 | +31.2% |
| 94 | Rutland | England | £228,751 | £298,916 | +30.7% |
| 95 | East Suffolk | England | £211,921 | £276,301 | +30.4% |
| 96 | Babergh | England | £253,512 | £330,523 | +30.4% |
| 97 | Wiltshire | England | £252,813 | £328,746 | +30% |
| 98 | West Devon | England | £220,702 | £285,834 | +29.5% |
| 99 | Exeter | England | £218,482 | £282,696 | +29.4% |
| 100 | Adur | England | £296,097 | £380,120 | +28.4% |
| 101 | Milton Keynes | England | £257,692 | £330,419 | +28.2% |
| 102 | Dorset | England | £253,745 | £325,154 | +28.1% |
| 103 | Central Bedfordshire | England | £278,464 | £356,758 | +28.1% |
| 104 | Ipswich | England | £173,125 | £221,445 | +27.9% |
| 105 | Mid Suffolk | England | £247,124 | £315,898 | +27.8% |
| 106 | Gateshead | England | £121,709 | £155,550 | +27.8% |
| 107 | Crawley | England | £262,204 | £332,384 | +26.8% |
| 108 | South Hams | England | £281,629 | £355,483 | +26.2% |
| 109 | New Forest | England | £309,131 | £384,977 | +24.5% |
| 110 | Eastleigh | England | £249,462 | £310,283 | +24.4% |
| 111 | North Hertfordshire | England | £340,449 | £418,857 | +23% |
| 112 | Southampton | England | £192,057 | £235,977 | +22.9% |
| 113 | Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole | England | £255,216 | £310,094 | +21.5% |
| 114 | Worthing | England | £245,330 | £297,200 | +21.1% |
| 115 | Horsham | England | £366,422 | £441,654 | +20.5% |
| 116 | Brighton and Hove | England | £340,276 | £408,948 | +20.2% |
| 117 | Mid Sussex | England | £359,234 | £430,777 | +19.9% |
| 118 | East Hertfordshire | England | £382,373 | £457,417 | +19.6% |
| 119 | Buckinghamshire | England | £404,392 | £479,736 | +18.6% |
| 120 | St Albans | England | £549,006 | £646,781 | +17.8% |
| 121 | Greenwich | England | £400,792 | £462,589 | +15.4% |
| 122 | Hackney | England | £533,141 | £605,729 | +13.6% |
| 123 | Merton | England | £546,386 | £615,890 | +12.7% |
| 124 | Lewisham | England | £435,767 | £488,658 | +12.1% |
| 125 | Camden | England | £746,738 | £815,159 | +9.2% |
| 126 | Croydon | England | £368,948 | £390,041 | +5.7% |
| 127 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | £206,578 | £204,894 | −0.8% |
| 128 | Southwark | England | £583,138 | £572,478 | −1.8% |
| 129 | Wandsworth | England | £704,521 | £686,076 | −2.6% |
| 130 | Lambeth | England | £559,534 | £536,623 | −4.1% |
| 131 | Hammersmith and Fulham | England | £786,860 | £738,048 | −6.2% |
| 132 | Kensington and Chelsea | England | £1,330,421 | £1,232,640 | −7.3% |
| 133 | Tower Hamlets | England | £486,813 | £447,796 | −8% |
| 134 | City of Westminster | England | £1,090,138 | £876,788 | −19.6% |
| 135 | City of Aberdeen | Scotland | £194,934 | £130,689 | −33% |
How Payotte computed it
Average price of all property types in the same month of each year (UK House Price Index), not adjusted for inflation.
Prices: average prices of the UK House Price Index for July 2026, published by HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services and the ONS. Each area links to its page, with the ten-year trend and a calculator. The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, with a link to this page.
Questions
Where did house prices rise most in England over ten years?
Oldham (+87.3%); least: City of Westminster (−19.6%).
Where did house prices rise most in Scotland over ten years?
City of Glasgow (+66.4%); least: City of Aberdeen (−33%).
Where did house prices rise most in Wales over ten years?
Wrexham (+49.6%); least: Flintshire (+41.6%).
Where did house prices rise most in Northern Ireland over ten years?
Belfast: +65%.
Other Payotte studies
- Stamp duty on the average home, area by area
- What a first-time buyer pays in tax, area by area
- The surcharge on a second home or buy-to-let, area by area
- The 2% non-UK resident surcharge on the average home
- House prices over the last twelve months, area by area
- How many flats is a detached house worth, area by area
- The purchase tax on the average detached house, area by area
- The purchase tax on the average flat, area by area
- How much less first-time buyers pay, area by area
- Where the most homes change hands, area by area
- The same home in the four nations: purchase tax compared
Sources
- UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land & Property Services Northern Ireland, ONS). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- GOV.UK, Stamp Duty Land Tax: residential property rates (HMRC); Higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (HMRC, last updated 1 April 2025)
- Revenue Scotland, LBTT residential property (rates and bands as of 1 April 2021, first-time buyer relief); Scottish Budget 2025-2026: ADS rate 8% for contracts on or after 5 December 2024
- Welsh Government, Land Transaction Tax rates and bands (main residential rates from 10 October 2022, higher residential rates from 11 December 2024)