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Change in the average house price over five years, every council ranked

The change in the average price of a home over five years, every type of home counted. Figures for June 2021 to June 2026, published for 360 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Tower Hamlets, -16.3%. The council in the middle: East Lindsey, 15.6%. Highest: Derry City and Strabane, 47.3%.

Change in the average house price over five years, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1Tower HamletsLondon-16.3%
2Aberdeen CityScotland-14.4%
3WestminsterLondon-11.6%
4Hammersmith and FulhamLondon-6.2%
5LambethLondon-4.3%
6City of LondonLondon-4.2%
7Kensington and ChelseaLondon-3.8%
8WorthingSouth East-1.6%
9 jointHastingsSouth East-0.6%
9 jointTandridgeSouth East-0.6%
11 jointNewhamLondon-0.5%
11 jointRutlandEast Midlands-0.5%
13CroydonLondon-0.4%
14OxfordSouth East1.5%
15EastbourneSouth East1.7%
16BrentLondon2.1%
17WatfordEast of England2.2%
18 jointCamdenLondon2.4%
18 jointWandsworthLondon2.4%
20AberdeenshireScotland2.6%
21DoverSouth East3%
22 jointBarnetLondon3.7%
22 jointGreenwichLondon3.7%
22 jointWokingSouth East3.7%
25South HamsSouth West3.8%
26IslingtonLondon3.9%
27 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West4%
27 jointCanterburySouth East4%
27 jointNew ForestSouth East4%
30Isle of WightSouth East4.1%
31SouthwarkLondon4.3%
32EastleighSouth East4.5%
33HarrowLondon4.7%
34ArunSouth East4.8%
35 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East5%
35 jointHackneyLondon5%
37CambridgeEast of England5.1%
38ThanetSouth East5.3%
39TorridgeSouth West5.4%
40TorbaySouth West5.6%
41 jointEnfieldLondon6.1%
41 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England6.1%
43East SuffolkEast of England6.2%
44 jointChichesterSouth East6.5%
44 jointHertsmereEast of England6.5%
44 jointHounslowLondon6.5%
44 jointIpswichEast of England6.5%
44 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England6.5%
49CornwallSouth West6.6%
50Three RiversEast of England6.8%
51 jointEalingLondon7.1%
51 jointLewesSouth East7.1%
53Mole ValleySouth East7.2%
54MertonLondon7.4%
55 jointNorth DevonSouth West7.7%
55 jointShetland IslandsScotland7.7%
55 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England7.7%
55 jointWealdenSouth East7.7%
59LincolnEast Midlands8.1%
60 jointDartfordSouth East8.2%
60 jointHillingdonLondon8.2%
62ExeterSouth West8.3%
63 jointEpping ForestEast of England8.4%
63 jointLewishamLondon8.4%
65 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East8.5%
65 jointWinchesterSouth East8.5%
67BromleyLondon8.6%
68 jointBrentwoodEast of England8.7%
68 jointGuildfordSouth East8.7%
70King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England8.8%
71 jointNorwichEast of England8.9%
71 jointRunnymedeSouth East8.9%
73BroxbourneEast of England9%
74 jointDorsetSouth West9.1%
74 jointHaringeyLondon9.1%
76TendringEast of England9.2%
77 jointCotswoldSouth West9.3%
77 jointGraveshamSouth East9.3%
79Waltham ForestLondon9.6%
80 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East9.7%
80 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber9.7%
82 jointFarehamSouth East9.8%
82 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East9.8%
82 jointGosportSouth East9.8%
85 jointBaberghEast of England10%
85 jointMid DevonSouth West10%
87 jointRugbyWest Midlands10.2%
87 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East10.2%
89SolihullWest Midlands10.3%
90 jointSouthamptonSouth East10.5%
90 jointWest DevonSouth West10.5%
92PortsmouthSouth East10.6%
93 jointBexleyLondon10.7%
93 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands10.7%
95 jointSuttonLondon10.8%
95 jointWest SuffolkEast of England10.8%
97 jointFenlandEast of England10.9%
97 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon10.9%
97 jointSpelthorneSouth East10.9%
100AshfordSouth East11%
101SloughSouth East11.1%
102 jointBracknell ForestSouth East11.2%
102 jointEast LothianScotland11.2%
104ElmbridgeSouth East11.3%
105 jointEast HampshireSouth East11.4%
105 jointMeltonEast Midlands11.4%
107 jointColchesterEast of England11.5%
107 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England11.5%
107 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East11.5%
110 jointBasildonEast of England11.6%
110 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England11.6%
112 jointHarlowEast of England11.7%
112 jointHartlepoolNorth East11.7%
114MaidstoneSouth East11.8%
115RedbridgeLondon11.9%
116HavantSouth East12%
117 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England12.1%
117 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East12.1%
119BlabyEast Midlands12.2%
120 jointBraintreeEast of England12.3%
120 jointThurrockEast of England12.3%
122 jointBostonEast Midlands12.4%
122 jointCheltenhamSouth West12.4%
122 jointDacorumEast of England12.4%
122 jointTest ValleySouth East12.4%
126 jointMid SuffolkEast of England12.5%
126 jointStevenageEast of England12.5%
128 jointSwaleSouth East12.6%
128 jointUttlesfordEast of England12.6%
130North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber12.7%
131 jointAdurSouth East12.8%
131 jointMaldonEast of England12.8%
133Castle PointEast of England12.9%
134BirminghamWest Midlands13%
135 jointHartSouth East13.2%
135 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands13.2%
137 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East13.3%
137 jointMid SussexSouth East13.3%
139 jointHorshamSouth East13.4%
139 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon13.4%
139 jointWaverleySouth East13.4%
142 jointChelmsfordEast of England13.5%
142 jointCoventryWest Midlands13.5%
142 jointMedwaySouth East13.5%
145 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East13.6%
145 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England13.6%
145 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England13.6%
145 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands13.6%
145 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands13.6%
150 jointRedditchWest Midlands13.7%
150 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West13.7%
150 jointWiltshireSouth West13.7%
153Bath and North East SomersetSouth West13.8%
154 jointBristolSouth West13.9%
154 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands13.9%
156St AlbansEast of England14%
157 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands14.1%
157 jointFyldeNorth West14.1%
157 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England14.1%
160 jointRochfordEast of England14.2%
160 jointRotherSouth East14.2%
160 jointRushmoorSouth East14.2%
160 jointSomersetSouth West14.2%
164CherwellSouth East14.3%
165 jointForest of DeanSouth West14.4%
165 jointLeicesterEast Midlands14.4%
167 jointConwyWales14.5%
167 jointEast DevonSouth West14.5%
167 jointSurrey HeathSouth East14.5%
170 jointPembrokeshireWales15%
170 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands15%
172 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands15.2%
172 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands15.2%
174 jointMidlothianScotland15.3%
174 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands15.3%
176 jointBrecklandEast of England15.5%
176 jointBroadlandEast of England15.5%
176 jointWokinghamSouth East15.5%
176 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands15.5%
180 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands15.6%
180 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber15.6%
180 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands15.6%
183 jointErewashEast Midlands15.7%
183 jointNa h-Eileanan SiarScotland15.7%
183 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber15.7%
183 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands15.7%
183 jointTeignbridgeSouth West15.7%
188 jointInverclydeScotland15.8%
188 jointMilton KeynesSouth East15.8%
190 jointDarlingtonNorth East15.9%
190 jointDerbyEast Midlands15.9%
190 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber15.9%
190 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands15.9%
194 jointDenbighshireWales16%
194 jointLutonEast of England16%
194 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands16%
197 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands16.2%
197 jointReadingSouth East16.2%
197 jointSunderlandNorth East16.2%
197 jointWarwickWest Midlands16.2%
197 jointWest BerkshireSouth East16.2%
197 jointWychavonWest Midlands16.2%
203CardiffWales16.3%
204 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon16.4%
204 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England16.4%
204 jointGwyneddWales16.4%
204 jointSevenoaksSouth East16.4%
208 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East16.5%
208 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber16.5%
210 jointBlackpoolNorth West16.6%
210 jointChorleyNorth West16.6%
212 jointHarboroughEast Midlands16.7%
212 jointNorth SomersetSouth West16.7%
214 jointCeredigionWales16.9%
214 jointNottinghamEast Midlands16.9%
216East StaffordshireWest Midlands17%
217WyreNorth West17.2%
218 jointPowysWales17.4%
218 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands17.4%
220 jointDundee CityScotland17.5%
220 jointHaveringLondon17.5%
222RossendaleNorth West17.7%
223Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands17.8%
224PeterboroughEast of England17.9%
225WorcesterWest Midlands18.1%
226GatesheadNorth East18.2%
227Redcar and ClevelandNorth East18.3%
228City of EdinburghScotland18.4%
229 jointCounty DurhamNorth East18.7%
229 jointFlintshireWales18.7%
229 jointWirralNorth West18.7%
232 jointGloucesterSouth West18.8%
232 jointManchesterNorth West18.8%
232 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands18.8%
232 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East18.8%
232 jointTamworthWest Midlands18.8%
237East CambridgeshireEast of England18.9%
238TewkesburySouth West19%
239 jointCrawleySouth East19.2%
239 jointSwindonSouth West19.2%
241 jointPendleNorth West19.3%
241 jointWalsallWest Midlands19.3%
243 jointBassetlawEast Midlands19.4%
243 jointGedlingEast Midlands19.4%
243 jointSwanseaWales19.4%
246 jointAshfieldEast Midlands19.5%
246 jointBedfordEast of England19.5%
246 jointMonmouthshireWales19.5%
249 jointAngusScotland19.6%
249 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West19.6%
251LancasterNorth West19.7%
252 jointBuryNorth West19.8%
252 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands19.8%
252 jointSouth TynesideNorth East19.8%
252 jointVale of White HorseSouth East19.8%
256Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands19.9%
257Merthyr TydfilWales20%
258 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands20.1%
258 jointTorfaenWales20.1%
258 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East20.1%
261 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands20.2%
261 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands20.2%
261 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber20.2%
264Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West20.3%
265SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber20.4%
266Amber ValleyEast Midlands20.5%
267 jointBridgendWales20.6%
267 jointCumberlandNorth West20.6%
267 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber20.6%
270 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands20.7%
270 jointIsle of AngleseyWales20.7%
272 jointStaffordWest Midlands20.8%
272 jointStroudSouth West20.8%
274LeedsYorkshire and the Humber20.9%
275 jointHighlandScotland21%
275 jointShropshireWest Midlands21%
277 jointPerth and KinrossScotland21.1%
277 jointWest LancashireNorth West21.1%
279BroxtoweEast Midlands21.2%
280 jointCarmarthenshireWales21.3%
280 jointCheshire EastNorth West21.3%
280 jointRibble ValleyNorth West21.3%
283DudleyWest Midlands21.4%
284North TynesideNorth East21.6%
285East DunbartonshireScotland21.7%
286 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East21.8%
286 jointSouth AyrshireScotland21.8%
288 jointClackmannanshireScotland22%
288 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland22%
290MiddlesbroughNorth East22.2%
291StockportNorth West22.3%
292 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber22.4%
292 jointStirlingScotland22.4%
294 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands22.5%
294 jointMansfieldEast Midlands22.5%
296 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands22.6%
296 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber22.6%
298 jointScottish BordersScotland22.7%
298 jointVale of GlamorganWales22.7%
300South RibbleNorth West22.9%
301 jointLichfieldWest Midlands23%
301 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands23%
303West DunbartonshireScotland23.2%
304South StaffordshireWest Midlands23.3%
305 jointDumfries and GallowayScotland23.6%
305 jointNorthumberlandNorth East23.6%
307 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber23.8%
307 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber23.8%
307 jointNewportWales23.8%
310 jointArgyll and ButeScotland24.2%
310 jointLiverpoolNorth West24.2%
312 jointPlymouthSouth West24.3%
312 jointTraffordNorth West24.3%
314WarringtonNorth West24.4%
315RenfrewshireScotland24.7%
316 jointPrestonNorth West24.9%
316 jointWrexhamWales24.9%
318SalfordNorth West25.2%
319 jointFifeScotland25.6%
319 jointSeftonNorth West25.6%
321West LothianScotland25.7%
322KnowsleyNorth West25.9%
323BurnleyNorth West26.1%
324 jointNeath Port TalbotWales26.3%
324 jointTamesideNorth West26.3%
326SandwellWest Midlands26.4%
327CaerphillyWales26.9%
328HaltonNorth West27.7%
329FalkirkScotland27.9%
330North LanarkshireScotland28%
331BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber28.1%
332HyndburnNorth West28.5%
333BoltonNorth West28.6%
334WolverhamptonWest Midlands28.7%
335Rhondda Cynon TafWales28.8%
336WiganNorth West29%
337Glasgow CityScotland29.1%
338MorayScotland30.5%
339Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands30.9%
340 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland31%
340 jointSt. HelensNorth West31%
342 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West31.4%
342 jointBolsoverEast Midlands31.4%
344North AyrshireScotland31.7%
345RochdaleNorth West32.7%
346Blaenau GwentWales33.2%
347 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland33.9%
347 jointOldhamNorth West33.9%
349Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland34.8%
350Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland36.2%
351Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland36.8%
352East AyrshireScotland38.2%
353Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland39%
354Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland39.2%
355Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland40%
356Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland41.7%
357Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland43.8%
358Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland45.3%
359Orkney IslandsScotland46.7%
360Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland47.3%

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UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land and Property Services, ONS), average price, June 2021 to June 2026 · June 2021 to June 2026 · fetched 4 October 2026 · How this is measured

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