Areas on the move

England and Wales local authorities ranked by how their average price moved in the year to July 2026, on the official UK House Price Index

In the year to July 2026 the average price in England and Wales rose 1.2% to £288,279. Of the 316 local authorities ranked in England and Wales, 225 rose, 89 fell and 2 were unchanged. The biggest rise was in Trafford, up 9.6%, and the biggest fall in Westminster, down 20.7%.

Rising fastest over the year

  1. Trafford, North West: +9.6%, average price £400,688
  2. Burnley, North West: +8.6%, average price £135,012
  3. Harborough, East Midlands: +8.5%, average price £347,010
  4. Hyndburn, North West: +8.5%, average price £141,430
  5. North East Derbyshire, East Midlands: +8.4%, average price £253,810
  6. Pendle, North West: +8.3%, average price £152,798
  7. Liverpool, North West: +8.1%, average price £189,036
  8. Westmorland and Furness, North West: +7.7%, average price £230,449
  9. Northumberland, North East: +7.3%, average price £212,563
  10. Preston, North West: +7.3%, average price £188,629
  11. St Helens, North West: +7.3%, average price £185,154
  12. Fylde, North West: +7.2%, average price £235,793
  13. Wolverhampton, West Midlands: +7.2%, average price £220,559
  14. Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands: +7.1%, average price £355,387
  15. Staffordshire Moorlands, West Midlands: +7.1%, average price £224,415
  16. North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber: +6.9%, average price £147,727
  17. Blackpool, North West: +6.8%, average price £137,386
  18. Wirral, North West: +6.7%, average price £221,849
  19. Newcastle-under-Lyme, West Midlands: +6.6%, average price £209,112
  20. North Tyneside, North East: +6.5%, average price £205,744
  21. Vale of Glamorgan, Wales: +6.2%, average price £303,112
  22. Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber: +6.1%, average price £208,987
  23. Carmarthenshire, Wales: +6.0%, average price £199,025
  24. Bolton, North West: +5.9%, average price £204,379
  25. Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber: +5.9%, average price £135,511
  26. North Warwickshire, West Midlands: +5.9%, average price £273,776

Falling fastest over the year

  1. Westminster, London: −20.7%, average price £876,788
  2. Tower Hamlets, London: −14.4%, average price £447,796
  3. Kensington and Chelsea, London: −14.1%, average price £1,232,640
  4. Camden, London: −10.1%, average price £815,159
  5. Hammersmith and Fulham, London: −9.0%, average price £738,048
  6. Rutland, East Midlands: −6.5%, average price £298,916
  7. Lambeth, London: −6.3%, average price £536,623
  8. Wandsworth, London: −5.5%, average price £686,076
  9. South Hams, South West: −5.3%, average price £355,483
  10. Newham, London: −5.0%, average price £390,349
  11. Tandridge, South East: −5.0%, average price £482,599
  12. Barnet, London: −4.9%, average price £600,560
  13. Hastings, South East: −4.9%, average price £238,757
  14. Islington, London: −4.9%, average price £674,592
  15. Pembrokeshire, Wales: −4.7%, average price £208,615
  16. Castle Point, East of England: −4.3%, average price £356,579
  17. Oadby and Wigston, East Midlands: −4.2%, average price £251,253
  18. Windsor and Maidenhead, South East: −3.9%, average price £575,036
  19. Worthing, South East: −3.9%, average price £297,200
  20. Rugby, West Midlands: −3.5%, average price £272,696
  21. Croydon, London: −3.4%, average price £390,041
  22. Bromley, London: −3.1%, average price £511,670
  23. North Norfolk, East of England: −3.1%, average price £292,563
  24. Spelthorne, South East: −2.9%, average price £439,609
  25. Harrow, London: −2.8%, average price £526,493

Figures are HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index for July 2026. For a local authority the index is a three-month average (May to July 2026), and the annual change compares it with May to July 2025. The average price is the index's standardised average, a mix-adjusted geometric mean, not the mean or median of sales, so it will not match a list of sold prices.

July 2026 is a first estimate: HM Land Registry make it from around 40% of the sales they expect to register, and revise it and the 11 months before it every month. This page updates with each monthly release. HM Land Registry warn that figures for local authorities with few sales are volatile, so read a small gap between two authorities as no gap.

Not ranked: the City of London, with fewer than 300 sales a year, too few for its index to rank on. The index publishes no figure for the Isles of Scilly.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, and Office for National Statistics data, both licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.