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London house prices by borough, ranked: average price and change over twelve months
London house prices ranked by borough for August 2026: the average price, the 12-month change and flat prices for all 33 areas, from HM Land Registry.
- 5 min read
- Last reviewed 4 November 2026
- By Your Property Check team
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Part 1 of 5
The ranking
General information, not advice. This table ranks the 32 London boroughs and the City of London by the average price for August 2026, the latest month in the UK House Price Index full file we downloaded from HM Land Registry on 4 November 2026. Each row also shows the change over the 12 months to August 2026 and the flat average with its own 12-month change. GOV.UK says the August 2026 report was published on 21 October 2026.
| Rank | Borough | Average price | Change 12m | Flat average (change 12m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kensington and Chelsea | £1,204,072 | -13.8% | £947,855 (-15.3%) |
| 2 | City of Westminster | £887,206 | -14.3% | £784,694 (-15.1%) |
| 3 | Richmond upon Thames | £813,931 | 0% | £492,607 (-2.6%) |
| 4 | Camden | £798,486 | -10.6% | £656,955 (-11.4%) |
| 5 | Hammersmith and Fulham | £754,825 | -5.1% | £579,711 (-6.4%) |
| 6 | City of London | £726,633 | -14.6% | £726,060 (-14.6%) |
| 7 | Wandsworth | £694,210 | -5.3% | £532,028 (-6.5%) |
| 8 | Islington | £654,286 | -8.6% | £542,886 (-9.1%) |
| 9 | Haringey | £633,221 | -1.4% | £467,608 (-3%) |
| 10 | Merton | £623,791 | +0.1% | £409,754 (-2.2%) |
| 11 | Hackney | £619,408 | -1.6% | £535,923 (-2.3%) |
| 12 | Kingston upon Thames | £597,587 | +4.9% | £368,099 (+2.5%) |
| 13 | Barnet | £592,892 | -4.4% | £364,239 (-7.3%) |
| 14 | Ealing | £589,875 | +1.8% | £410,282 (0%) |
| 15 | Southwark | £569,160 | -2.1% | £466,671 (-2.9%) |
| 16 | Brent | £555,687 | -0.3% | £383,498 (-2.5%) |
| 17 | Lambeth | £540,198 | -6.5% | £441,815 (-7.2%) |
| 18 | Waltham Forest | £532,212 | +0.7% | £390,968 (-1.3%) |
| 19 | Harrow | £532,173 | -2.5% | £319,799 (-5.1%) |
| 20 | Hounslow | £528,051 | -1.5% | £353,291 (-3.8%) |
| 21 | Bromley | £520,253 | -0.5% | £306,823 (-2.9%) |
| 22 | Lewisham | £486,416 | -1.6% | £374,267 (-3.1%) |
| 23 | Redbridge | £484,378 | -2.8% | £301,680 (-5.5%) |
| 24 | Hillingdon | £482,137 | 0% | £291,852 (-2.4%) |
| 25 | Enfield | £474,855 | +0.8% | £300,325 (-1.4%) |
| 26 | Greenwich | £462,868 | -2.2% | £350,603 (-3.9%) |
| 27 | Sutton | £458,954 | +1.5% | £287,646 (-0.7%) |
| 28 | Tower Hamlets | £447,950 | -13.3% | £429,851 (-13.6%) |
| 29 | Havering | £444,572 | +1.1% | £249,212 (-1.5%) |
| 30 | Bexley | £414,833 | +1.9% | £245,833 (-0.8%) |
| 31 | Croydon | £396,718 | -1.5% | £257,891 (-3.2%) |
| 32 | Newham | £388,045 | -4.7% | £320,546 (-6.6%) |
| 33 | Barking and Dagenham | £369,881 | +4.7% | £245,845 (+2.3%) |
For comparison, the same file gives the London region an average of £554,430 (down 2.2% over 12 months) and the United Kingdom £273,037 (up 0.9%).
Part 2 of 5
What the table shows
- Cheapest: Barking and Dagenham, at £369,881, then Newham at £388,045 and Croydon at £396,718.
- Most expensive: Kensington and Chelsea, at £1,204,072, then the City of Westminster at £887,206 and Richmond upon Thames at £813,931.
- Falling or rising: 22 of the 33 areas show a lower average than a year earlier, 9 show a higher one and 2 (Richmond upon Thames and Hillingdon) show 0% change.
- The biggest falls: five areas are down by 10% or more over 12 months: the City of London (-14.6%), the City of Westminster (-14.3%), Kensington and Chelsea (-13.8%), Tower Hamlets (-13.3%) and Camden (-10.6%).
- The biggest rises: Kingston upon Thames (+4.9%), Barking and Dagenham (+4.7%), Bexley (+1.9%) and Sutton (+1.5%).
Part 3 of 5
Why London looks different
London is not one market. In this file the range between the cheapest and dearest borough average is more than three times (£369,881 against £1,204,072), and boroughs sit on both sides of zero for the 12-month change. The central boroughs at the top of the price ranking are also where the biggest falls are, while several outer boroughs are flat or up. We do not give a cause, because the index records what prices did, not why. Other pages on this site look at the national picture, and our page on where house prices are falling uses the same index across England and Wales.
Part 4 of 5
How to read the figures
- An average is not a value. Flats and houses differ a great deal inside one borough, so the flat column is shown beside the all-types average. The average for a borough is a statistical estimate produced by HM Land Registry and the Office for National Statistics, and a small gap between two neighbouring rows should be read as noise.
- Latest months move. GOV.UK states the index is published as accredited official statistics and carries a note on revisions to the most recent estimates, so August 2026 may be revised in later releases.
- Your street is not the borough. For a single home, look at actual sales nearby with our sold prices tool rather than a borough average, and browse by area on our areas pages.
Part 5 of 5
Buying or selling in London
If you are buying, a borough that has fallen is not automatically cheaper for the home you want, and one that has risen is not automatically expensive. Compare like for like: the same property type, in the same streets, over the same period. If you are selling, the average is a context figure only. A valuation should rest on recent sales of similar homes close to yours.
This page is general information, not advice. The data is Crown copyright, HM Land Registry, and used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Our take
A borough average is context, not a valuation
London is not one market. In the August 2026 index the cheapest borough average was £369,881 and the dearest £1,204,072, and boroughs sit on both sides of zero for the 12-month change. We would not use any borough figure to price a single home, because flats and houses differ widely inside one borough.
What Your Property Check adds is the street level. Our free sold prices tool shows real HM Land Registry transactions for any postcode, so you can compare like with like, the same property type in the same streets over the same period, instead of leaning on an average.
Our opinion, drawn from the facts on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
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Last reviewed 4 November 2026 by the Your Property Check team. This page is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. For your own situation, speak to a conveyancing solicitor or another qualified professional.