House price rankings: the most expensive streets, biggest and oldest homes

CR5 ranks 1st of 3 districts for median sale price at £500,000, 10% above the median across districts. 40% of its homes are rated EPC C or better and 2% were built before 1900.

CR8 ranks 2nd of 3 districts for median sale price at £455,000, in line with median across districts. 42% of its homes are rated EPC C or better and 0% were built before 1900.

CR3 ranks 3rd of 3 districts for median sale price at £390,000, 14% below the median across districts. 47% of its homes are rated EPC C or better and 4% were built before 1900.

CR3 has the most efficient homes, with 47% rated C or better against 40% in CR5. The oldest housing stock is in CR3, where 4% of homes pre-date 1900.

Rankings compare like with like: the same sales window, the same minimum number of sales per street and the same energy certificate rules everywhere. That makes a position in one district comparable with a position in another.

A street ranked first for price is not necessarily first for value. Check floor area and energy rating on the ranked street's page, and the sale history of individual homes, before reading too much into a single table.

Start with the district table to see where the area you are interested in sits, then open that district's full street ranking. Each ranking lists every road with at least four sales since 2019, with its median price, price per square metre for houses, the share of homes rated EPC C or better and the typical length of ownership.

Price per square metre is a fairer comparison than price alone, because it removes the effect of larger homes. Typical ownership shows how settled a street is: a long hold usually means few homes come to market, which can make the first sale in years more expensive than the median suggests.

The biggest-homes and oldest-homes tables use the energy certificate, which records floor area and an age band for each home. Homes without a certificate are left out rather than guessed, so the lists show what is recorded, not every home that exists.

Use rankings to shortlist, then read each street page for the sale history, schools, crime and transport behind the numbers. If two streets are close in price, the one with the shorter typical ownership and the higher share of efficient homes is usually the more active and the cheaper to run, which is worth weighing against a small difference in median price.

Every list is built from the records themselves: sold prices from HM Land Registry, floor area, age band and efficiency from the EPC register. Nothing is ranked on opinion. A street appears only with at least four sales since 2019, and a district only once its homes are loaded.

Each district has a full street ranking with every road, reached from the table above. For prices in context see house prices; for what is nearby see amenities.

New districts join every table here automatically, so a position can change when coverage grows.