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House prices in Camden

Homes in Camden sold for a median of £770,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 3,574 standard sales.

That makes it the third most expensive of the 32 London boroughs with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £525,000.

Median sale price£770,0003,574 standard sales
Middle half of prices£533,000 to £1,254,000
Change since 2016+6%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Camden, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached58£3,722,500£2,575,000 to £5,788,000Too few
Semi-detached128£2,612,500£1,600,000 to £4,666,000Too few
Terraced416£1,723,000£1,249,000 to £2,381,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes2,972£685,000£500,000 to £955,000£10,976/m²from 55 sales

Most homes sold in Camden were flats and maisonettes, at 83% of sales.

Semi-detached houses stand out against London as a whole: a median of £2,612,500 here, 318% more than the £625,000 across the region.

1,219 sales in Camden, or 34%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £11,223 per m², 76% above the £6,381 across London as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £734,000
  2. 2017: £760,000
  3. 2018: £780,000
  4. 2019: £783,500
  5. 2020: £810,000
  6. 2021: £790,000
  7. 2022: £800,000
  8. 2023: £800,000
  9. 2024: £800,000
  10. 2025: £780,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £685,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 6%, from £734,000 in 2016 to £780,000 in 2025, less than the 20% rise across London as a whole.

Leasehold homes

83% of sales in Camden were leasehold, against 53% across London as a whole. Most of them are flats, so ask for the years left on the lease and the service charge, and read how long a lease should be and what to check about cladding.

London boroughs

Median sale price of the 32 London boroughs with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Camden and the 14 boroughs nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Kensington and Chelsea£1,150,000
  2. Westminster£865,000
  3. Camden, this borough£770,000
  4. Richmond upon Thames£717,500
  5. Hammersmith and Fulham£705,000
  6. Islington£640,000
  7. Wandsworth£640,000
  8. Hackney£585,000
  9. Barnet£575,000
  10. Haringey£575,000
  11. Brent£550,000
  12. Harrow£550,000
  13. Kingston upon Thames£550,000
  14. Lambeth£543,000
  15. Merton£542,500

Postcode districts in Camden

The dearest district was NW3 (Camden), at £970,000, and the cheapest was NW5 (Camden), at £675,000.

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Each dot is a postcode district in Camden, placed at the centre of its postcodes and, where it has 100 or more standard sales, labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.
Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. NW3Camden, 1,101 salesMedian price £970,000Price per square metre £12,031Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  2. NW1Camden, 679 salesMedian price £706,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  3. NW6Camden, 1,375 salesMedian price £690,000Price per square metre £10,519Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −6%
  4. NW5Camden, 486 salesMedian price £675,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: EC1N £615k (30 sales), N1C £1.1m (53 sales), W1T £888k (80 sales), WC1A £1.3m (16 sales), WC1B £886k (14 sales), WC1E £869k (22 sales), WC1H £420k (99 sales), WC1N £720k (53 sales), WC1R £1.01m (14 sales), WC1X £835k (65 sales), WC2B £1.38m (21 sales), WC2H £950k (23 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median held or fell in every district with enough sales to compare, most in NW6 (Camden), down 6%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • West End Lane, London (NW6)113 sales
  • Finchley Road, London (NW3)55 sales
  • Mile Walk, London (NW6)48 sales
  • Highgate Road, London (NW5)39 sales
  • Woburn Place, London (WC1H)35 sales
  • Belsize Park Gardens, London (NW3)34 sales
  • Fitzjohns Avenue, London (NW3)33 sales
  • Haverstock Hill, London (NW3)33 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Chevening Road, London (NW6, £2,992,500), Kempe Road, London (NW6, terraced houses, £2,386,000) and West Heath Road, London (NW3, flats, £2,200,000).

The cheapest were Woburn Place, London (WC1H, flats, £285,000), Malvern Road, London (NW6, flats, £430,000) and Queens Crescent, London (NW5, flats, £450,000).

Living in Camden

Crime

179 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Higher than 99 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

95% of homes can get it

Higher than 79 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

9% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Lower than 74 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,208 a year in Camden for 2026 to 2027

Lower than 89 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

About these figures

Camden's figures come from 3,574 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 16 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Camden, so their sales add up to 4,131 instead (how we build council pages). New builds made up 5% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.