UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/northumberland

Council areaNorth East, England

House prices in Northumberland

Homes in Northumberland sold for a median of £210,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 9,803 standard sales.

That makes it the second most expensive of the 12 council areas in the North East with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £175,000.

Median sale price£210,0009,803 standard sales
Middle half of prices£141,000 to £320,000
Change since 2016+31%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Postcode districts in Northumberland

The dearest district was NE20 (Newcastle upon Tyne), at £485,000, and the cheapest was NE64 (Newbiggin-by-the-Sea), at £137,000. The dearest median is 3.5 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were NE45 (Corbridge) and NE47 (Hexham), and the next cheapest NE63 (Ashington) and NE62 (Choppington).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Northumberland, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in Northumberland, by number of sales: Morpeth (NE61, NE65), Cramlington (NE23), Blyth (NE24), Ashington (NE63), Hexham (NE46, NE47, NE48), Bedlington (NE22), Alnwick (NE66), Newcastle upon Tyne (NE18, NE19, NE20), and 15 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. NE20Newcastle upon Tyne, 433 sales£485,000−4%
  2. NE45Corbridge, 117 sales£435,000Too few
  3. NE47Hexham, 158 sales£292,500Too few
  4. NE46Hexham, 437 sales£290,000+11%
  5. NE66Alnwick, 556 sales£285,000−1%
  6. NE65Morpeth, 803 sales£268,000+13%
  7. NE61Morpeth, 1,250 sales£250,000−1%
  8. NE23Cramlington, 1,277 sales£196,000−4%
  9. TD15Berwick-upon-Tweed, 437 sales£190,000+6%
  10. NE22Bedlington, 614 sales£180,000−3%
  11. NE42Prudhoe, 274 sales£171,000−12%
  12. NE49Haltwhistle, 105 sales£160,000Too few
  13. NE24Blyth, 1,056 sales£153,000−7%
  14. NE62Choppington, 294 sales£150,000−13%
  15. NE63Ashington, 830 sales£148,000+7%
  16. NE64Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, 166 sales£137,000Too few

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: NE18 £380k (26 sales), NE19 £223k (48 sales), NE41 £312k (62 sales), NE43 £287k (92 sales), NE44 £575k (26 sales), NE48 £200k (97 sales), NE67 £358k (64 sales), NE68 £265k (73 sales), NE69 £650k (13 sales), NE70 £230k (52 sales), NE71 £208k (86 sales), TD12 £268k (22 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 rose most in NE65 (Morpeth), up 13%, and fell most in NE62 (Choppington), down 13%.

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

  • Hawthorn Close, Fenwick Park (NE22)48 sales
  • Daisy Place, West Meadows (NE23)45 sales
  • Violet Drive, West Meadows (NE23)36 sales
  • Hankley Way, Meadow Vale (NE63)36 sales
  • Plessey Road, Blyth (NE24)32 sales
  • Gorse View, North Broomhill (NE65)28 sales
  • Vernon Way, Bainbridge Meadows (NE61)27 sales
  • Kingdown Place, Ashington (NE63)25 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Darras Road, Ponteland (NE20, detached houses, £775,000), Western Way, Ponteland (NE20, detached houses, £700,000) and Middle Drive, Ponteland (NE20, detached houses, £647,500).

The cheapest were Sycamore Street, Ashington (NE63, terraced houses, £51,500), Winshields, Cramlington (NE23, £67,000) and Rosalind Street, Ashington (NE63, terraced houses, £69,000).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Northumberland, 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
Detached3,252£345,000£272,000 to £475,000£3,000/m²from 165 sales
Semi-detached2,924£185,000£150,000 to £238,000£2,323/m²from 122 sales
Terraced2,875£153,000£115,000 to £210,000£1,946/m²from 117 sales
Flats and maisonettes752£105,000£70,000 to £153,000Too few

Detached houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in Northumberland, at 33% and 30% of sales.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £2,500 per m², 14% above the £2,184 across the North East as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
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 31%, from £158,500 in 2016 to £207,000 in 2025, close to the 30% rise across the North East as a whole.

Living in Northumberland

Crime

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

Lower than 69 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84.

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

84% of homes can get it

Lower than 72 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%.

Radon

59% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all 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 £2,597 a year in Northumberland for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 87 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392.

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.

Council areas in the North East

Median sale price of the 12 council areas in the North East with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first.

  1. North Tyneside£215,000
  2. Northumberland£210,000
  3. Newcastle upon Tyne£207,500
  4. Stockton-on-Tees£180,000
  5. Darlington£175,000
  6. Redcar and Cleveland£167,500
  7. South Tyneside£167,500
  8. Gateshead£165,000
  9. Middlesbrough£158,000
  10. Sunderland£157,000
  11. Hartlepool£156,000
  12. County Durham£145,000
All 12 council areas in the North East, ranked

About these figures

Northumberland's figures come from 9,803 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages). New builds made up 10% of them.

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

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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.