UK house price data, answered
How to use the sold-price map, and how Pryce differs from a listings portal. Sources, crime, and flood risk detail live on the coverage page.
- How do I check UK sold house prices?
- Open the map, search a street, or click a building. You get HM Land Registry sold prices and neighbourhood heatmaps on the map.
- Where do UK sold prices come from?
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: completed, registered residential transfers for England and Wales. See Source and Attribution on the coverage page.
- Does Pryce cover the whole UK?
- Live sold-price tiles use HM Land Registry Price Paid for England and Wales — that file is free. Scotland’s bulk sales file is a paid Registers of Scotland licence, which is honestly a little pricey. We expect to integrate it as Pryce grows with your help. Northern Ireland has no official sold-price file to buy, only area averages and counts. Sold prices are the base layer on Pryce, not the whole product. See Current geography on the coverage page.
- Why don't asking prices match sold prices?
- Asking prices are offers to the market. Sold prices are what completed. A listing can sit high for months; the transfer that follows is the evidence. Pryce is built so you can check one against the other before you offer or list.
- How often are Land Registry sold prices updated?
- Land Registry Price Paid is published monthly; Pryce reloads after each release. See Refresh cadence on the coverage page for the registration lag.
- Is Pryce a listings portal?
- Pryce is a sold-price map so buyers, sellers and neighbours can see what completed nearby. It is not a place to browse homes for sale.
- Is Pryce free?
- The map, street search and latest sale on a building are free. Signed-in accounts unlock richer data and tools, including fuller sale history.
- What is missing from Land Registry sold prices?
- Price Paid leaves gaps, including unregistered land, some non-arm's-length transfers, and sales not yet registered. See What is excluded on the coverage page.
- How do I check a listing against nearby sold prices?
- Search the street on Pryce and compare recent completed sales on the same road and neighbouring buildings. That is the evidence; the listing price is the ask.
- Can I use Pryce for research or journalism?
- Yes. Cite HM Land Registry for the transfers, and the coverage page for methodology. City pages publish median prices; the coverage page explains how those city stats are built.
- How do I see crime on the Pryce map?
- Settings, then Overlays, then Crime, then pick the groups you want. Nothing selected hides the layer. See Crime overlay on the coverage page for groups, feed window, and caveats.
- What do the crime overlay groups on the Pryce map include?
- Each group rolls up police.uk street-level types into one heatmap. See Crime overlay on the coverage page for the group list and the police.uk wording.
- Where does street-level crime data come from?
- data.police.uk street-level crime under the Open Government Licence. See Crime overlay on the coverage page for the 12-month window, snap points, and limits.
- Does Pryce show crime in Greater Manchester?
- Barely. Greater Manchester Police does not publish the police.uk street file. See Crime overlay on the coverage page for the changelog status and what still appears on the tiles.
- How do I see flood risk on the Pryce map?
- Settings, then Overlays, then Flood risk, then On. Off hides the layer. See Flood risk on the coverage page for England and Wales coverage, risk bands, the England depth overlay, and what we do not claim.
- Where does flood risk data come from?
- England uses the Environment Agency NaFRA2 present-day assessment. Wales uses Natural Resources Wales Flood Risk Assessment Wales. See Flood risk (Coverage) on the coverage page.
- What do the flood risk bands mean?
- No colour on the map does not mean a place is free of flood risk. Official chance bands: England has Very low, Low, Medium, and High. Wales has High, Medium, and Low. See Flood risk (Risk bands) on the coverage page for the odds.
- What is the flood depth overlay?
- England only: darker where water is expected at least 0.6 m deep, on top of the risk band. See Flood risk (Depth overlay) on the coverage page.
- Do you show school catchments on the map?
- School pins are on the map. Catchment lines are not. There is no single official UK file of school catchment polygons. In England, the School Admissions Code says a catchment, if a school uses one, must be reasonable and clearly defined and published with that year’s admission arrangements. That is often a map or a list of streets or postcodes, not a national polygon file. Many schools, especially in London and many academies, have no catchment polygon. They use distance, siblings, faith, or feeder schools. Parents often say “catchment” for how far the last offered place was that year. That changes every year and is not a boundary. Where councils publish polygons, coverage is patchy, files go stale, and the map is sometimes only an illustration of a street or postcode list. Living inside a line would not guarantee a place. Scotland publishes a national catchment layer. Wales publishes polygons by council, not as one national set. Pryce has not drawn those lines, or any for Northern Ireland. For a specific address, check the school or the council’s admission arrangements.