Home Insurance price index

Find out how the area you live in affects your quote

We've analysed prices from our home insurance customers to show you how average home insurance prices vary by region, size, and neighbourhood.

How are home insurance premiums calculated?

Home insurance prices vary across the UK for factors like how safe the area is, the type of property you live in and the number of claims in your area.

There are also some factors that are outside of your control like insurance fraud, taxes and government initiatives.

Find out more about what affects your home insurance price.

Average prices for annual home insurance cover

£116 Buildings Cover
£195 Combined Cover
£72 Contents Cover

Home insurance cover explained

Buildings insurance
Protects damage to your property from fire and bad weather.

Contents insurance
Protects damage, theft or loss of your possessions inside your property.

Combined
Cover for both your buildings and contents on one policy.

Find out more about how to buy home insurance.

Average price by region

The UK average annual premium cost for home insurance in January was £146.52.

Across the UK, homeowners in Wales get the best value premiums, paying 6.7% less than the UK average with annual costs of £153.56.

Premiums were highest in London with costs of £192.94, a 25.6% increase on the UK average.

Wales

£144

Scotland

£147

Northern Ireland

£226

England

£154

Full list of regions and average prices

Greater London

£192.94

South East

£165.08

East Anglia

£142.75

South West

£140.08

West Midlands

£141.57

East Midlands

£146.40

Yorkshire

£147.70

North West £147.56

£147.46

Northern Endland

£130.01

Average premium by property

Explanation of house and property types

£172
Townhouse
£142
Bungalow
£167
House
£84
Flat

More about home insurance

What does home insurance cover?

What does home insurance cover?

Step inside our interactive home to see what each tier of our Home Insurance covers.

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Contents calculator

Contents calculator

Find out how much your contents are worth.

Check your contents
Add a home to your existing account

Add a home to your existing account

It's quick and easy to add a home to your existing cover with MyAccount.

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Methodology

Figures are shown as averages based on all cover levels combined new business sales from March 2023. Prices exclude ancillaries.

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