May Avenue, Ryton house prices are built from 46 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2002 and the most recent on 27 Apr 2023. The median price paid across the whole record is £100,750.
Median price paid
£100,750
Median per m²
£780
HM Land Registry46 sales15 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Apr 2023
Section 01
How May Avenue, Ryton prices moved
There are too few years of sales in May Avenue, Ryton to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 27 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £154,000 | £166,391 |
| 4 | 31 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £127,000 | £137,218 |
| 22 | 30 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £132,000 | £152,933 |
| 15 | 12 May 2022 | Terraced | £140,000 | £162,202 |
| 1 | 29 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £170,000 | £214,785 |
| 6 | 2 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £105,000 | £132,661 |
| 1 | 11 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £164,575 | £213,086 |
| 17 | 4 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £127,000 | £164,435 |
| 26 | 24 Mar 2017 | Terraced | £101,500 | £138,142 |
| 7 | 24 Aug 2016 | Terraced | £112,000 | £156,356 |
| 23 | 23 Jun 2016 | Terraced | £112,000 | £156,356 |
| 4 | 16 Dec 2015 | Terraced | £105,000 | £148,050 |
| 17 | 11 Sep 2015 | Terraced | £120,000 | £169,200 |
| 19 | 9 May 2013 | Terraced | £125,000 | £182,265 |
| 1 | 16 Dec 2011 | Terraced | £143,500 | £219,929 |
| 17 | 19 Aug 2011 | Terraced | £110,000 | £168,587 |
| 8 | 3 Mar 2010 | Terraced | £132,000 | £210,781 |
| 1 | 26 Oct 2009 | Terraced | £95,000 | £156,119 |
| 15 | 3 Mar 2008 | Terraced | £100,000 | £167,857 |
| 6 | 3 Jul 2007 | Terraced | £135,500 | £235,580 |
| 13 | 31 Jan 2007 | Terraced | £132,000 | £229,494 |
| 19 | 1 Dec 2006 | Terraced | £131,000 | £233,220 |
| 26 | 8 Sep 2006 | Terraced | £125,000 | £222,538 |
| 19 | 4 Feb 2005 | Terraced | £114,000 | £207,674 |
| 26 | 16 Sep 2004 | Terraced | £122,500 | £227,270 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to May Avenue, Ryton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May Avenue | £38,950 (1996) | £154,000 (2023) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 4 May Avenue | £38,250 (2002) | £127,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.0% |
| 22 May Avenue | £37,950 (1995) | £132,000 (2022) | +4.7% | +2.2% |
| 15 May Avenue | £100,000 (2008) | £140,000 (2022) | +2.4% | -0.2% |
| 1 May Avenue | £42,500 (1996) | £170,000 (2021) | +5.7% | +3.4% |
| 6 May Avenue | £135,500 (2007) | £105,000 (2021) | -1.8% | -4.0% |
| 17 May Avenue | £81,000 (2003) | £127,000 (2020) | +2.7% | +0.4% |
| 26 May Avenue | £40,000 (1999) | £101,500 (2017) | +5.3% | +3.0% |
| 23 May Avenue | £20,000 (1996) | £112,000 (2016) | +9.0% | +6.6% |
| 19 May Avenue | £27,500 (1996) | £125,000 (2013) | +9.3% | +6.8% |
| 8 May Avenue | £51,000 (2000) | £132,000 (2010) | +10.0% | +7.5% |
| 13 May Avenue | £96,000 (2003) | £132,000 (2007) | +8.3% | +6.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. May Avenue, Ryton is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 45 | 97.8% | £101,500 | £11,300 – £170,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 2.2% | £92,000 | £92,000 – £92,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in May Avenue, Ryton
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 46 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 46 | 100.0% | £100,750 |
A further 1 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in May Avenue, Ryton
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Gateshead, 45.8% of 97,763 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 194 | 0.2% |
| B | 7,489 | 7.7% |
| C | 37,122 | 38.0% |
| D | 40,200 | 41.1% |
| E | 10,603 | 10.8% |
| F | 1,774 | 1.8% |
| G | 381 | 0.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Gateshead at £793 a month as of Jun 2026 — £583 for a one-bedroom home and £832 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £100,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.45% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of NE40, 97 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 27 violent, 1 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 26 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.7 times quieter.
Against the 196,151 residents the 2021 census counted in Gateshead, that is 0.49 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around May Avenue, Ryton
The 2021 census counted 196,151 residents in Gateshead across 88,999 households. 58.4% of those households own their home and 41.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
7 state and independent schools have a NE40 postcode: 6 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorp Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,442 |
| Emmaville Primary School | Primary | Community school | 442 |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook | Primary | Academy converter | 189 |
| Crookhill Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 186 |
| Greenside Primary School | Primary | Community school | 172 |
| Ryton Junior School | Primary | Community school | 133 |
| Ryton Community Infant School | Primary | Community school | 121 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wylam Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Blaydon Rail Station | Rail | 3.9 km |
| Prudhoe Rail Station | Rail | 5.8 km |
| Metrocentre Rail Station | Rail | 7.0 km |
Section 09
How May Avenue, Ryton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. May Avenue, Ryton sits below that national figure — -36.0%.
Within Ryton the street ranks 178 of 306 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £110,500 (-8.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £780 per square metre, across 15 of the 46 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £11,300 to £170,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
May Avenue, Ryton sits in Gateshead, in the North East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Gateshead at 4.9 times median local earnings of £33,670 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Kepier Chare£106,000 median
- Silvermere Drive£85,000 median
- Grayling Way£284,995 median
- Park Field£106,000 median
- Rosedale Road£80,000 median
- Horsley Avenue£131,475 median
- Jarvis Drive£188,500 median
- Milton Street£79,975 median
- Mollyfair Close£43,000 median
- South View£93,750 median
- Younghall Close£130,750 median
- Westwood View£101,000 median
- Garden House Estate£101,000 median
- North View£110,000 median
- Rockwood Hill Estate£118,000 median
- Ryton Village£118,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 1 May Avenue6 sales
- 26 May Avenue5 sales
- 4 May Avenue4 sales
- 17 May Avenue4 sales
- 19 May Avenue4 sales
- 22 May Avenue3 sales
- 23 May Avenue3 sales
- 9 May Avenue2 sales
- 15 May Avenue2 sales
- 6 May Avenue2 sales
- 8 May Avenue2 sales
- 13 May Avenue2 sales
- 12 May Avenue2 sales
Back to Ryton house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in May Avenue, Ryton?
The median price paid in May Avenue, Ryton across every sale on the register is £100,750. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in May Avenue, Ryton?
46 sales are on record for May Avenue, Ryton, the most recent completing on 27 Apr 2023. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were May Avenue, Ryton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £45,000, set in 2002. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in May Avenue, Ryton?
£780 per square metre, from the 15 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 27 Apr 2023. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “May Avenue, Ryton house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.