KW17 Postcode Data
Property data for the KW17 postcode district covering Orkney Islands. Average prices, recorded crime, energy performance and area context, compiled from the UK House Price Index, Police Scotland and Scottish Government statistics.
Quick answer
The average Orkney Islands sale price is £264,851 (UK HPI, April 2026), +28.4% year-on-year. Police Scotland recorded 515 crimes across Orkney Islands in 2024-25, 233.9 per 10,000 residents. The typical EPC rating across 710 certificates in Orkney Islands is band D (average 60/100).
Energy efficiency here is weaker than average (expect higher running costs and lower mortgage-affordability scores from green lenders).
Avg sale price
£264,851
Orkney Islands · UK HPI
Annual change
+28.4%
vs April 2026 last year
Crime incidents
515
2024-25
Avg EPC score
60/100
710 certs
Average prices in Orkney Islands
Average prices for Orkney Islands from the UK House Price Index, April 2026. The UK HPI is HM Land Registry's official monthly measure of UK property values, compiled from completed sales records across the whole country.
Detached
£348,566
Semi-detached
£253,576
Terraced
£210,053
Flat / maisonette
£136,958
House price index: 130.1 · Annual change: +28.4% · Month-on-month: +16.1%
Crime in KW17
515 crimes recorded across Orkney Islands in 2024-25 — 233.9 per 10,000 residents, against a Scottish average of 549.1. Source: Police Scotland recorded crime, published by the Scottish Government.
Crimes of dishonesty
112
Non-sexual violence
142
Crimes against society
115
Fire-raising & vandalism
85
Sexual crimes
61
Energy performance
Band distribution across 710 domestic EPCs lodged in Orkney Islands (Q2 2025 to Q1 2026). The typical home rates band D; band D is the most common.
Avg current score
60/100
Median band
D
Most common
D
Certificates
710
Rating distribution
A
14
B
72
C
178
D
211
E
148
F
74
G
13
Area information
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Wards
- East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray, Kirkwall East, Kirkwall West and Orphir
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Latitude
- 59.0353
- Longitude
- -3.0097
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Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, the official UK government records updated monthly. Sample uses the 30 most recent registered transactions in the postcode area.
Crime: Police UK street-level crime data, covering a 1-mile radius from the KW17 postcode centroid for the most recent month available (typically 2 months behind). For Scottish postcodes we use Police Scotland recorded-crime counts published by the Scottish Government (2024-25), reported by council area.
EPC: opendatacommunities.org, the official Energy Performance Certificate register for England and Wales. Aggregate stats from up to 30 most recent certificates in the postcode. For Scottish postcodes we use Scottish EPC Register lodgements, aggregated to a council-level band distribution (Q2 2025 to Q1 2026). For Northern Ireland we use the NISRA Census 2021 EPC-band classification of every household, aggregated by council (Census 2021).
Area data: postcodes.io, open data from the Office for National Statistics.