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Rainbow Close

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16 recorded sales · median £142,500 · Manchester

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Manchester Council · Labour-controlled 63/96 seats · 66% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

67/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£143k

median price

£143k

median sold price

6.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

Manchester — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

219

schools total

Violence — most

16.6

NO₂ · WHO 10

4.5%

in a flood zone

7,043

green spaces

7.6

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,869

eat & drink

371

shops

84.5%

gigabit

121

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£80,500 in 2000 → £175,000 in 2005

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Manchester, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £142,500. That's about 6.1× local earnings — around the 6.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2005 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 16 sales£142,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay6.1× · five-year average 6.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership37%

Owned outright

17%

With a mortgage

21%

Private rented

32%

Social rented

30%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,312

Your band:

Manchester City Council£1,873

Mayoral (incl. fire)£154

Mayoral Police & Crime£285

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,541

Band B£1,798

Band C£2,055

Band D (baseline)£2,312

Band E£2,826

Band F£3,340

Band G£3,853

Band H£4,624

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Manchester how Rainbow Close compares · from Manchester

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Collyhurst +133.3%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Collyhurst	£220,000	+133.3%	26
Ladybarn	£300,000	+69.4%	194
Harpurhey	£155,000	+64%	268
Boothroyden	£195,000	+61%	54
Belle Vue	£205,000	+60%	160
Newton Heath	£185,000	+56.5%	202
Higher Blackley	£182,000	+54.8%	154
Moston	£183,250	+52.5%	204
Fallowfield	£307,500	+51.9%	84
Fallowfield Triangle	£223,250	+50%	220
Northern Moor	£273,000	+48.6%	234
Woodhouse Park	£230,000	+46.7%	82
New Moston	£223,500	+46.6%	216
Newall Green	£235,000	+45.8%	160
Gorton	£155,000	+45.8%	182
Openshaw	£185,000	+45.4%	66
Levenshulme	£250,000	+45.3%	512
Curry Mile	£217,500	+43.3%	132
Clayton	£170,000	+43.2%	110
Blackley	£218,000	+41.4%	170
Benchill	£233,000	+41.1%	104
Charlestown	£192,500	+40.7%	172
Burnage Garden Village	£307,500	+39.1%	94
Ardwick	£277,500	+38.1%	32
Northenden	£295,500	+37.9%	232
Moss Side	£192,000	+37.3%	98
Baguley	£275,000	+36.8%	210
Sharston	£225,000	+33.3%	128
Chorltonville	£376,500	+33.2%	280
Burnage	£285,000	+31.8%	150
Reddish Bridge	£195,000	+30.8%	132
Longsight	£210,000	+28.1%	118
Chorlton-cum-Hardy	£449,000	+27.9%	454
Withington	£335,000	+27.1%	290
Cheetham Hill	£150,500	+26.5%	180
Wythenshawe	£225,000	+24.1%	96
Peel Hall	£270,000	+23.8%	80
Abbey Hey	£180,000	+23%	170
Crumpsall	£208,500	+22.8%	204
Ancoats	£237,500	+19.8%	198
Rusholme	£212,500	+17.3%	48
West Didsbury	£325,000	+16.5%	614
Whalley Range	£322,500	+12.3%	354
Didsbury	£400,000	+10.7%	506
New Islington	£227,500	+8.4%	284
Northern Quarter	£230,950	+7.4%	166
Circle Square	£207,500	+2.4%	104
Hulme	£167,000	-0.6%	108
Chorlton-on-Medlock	£204,471	-6.1%	78
Miles Platting	£230,000	-8.1%	118
Bradford	£145,000	-12%	132
Castlefield	£216,250	-18.8%	188
New Jackson	£234,000	-21.6%	364
Green Quarter	£201,500	-21.9%	112

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Rainbow Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
5, Rainbow Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£315,000	Mar 2023
5, Rainbow Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£285,000	Dec 2021
4, Rainbow Close	Terraced	—	—	£260,000	Nov 2020
3 RAINBOW CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£225,000	Nov 2015
3 RAINBOW CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£175,000	Nov 2011
3 RAINBOW CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£175,000	Aug 2005
1 RAINBOW CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£175,000	Apr 2005
4, Rainbow Close	Terraced	—	—	£142,000	Feb 2004
3 RAINBOW CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£143,000	May 2003
3 RAINBOW CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£93,000	Mar 2001
2, Rainbow Close	Terraced	—	—	£83,950	Feb 2001
1 RAINBOW CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£79,500	Jun 2000
5, Rainbow Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£81,500	Mar 2000
6 RAINBOW CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£65,000	Feb 1999
5, Rainbow Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£53,500	May 1997
2, Rainbow Close	Terraced	—	—	£51,950	Nov 1996

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16 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Manchester

Street-level crime isn't published for Rainbow Close — Greater Manchester Police stopped supplying it to police.uk. We show the Home Office annual recorded-crime figure where held, and never a fabricated zero.

Street-level crime

The local police force is not currently publishing street-level crime records to police.uk, so a comparable crime rate is not available for this area. Any records shown are British Transport Police (railway) only.

Declared honestly — a force data gap, not shown as zero · police.uk / Home Office

Recorded crime from Manchester

Per 1,000 residents / year153

Total recorded (year ending December 2025)84,423

Violence against the person

30,678

Theft offences

23,496

Public order offences

9,403

Drug offences

6,631

Criminal damage and arson

5,819

Sexual offences

3,226

Home Office recorded crime across the whole Manchester district — the force's annual return, a real figure from a different feed · Home Office police recorded crime (CSP open data)

Who lives here? from Manchester

Population551,938

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 3/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 25% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 3/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 3/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — more deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 25% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 3 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

4.2/10

Employment

4.3/10

Education & skills

4.8/10

Health & disability

2.1/10

Crime

2.4/10

Housing & services

3.5/10

Living environment

4.1/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Manchester — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+54%

Unemployment · economically active residents9.6%

Degree-level (Level 4+)38%

Good or very good health82%

Own their home37%

Median age31.2

Born outside the UK31%

See the full Manchester report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

86% of the 7 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

6 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Chorlton Park Primary	Primary	Good ('24)	0.4 km
Brookburn Community School	Primary	Good ('24)	0.5 km
We Are Adventurers Holiday Club	Nursery	—	0.5 km
Chorlton High School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.7 km
Chorlton CofE Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.8 km
Loreto High School Chorlton	Secondary	Requires improvement ('24)	0.9 km
Barlow Hall Primary School	Primary	—	0.9 km
Kenwood Day Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.0 km
Oswald Road Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 km
CHS South	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.3 km
St John's RC Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	1.3 km
St John's Holiday Club	Nursery	—	1.3 km
We Are Adventurers Manchester St Johns	Nursery	—	1.3 km
Manchester Montessori House	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	1.4 km
My Time Childcare	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.6 km
Kids Planet Christie Fields	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.6 km
Barlow Moor Community Association Ltd	Nursery	—	1.7 km
St Hilda's CofE Primary School	Primary	—	1.7 km
Didsbury High School	Secondary	Outstanding ('24)	1.8 km
Stretford Grammar School	Secondary	—	1.8 km
Manley Park Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	1.8 km
St Ambrose RC Primary School	Primary	—	1.9 km
Simply Cherish Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.9 km
Our School in the Woods	Nursery	—	1.9 km
The Wood School at Paupers Wood	Nursery	—	1.9 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

16 of 16 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Beech Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
David Medical Centre	GP	—	0.6 km
Everest Pharmacy Barlow Moor Road	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Wilbraham Surgery	GP	—	0.8 km
Wilbraham Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Everest Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Wood And Woolfstein	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Chorlton Family Practice	GP	—	1.0 km
Kps Manley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
The Alexandra Practice	GP	Good ('19)	1.6 km
Merseybank Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Elliotts Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Didsbury Medical Centre - Dr Whitaker	GP	—	1.8 km
Firswood Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Ashville Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	2.0 km
Mr R Hunter-James	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Whalley Range Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
C & T Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Princess Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	2.2 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Withington Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.2 km
The Range Medical Centre	GP	—	2.2 km
Everest Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Empire Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Range Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Boundary House Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.4 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Harry'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
The Borchardt Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.5 km
Burton Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Ayres Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.5 km
G Pennant Roberts	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Hugall Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
North Trafford Group Practice	GP	—	2.6 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Sale Moor Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Easy Med Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Elliotts Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
The Whitswood Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.7 km
Conway Road Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.7 km
Allied Pharmacy Northern Moor	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
The Dental Team	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Everest Pharmacy Old Trafford	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Delamere Medical Practice	GP	Outstanding ('19)	2.7 km
Delamere Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Davina Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Ipharma-C	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Fallowfield Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Sterling Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
The Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Family Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Trafford Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Manchester Orthodontic Centre	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Copson Street Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Limelight Health And Wellbeing Hub	GP	Good ('18)	3.0 km
Northern Moor Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	3.1 km
Withington Medical Practice	GP	—	3.1 km
Northenden Group Practice	GP	Good ('16)	3.3 km
Cornbrook Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	3.8 km
Washway Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	3.8 km
Barlow Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	3.8 km
The Robert Darbishire Practice	GP	—	3.9 km
The Park Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	3.9 km
Wilmslow Road Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	3.9 km
The Arch Medical Practice	GP	—	4.0 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Manchester

5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 6 min from Trafford Park Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To Manchester	Fastest
Manchester United Fc Rail Station	2.0 mi	—	no direct train
Trafford Park Rail Station	2.0 mi	Deansgate	6 min
Humphrey Park Rail Station	2.4 mi	Deansgate	9 min
Burnage Rail Station	2.6 mi	Manchester Piccadilly	9 min
Mauldeth Road Rail Station	2.7 mi	Manchester Piccadilly	7 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold — from Trafford Park Rail Station (6 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

39%

Work from home

32%

Public transport

14%

Walk or cycle

13%

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging23 points

Per 10,000 residents0.4

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Manchester

Air quality

NO₂

16.6

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.6

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.5%

Flood zone4.5% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 10–30%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (56.7%)

Historic landfill124 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings864

Conservation areas34

Green belt10.7%

Green spaces7,043

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Manchester

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	1,869	88% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	371	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	121	—
Green spaces & parks	7,043	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

84.5%

Superfast

95.3%

Ultrafast

85.7%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Manchester

Figures for the wider Manchester — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate9.6%

In work (employment rate)53.5%

Companies registered here73,543

New incorporations (12m)15,480

Property companies (SPVs)8,825

See the full Manchester report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district