BL5 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of BL5, Bolton West from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
BL5 is a postcode district in Bolton West. Homes here sold for a median of £215,000 over the last year, up 19.1% over five years. 16,672 sales are on record. 54% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £119,950 median sold price (all time)
- £215,000 median price, last 12 months
- 16,672 recorded sales
- +19.1% 5-year price change
- 27% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 54% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 10 Hale Bank | Semi | £285,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 21 Kennet Close | Semi | £205,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 18 Aireworth Street | Terraced | £191,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 21 Gellert Road | Semi | £230,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Drake Hall | Semi | £195,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 21 Lower Southfield | Semi | £240,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 3 Lee Hall Park | Flat | £121,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 45 Leigh Road | Semi | £230,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 62 Abbeylea Drive | Terraced | £265,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 63 Chequerbent Green | Semi | £265,000 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime
Greater Manchester Police does not publish street-level crime to police.uk — a known force-level data gap, not a crime-free area, so we don’t show a figure here that would imply zero.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider Bolton district
The figures below cover Bolton — the council district BL5 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £190,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 295,961 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 90% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈19 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 86% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 77.2 · 80.8 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
Open the full Bolton district report →
Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| BL5 1 | £285,000 | 1,322 |
| BL5 2 | £210,000 | 6,603 |
| BL5 3 | £205,000 | 8,747 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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