M38 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of M38, Bolton South and Walkden from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
M38 is a postcode district in Bolton South and Walkden. Homes here sold for a median of £165,500 over the last year, up 43.9% over five years. 4,316 sales are on record. Parts of it rank among England’s more-deprived areas (99% of its postcodes are in the most-deprived 30%). 72% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £73,000 median sold price (all time)
- £165,500 median price, last 12 months
- 4,316 recorded sales
- +43.9% 5-year price change
- 0% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 72% 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 |
|---|
| 15 Greencourt Drive | Detached | £225,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 118 Manchester Road East | Terraced | £125,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 35 Rothwell Crescent | Semi | £242,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 132 Carrfield Avenue | Semi | £200,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 206 Peel Lane | Semi | £195,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 252 Manchester Road East | Terraced | £74,000 | Jun 2026 |
| St Andrews House Manchester Road East | Flat | £96,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 226 Cleggs Lane | Terraced | £140,000 | May 2026 |
| 12 Briar Hill Grove | Terraced | £136,000 | May 2026 |
| 110 Captain Fold Road | Terraced | £160,000 | May 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 Salford district
The figures below cover Salford — the council district M38 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £225,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 269,921 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 77% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈8 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 84% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 77 · 81 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| M38 0 | £173,500 | 1,003 |
| M38 9 | £160,500 | 3,313 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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