M46 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of M46, Leigh and Atherton from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
M46 is a postcode district in Leigh and Atherton. Homes here sold for a median of £180,000 over the last year, up 30.2% over five years. 11,588 sales are on record. Parts of it rank among England’s more-deprived areas (53% of its postcodes are in the most-deprived 30%). 54% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £104,000 median sold price (all time)
- £180,000 median price, last 12 months
- 11,588 recorded sales
- +30.2% 5-year price change
- 16% 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 |
|---|
| 5 Rivington Street | Semi | £250,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Dreams 2 Reality Robert Street | Other | £320,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 41 Blacksmiths Fold | Semi | £273,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 22 Broadway | Detached | £435,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 37 Car Bank Street | Terraced | £132,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 35 Hillside Avenue | Semi | £232,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 64 Gloucester Street | Semi | £177,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 221 Douglas Road | Semi | £255,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 11 Canterbury Close | Semi | £235,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 3A Bolton Road | Terraced | £145,000 | 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 Wigan district
The figures below cover Wigan — the council district M46 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £182,500 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 329,330 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 90% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈28 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 87% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 77.6 · 81.9 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 |
|---|
| M46 0 | £177,000 | 6,790 |
| M46 9 | £190,000 | 4,798 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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