OL8 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of OL8, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
OL8 is a postcode district in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton. Homes here sold for a median of £165,000 over the last year, up 57.1% over five years. 15,394 sales are on record. Parts of it rank among England’s more-deprived areas (100% of its postcodes are in the most-deprived 30%). 50% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £69,000 median sold price (all time)
- £165,000 median price, last 12 months
- 15,394 recorded sales
- +57.1% 5-year price change
- 0% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 50% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 14 Hemlock Avenue | Semi | £211,000 | May 2026 |
| 47 Montgomery Street | Detached | £245,000 | May 2026 |
| 54 Moorcroft Street | Terraced | £150,000 | May 2026 |
| 144 Chapel Road | Terraced | £140,000 | May 2026 |
| 356 Abbey Hills Road | Semi | £150,000 | May 2026 |
| 40 Birch Avenue | Terraced | £230,000 | May 2026 |
| 30 Fern Street | Detached | £170,000 | May 2026 |
| 9 Miller Road | Terraced | £210,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 20 April Close | Terraced | £159,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 70 Harrow Avenue | Semi | £149,000 | Apr 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 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 Oldham district
The figures below cover Oldham — the council district OL8 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £198,500 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 242,088 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 77% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈24 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 88% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
Open the full Oldham district report →
Prices by postcode sector
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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