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Greater Manchester

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2,867,755 people · median £233,060

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

69/100

Good

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£233k

median price

£233k

median sold price

6.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

100

rail stations mapped

grammar schools

1,322

schools total

13.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.8%

in a flood zone

75,142

green spaces

7.2

PM2.5 · WHO 5

6,200

eat & drink

1,636

shops

85.7%

gigabit

530

gyms & leisure

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£141,500 in 2015 → £240,000 in 2026 · 35,605 sales in 12 months

⌄ Below this county: Greater Manchester is an aggregation of its districts — every figure above sums or population-weights them. Click any district in the tables for its own full report.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-05

Affordability2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This county

A typical home here sells for £233,060. That's about 6.8× local earnings.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 12,289 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£233,060

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay6.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss13.9%

Of the homes here that sold again within five years, 13.9% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than England (18%).

By property type

Detached houses1.3%

Semi-detached houses2%

Terraced houses2.2%

Flats14.3%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new22.9%

Bought second-hand10.3%

Overall

Typical resale gain+20.8% · ~8.1-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (13,694 resale pairs) · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

£2,059 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by district 10 districts — the county, broken down

District	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Bolton	£190,000	—	—
Bury	£230,000	—	—
Manchester	£242,000	—	—
Oldham	£198,500	—	—
Rochdale	£190,000	—	—
Salford	£225,000	—	—
Stockport	£305,000	—	—
Tameside	£205,000	—	—
Trafford	£362,853	—	—
Wigan	£182,500	—	—

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

How safe is it? This county

Street-level crime isn't published for Greater Manchester — 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 county

Per 1,000 residents / year108.3

Total recorded (year ending March 2026)310,685

Violence against the person

125,435

Theft offences

75,412

Public order offences

33,168

Criminal damage and arson

25,261

Drug offences

19,525

Sexual offences

12,728

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

Who lives here? This county

Population2,867,755

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)

ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

1322 schools in the county.

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

Schools by district

This county has 1,322 schools across its districts. Open any district below for its full school list, Ofsted ratings and catchments.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This county

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	77.7 yrs
Life expectancy — women	81.8 yrs

OHID Fingertips

362

GP surgeries
NHS ODS

221

dentists
NHS ODS

Getting around This county

EV charging141 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

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

Environment This county

Air quality

NO₂

13.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.2

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

A population-weighted county average across Greater Manchester’s districts — air quality varies locally. See the per-district ranking.

Ground checks

Flood zone3.8% of postcodes

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 buildings4,010

Conservation areas243

Green spaces75,142

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	6,200	—
Shops	1,636	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	530	—
Green spaces & parks	75,142	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

85.7%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

	Count	Trend, 12 months
Companies registered here	506,660	—

Companies House