Bristol property guide

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Bristol, City Of Bristol. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of February 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register.

Median sale price (12m)

£350,000

Sales registered (12m)

7,357

Open schools

310

House prices in Bristol

The median sale price in Bristol over the last 12 months was £350,000, across 7,357 recorded transactions. That is 1.4% higher than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Bristol, accounting for 2,723 of the period's sales at a median of £344,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£510,000	1,087
Semi-detached	£360,000	1,824
Terraced	£344,000	2,723
Flat	£237,000	1,591
Other	£465,000	132

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Schools in Bristol

Bristol has 310 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 205 primary, 41 secondary and 52 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Bristol centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Redland Green School	BS6 7EH	0.1 km
Cotham School	BS6 6DT	1 km
E-Act Montpelier High School	BS6 5RD	1 km
Fairfield High School	BS7 9NL	2.1 km
Bristol Cathedral Choir School	BS1 5TS	2.4 km

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Crime in Bristol

In Bristol, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (32.0%), anti-social behaviour (15.0%) and public order (10.8%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	32.0%
Anti-social behaviour	15.0%
Public order	10.8%
Other theft	9.1%
Criminal damage and arson	8.6%

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Postcode districts in Bristol

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Bristol boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
	64,771
BS1	64,771
BS13	64,771
BS15	64,771
BS16	64,771

Frequently asked questions about Bristol

The median sale price in Bristol over the last 12 months was £350,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 310 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Bristol area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Bristol over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 64,771 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Bristol sold prices

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