Cheltenham property guide

Gloucestershire's Regency town, priced ahead of the rest of the county.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London Paddington in about two hours.

Median sale price (12m)

£335,000

Sales registered (12m)

1,555

Open schools

49

About Cheltenham

Cheltenham's Regency terraces in Montpellier and Pittville lead the market, with Victorian stock in Leckhampton and family estates towards Up Hatherley.

GCHQ, the racecourse and the festival calendar give the town an unusual employment and demand mix for its size.

House prices in Cheltenham

The median sale price in Cheltenham over the last 12 months was £335,000, across 1,555 recorded transactions. That is 1.5% lower than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Cheltenham, accounting for 444 of the period's sales at a median of £295,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£595,000	332
Semi-detached	£365,000	440
Terraced	£295,000	444
Flat	£190,000	301
Other	£550,000	38

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Schools in Cheltenham

Cheltenham has 49 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 28 primary, 6 secondary and 9 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Cheltenham centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Pittville School	GL52 3JD	0.8 km
Balcarras School	GL53 8QF	3 km
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre	GL51 3EF	3.1 km
All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham	GL51 0WH	3.2 km
Pate's Grammar School	GL51 0HG	3.4 km

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Crime in Cheltenham

In Cheltenham, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (27.9%), anti-social behaviour (22.3%) and criminal damage and arson (7.7%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	27.9%
Anti-social behaviour	22.3%
Criminal damage and arson	7.7%
Vehicle crime	7.6%
Public order	7.5%

See Cheltenham crime breakdown

Postcode districts in Cheltenham

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

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
GL50	10,090
GL51	10,090
GL52	10,090
GL53	10,090
GL54	10,090

Living near Cheltenham

Nearby towns include Gloucester, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury and Lydney.

Gloucester
Stroud
Cirencester
Tewkesbury
Lydney

Frequently asked questions about Cheltenham

The median sale price in Cheltenham over the last 12 months was £335,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 49 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Cheltenham area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Cheltenham over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 10,090 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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Cheltenham sold prices

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Crime in Cheltenham

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Schools in Cheltenham

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