Chester property guide

A walled Roman city that carries a premium across the border region.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Chester, Cheshire. 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 Liverpool in about 45 minutes and Manchester in about an hour.

Median sale price (12m)

£275,000

Sales registered (12m)

985

Open schools

50

About Chester

Chester's medieval Rows, Georgian terraces inside the walls and Victorian villas in Hoole and Queen's Park lead prices for the wider area.

Financial services at Chester Business Park, the university and racecourse tourism draw demand from both sides of the Welsh border.

House prices in Chester

The median sale price in Chester over the last 12 months was £275,000, across 985 recorded transactions. That is 3.8% higher than the previous 12 months.

Semi-detached homes were the most-traded type in Chester, accounting for 333 of the period's sales at a median of £295,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£420,000	247
Semi-detached	£295,000	333
Terraced	£240,000	262
Flat	£153,500	131
Other	£220,000	12

See Chester sold prices in detail

Schools in Chester

Chester has 50 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 28 primary, 5 secondary and 10 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Chester centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Chester International School	CH4 7AE	1 km
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School	CH3 5XF	1.8 km
Upton-by-Chester High School	CH2 1NN	2.4 km
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College	CH1 5JH	3.4 km
Christleton High School	CH3 7AD	3.8 km

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Crime in Chester

In Chester, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (36.7%), public order (13.1%) and anti-social behaviour (10.9%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	36.7%
Public order	13.1%
Anti-social behaviour	10.9%
Other theft	8.6%
Criminal damage and arson	8.5%

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Postcode districts in Chester

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

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
CH1	6,558
CH2	6,558
CH3	6,558
CH4	6,558
LL12	0

Living near Chester

Nearby towns include Crewe, Macclesfield, Northwich, Ellesmere Port and Nantwich.

Crewe
Macclesfield
Northwich
Ellesmere Port
Nantwich

Frequently asked questions about Chester

The median sale price in Chester over the last 12 months was £275,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 50 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Chester area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Chester over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 6,558 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.

More Chester property data

Chester sold prices

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Crime in Chester

By category and postcode district

Schools in Chester

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

Planning applications near Chester

Extensions, new homes and commercial schemes shape an area's prices before they reach the sold data. PlanIndex indexes applications from Cheshire West and Chester, with decisions and approval rates.

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