Manchester property guide

Greater Manchester's core market, from city-centre flats to the terraced streets of the inner suburbs.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Manchester, Greater Manchester. 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 from Piccadilly reach London Euston in just over two hours.

Median sale price (12m)

£235,000

Sales registered (12m)

7,040

Open schools

392

About Manchester

Manchester sits at the centre of the largest urban economy in northern England. The city centre has added tens of thousands of flats since the mid-2000s, while Victorian terraces and semis fill Chorlton, Didsbury, Levenshulme and the inner ring.

MediaCity, two large universities and a broad professional-services base keep demand deep among graduates and young families. Metrolink trams connect the centre to Salford Quays, Altrincham and Bury.

House prices in Manchester

The median sale price in Manchester over the last 12 months was £235,000, across 7,040 recorded transactions.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Manchester, accounting for 2,463 of the period's sales at a median of £205,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£380,000	566
Semi-detached	£270,000	2,439
Terraced	£205,000	2,463
Flat	£178,950	1,435
Other	£280,000	137

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Schools in Manchester

Manchester has 392 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 228 primary, 54 secondary and 42 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Manchester centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Trinity CofE High School	M15 6HP	0.5 km
Manchester Academy	M14 4PX	1.4 km
Dean Trust Ardwick	M13 0LF	2.3 km
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK	M50 3UQ	2.9 km
Whalley Range 11-18 High School	M16 8GW	3 km

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Crime in Manchester

In Manchester, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (59.7%), other theft (9.1%) and public order (5.6%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	59.7%
Other theft	9.1%
Public order	5.6%
Criminal damage and arson	4.3%
Drugs	4.3%

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Postcode districts in Manchester

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

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
	231
M11	231
M12	231
M13	231
M14	231

Living near Manchester

Nearby towns include Stockport, Bolton, Wigan, Oldham and Bury.

Stockport
Bolton
Wigan
Oldham
Bury

Frequently asked questions about Manchester

The median sale price in Manchester over the last 12 months was £235,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 392 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Manchester area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Manchester over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 231 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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Manchester sold prices

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