Winchester property guide

England's ancient capital and Hampshire's most expensive market.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Winchester, Hampshire. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of May 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London Waterloo in about an hour.

Median sale price (12m)

£497,500

Sales registered (12m)

515

Open schools

23

About Winchester

Winchester's market runs from medieval and Georgian stock inside the old city to Victorian terraces in Fulflood and family homes at Badger Farm.

The cathedral, the university and fast London trains support prices that lead Hampshire by a wide margin, with the South Downs National Park on the doorstep.

House prices in Winchester

The median sale price in Winchester over the last 12 months was £497,500, across 515 recorded transactions. That is 7.0% lower than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Winchester, accounting for 157 of the period's sales at a median of £460,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£750,000	133
Semi-detached	£505,000	125
Terraced	£460,000	157
Flat	£295,000	91
Other	£810,000	9

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Schools in Winchester

Winchester has 23 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 12 primary, 1 secondary and 4 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Winchester centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Henry Beaufort School	SO22 6JJ	2 km

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Crime in Winchester

In Winchester, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (37.7%), public order (10.5%) and anti-social behaviour (9.6%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	37.7%
Public order	10.5%
Anti-social behaviour	9.6%
Other theft	8.9%
Criminal damage and arson	7.1%

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Postcode districts in Winchester

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

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
SO21	2,954
SO22	2,954
SO23	2,954
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Living near Winchester

Nearby towns include Basingstoke, Fareham, Eastleigh, Waterlooville and Andover.

Basingstoke
Fareham
Eastleigh
Waterlooville
Andover

Frequently asked questions about Winchester

The median sale price in Winchester over the last 12 months was £497,500, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 23 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Winchester area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Winchester over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 2,954 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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Winchester sold prices

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Crime in Winchester

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Schools in Winchester

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

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