Is Gloucester a good area to buy a house?

A live check of the town centre postcode GL1 2TG in Gloucestershire, from government open data. Streets a mile apart can score very differently, so run the postcode of the home you are viewing below.

High flags

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Average price

£237,705

Price change, 1 year

+2.2%

Gloucester, South West

500 m radius · checked 29 Oct 2026 · price index 2026-08

Crime
0 records · about 0 a month · top: none
Low
Flood risk
Not in a flood zone; 88 zone polygons within 500 m
Low
Coal mining & ground
Outside recorded coalfield areas
Low
Planning applications
None published within 500 m (council may not publish to the national platform yet)
Info
Listed & designations
Address falls within: conservation area. 200 listed buildings within 500 m
Medium
Major projects & brownfield
0 nationally significant projects within 2 km · 20 brownfield sites within 500 m · 10 heritage at risk
Medium
Air quality, green belt, common land
Not in an AQMA, green belt or registered common
Low
Energy performance (EPC)
SAMPLE data — live register needs EPC_API_TOKEN
Unknown
Sold prices
70 sales within 500 m in 3 yrs · median £150,000 · council index +2.2% y/y
Info
Schools
30 within 2 km · 13 primary, 3 secondary · nearest primary 335 m
Info

Town centre figures include shops, bars and stations, so a residential street nearby can look very different. Check its own postcode.

This result contains SAMPLE data — not a genuine record

livePostcode → GPS, council, region — postcodes.io (ONS Postcode Directory)
liveStreet-level crime within 500 m (last 1 published months) — data.police.ukLocations snapped to anonymised street points (±100 m), month-level dates.
livePlanning, flood, heritage & environmental layers (500 m radius + at-address) — planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG, Environment Agency, Historic England, LPAs)Coverage depends on each council publishing to the national platform; an empty layer can mean 'not published', not 'nothing there'.
liveCoal mining development risk & coalfield consultation areas — Mining Remediation Authority (Coal Authority) open FeatureServer
demoEPC certificates in this postcode — get-energy-performance-data.communities.gov.uk (MHCLG)SAMPLE certificates — EPC_API_TOKEN not set. Not genuine records for this postcode.
liveRegistered sales within 500 m (3 yrs) and this postcode (25 yrs); UK HPI for the council — HM Land Registry Price Paid Data + UK House Price Index (SPARQL / linked data)HPI month 2026-08
liveSchools within 2 km — planning.data.gov.uk educational-establishment + DfE GIAS snapshot 2026-09-18No Ofsted grades: DfE removed single-word grades in 2024. Each school links to its Ofsted report.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), data.police.uk, postcodes.io (ONS) · EPC data © Crown copyright, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — get-energy-performance-data.communities.gov.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0) · Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · School data: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools (via planning.data.gov.uk educational-establishment) — Open Government Licence v3.0. No Ofsted grades are shown; follow the Ofsted link for the latest inspection report.