Area rankings
Postcode areas across England and Wales, ranked on the things people actually choose a neighbourhood on. Built from 31.4 million Land Registry sales, 5.8 million police crime records, Ofsted grades for 26,824 schools and the 2021 Census — all by postcode area rather than by council, which is where most comparisons stop.
Postcode areas ranked by recorded crime per 1,000 residents, from 5.8 million police records.
Postcode areas ranked by average sold price, from HM Land Registry records since 2015.
Postcode areas ranked by average sold price, highest first.
Postcode areas ranked by the share of schools rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.
Postcode areas ranked by the number of secondary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
Postcode areas under £300,000 where at least 90% of schools are rated Good or Outstanding.
Postcode areas under £300,000 ranked by recorded crime per 1,000 residents.
Postcode areas ranked on schools, safety and the share of households with children.
Local authorities ranked by the average council tax bill households actually pay in 2026-27.
Postcode areas ranked by the share of premises able to get gigabit-capable broadband.
Postcode areas ranked by the English Index of Multiple Deprivation.
Quiet, established postcode areas with low crime and a high share of residents over 65.
About these rankings
Rankings are by postcode area — RG14, M21, LS6, the part of a postcode before the space. That is deliberately finer than the council-level comparisons most sites publish: crime, schools and prices vary far more inside a single council than between one council and the next, and an average across a whole borough hides exactly the differences you are trying to find.
Areas with too few sales or residents to rank meaningfully are excluded, as are non-residential ones. Where a figure is unknown an area is left out of that ranking rather than counted as zero — an area whose police force does not publish crime data is not a safe area, it is an unknown one.