Property market
The five-year median is £282,500 from 4,026 recorded sales in GL51. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Cheltenham is £325,399 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.
GL51
UK postcode district
Part of Cheltenham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,212
- Current units
- 1,565
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 20
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 647
Postcode sectors in GL51
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
30,043 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 139, River Leys, Swindon Village, Cheltenham, GL51 9SE | 24 July 2026 | £215,000 |
| 4, Stanton Way, Cheltenham, GL51 6AW | 24 July 2026 | £273,000 |
| 34, Coberley Road, Cheltenham, GL51 6DG | 22 July 2026 | £380,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 4
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,890
- Months covered
- 10
- Latest month
- May 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,041
- Anti social behaviour 523
- Shoplifting 321
- Criminal damage and arson 209
- Public order 186
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- GL51 usual residents
- 53,178
- Age-profile population
- 53,769
Age bands in GL51
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- 9,335 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- 5,960 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.2%
- 14,603 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- 13,610 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.1%
- 10,261 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,544 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,485 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,378 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
WEST CHELTENHAM MEDICAL
HESTERS WAY RESOURCE CTR, CASSIN DRIVE, CHELTENHAM, GL51 7SU
ODS code Y05212
Evidence in context
Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,890 published events cover 10 months, averaging 289 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,041 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.