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Kensington Street

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77 recorded sales · median £47,250 · Rochdale

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Rochdale Council · Labour-controlled 31/60 seats · 52% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

61/100

Mixed

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£47k

median price

£47k

median sold price

6.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

8 min

Manchester — fastest

rail stations mapped

grammar schools

105

schools total

Theft — most

12.6

NO₂ · WHO 10

in a flood zone

593

green spaces

7.1

PM2.5 · WHO 5

209

eat & drink

shops

79.1%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

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Sold price trend

£21,000 in 2001 → £74,000 in 2020

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Rochdale, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-09-09

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)

Crime2026-08

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £47,250. That's about 6.1× local earnings — around the 6.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2020 YTD · 2 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 77 sales£47,250

Full history since 1996

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay6.1× · five-year average 6.2×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Rochdale18.4%

Of the homes across Rochdale that sold again within five years, 18.4% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than North West (19.3%).

By property type

Semi-detached houses0%

Terraced houses3.2%

Flats21.3%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new30.9%

Bought second-hand13.9%

Overall

Typical resale gain+23.7% · ~8.8-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (304 resale pairs) across Rochdale — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership60%

Owned outright

30%

With a mortgage

30%

Private rented

18%

Social rented

21%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,601

Your band:

Rochdale Borough Council£2,162

Mayoral (incl. fire)£154

Mayoral Police & Crime£285

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,734

Band B£2,023

Band C£2,312

Band D (baseline)£2,601

Band E£3,179

Band F£3,757

Band G£4,335

Band H£5,202

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Rochdale how Kensington Street compares · from Rochdale

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Newbold Brow +122.2%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Newbold Brow	£150,000	+122.2%	34
Deeplish	£135,000	+92.9%	130
Newbold	£135,000	+86.5%	54
Castleton	£164,000	+79.9%	154
Wardleworth	£133,000	+66.2%	114
Stanycliffe	£180,000	+61.8%	260
Shawfield	£265,000	+61%	98
Marland	£200,000	+60.9%	78
Siddal Moor	£330,995	+55.9%	122
Sudden	£155,000	+55%	112
Hopwood	£177,750	+53%	184
Syke	£185,000	+51.5%	58
Hurstead	£170,000	+45%	78
Smithy Bridge	£245,000	+44.5%	90
Bottom o' th' Brow	£205,000	+44.3%	78
Lower Place	£168,500	+43.5%	124
Wood Side	£178,000	+42.6%	80
Heywood	£147,500	+42.2%	140
Spotland Bridge	£147,500	+40.5%	160
Shawclough	£198,000	+40.3%	140
Middleton Junction	£167,000	+39.3%	146
Alkrington	£297,500	+38.1%	204
Kirkholt	£165,000	+37.5%	82
Rhodes	£195,000	+35.8%	76
Norden	£262,000	+34.4%	166
Caldermoor	£230,000	+28.9%	78
Smallbridge	£120,500	+26.3%	46
Broadfield	£160,000	+26.2%	116
Middleton	£155,000	+25.5%	132
Top of Hebers	£225,000	+23.8%	154
Milnrow	£199,950	+21.9%	210
Cutgate	£215,000	+15.1%	172
Broadhalgh	£331,250	+13.7%	68
Rochdale	£108,106	+13.7%	36
Langley	£215,250	+10.5%	170
Littleborough	£187,500	+0.5%	96

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Kensington Street — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
220, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£190,000	Apr 2026
245 Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£122,500	Mar 2025
209, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£102,000	Apr 2023
251 Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£113,000	Dec 2022
225 Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£90,000	May 2022
200 Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£125,000	Dec 2021
195, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£78,000	May 2020
226, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£70,000	Mar 2020
228, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£60,000	Jun 2019
202, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£155,000	May 2019
214 Kensington Street	Semi-detached	—	—	£85,000	Feb 2019
198, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£83,000	Feb 2019
228, Kensington Street	Other	—	—	£62,500	Dec 2018
213 Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£55,000	Dec 2016
226, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£58,000	Oct 2015
235, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£45,000	Jun 2015
261, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£62,000	Jun 2014
206, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£90,000	Apr 2014
196, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£87,000	Jan 2014
261, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£67,000	Mar 2013
261, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£47,500	Jan 2012
251 Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£77,000	Aug 2010
221, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£69,000	Jun 2010
259, Kensington Street	Terraced	—	—	£74,000	Apr 2010

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24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Rochdale

Street-level crime isn't published for Kensington Street — Greater Manchester Police stopped supplying it to police.uk. We show the Home Office annual recorded-crime figure where held, and never a fabricated zero.

Street-level crime

The local police force is not currently publishing street-level crime records to police.uk, so a comparable crime rate is not available for this area. Any records shown are British Transport Police (railway) only.

Declared honestly — a force data gap, not shown as zero · police.uk / Home Office

Recorded crime from Rochdale

Per 1,000 residents / year110.1

Total recorded (year ending March 2026)24,639

Violence against the person

10,404

Theft offences

5,497

Public order offences

2,632

Criminal damage and arson

2,014

Drug offences

1,479

Sexual offences

1,072

Home Office recorded crime across the whole Rochdale district — the force's annual return, a real figure from a different feed · Home Office police recorded crime (CSP open data)

Who lives here? from Rochdale

Population223,773

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 3/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 25% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 3/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 3/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — more deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 25% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — has worsened since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

3.4/10

Employment

3.1/10

Education & skills

3.5/10

Health & disability

2.7/10

Crime

2.7/10

Housing & services

5.1/10

Living environment

4.4/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Rochdale — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+54%

Unemployment · economically active residents6.5%

Degree-level (Level 4+)26%

Good or very good health80%

Own their home60%

Median age38.4

Born outside the UK16%

See the full Rochdale report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

75% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Ashfield Valley Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.1 km
Nuqtah Primary School	Primary	—	0.2 km
Fisherfield Childcare	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Brimrod Community Primary School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Little Wonders Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.7 km
Crescent Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.7 km
Beech House School	All-through	—	0.7 km
Sunshine Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Sandbrook Community Primary School	Primary	Requires improvement ('20)	0.8 km
Sandbrook Childrens Centre Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
1st Safari - Genesis (Rochdale)	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	Primary	—	0.8 km
Deeplish Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('20)	0.9 km
The Learners Club	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Marland Hill Community Primary School	Primary	—	1.0 km
Broadfield Community Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.1 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone	Primary	—	1.2 km
Laroche Day Care Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.2 km
Channings Childcare Ltd Kingsway	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Sunflower Nurseries Limited	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.2 km
Rochdale Sixth Form College	16 plus	—	1.2 km
Lowerplace Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	Primary	—	1.3 km
The Nursery; Special Educational Needs and Disability Childcare Ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.4 km
Hopwood Hall College Nursery	Nursery	Requires improvement ('25)	1.4 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	77.5 yrs
Life expectancy — women	81.6 yrs
Smoking	11.8%
Adults overweight or obese	68.1%

OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.0 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
23 Roch Valley Way (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Cohens Chemists	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
163 Drake Street	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Dr A Hamid	GP	—	1.0 km
Dr Gwd Bhima	GP	—	1.0 km
Dr Mb Ghafoor & Partners	GP	—	1.0 km
The Dale Medical Practice	GP	—	1.0 km
Ahmad And Saleem Partners Ltd	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Bridgewater Community Healthcare Dental	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Deeplish Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Drake Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Drake Street Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Wellfield Health Centre	GP	—	1.0 km
Wellfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Imaan Pharmacy (Oldham Road)	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Oldham Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Kirkholt Medical Practice	GP	—	1.3 km
The Strand Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Strand Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Urgent Dental Care Ltd	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Castleton Health Centre	GP	—	1.6 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Rochdale Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
The Dawes Family Practice	GP	—	1.7 km
Ashworth Street Surgery	GP	—	1.7 km
Drugmart Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Newtons Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
518 Dental	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Yorkshire St Surgery	GP	—	1.9 km
Yorkshire Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
The Kingsway Practice	GP	—	2.0 km
Winter Pressures	GP	—	2.0 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Evercare Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Ace Chemist Direct	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Mark Street Surgery	GP	—	2.5 km
Croft Shifa Health Centre	GP	—	2.5 km
Klm Orthodontics	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Croft Shifa Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
4Court Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Inspire Medical Centre	GP	—	2.6 km
Kml Orthodontics	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Edenfield Road Surgery	GP	—	2.6 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Belfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Ambro Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Bamford Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Healey Surgery	GP	—	3.2 km
Healey Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Dale Street Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Time For Teeth Hmp Buckley Hall	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Internet Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Heywood Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Tailor & Co Dental	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Hopwood Medical Centre	GP	—	3.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Longford Street Medical Centre	GP	—	3.8 km
Milnrow Village Practice	GP	—	3.9 km
Stonefield Street Surgery	GP	—	3.9 km
The Phoenix Centre	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Manchester Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Fletcher Fosbrook Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Birtle View Medical Practice	GP	—	4.4 km
Oasis Dentist	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Royton Medical Centre	GP	—	4.9 km
Dentistry@442 Ltd	Dentist	—	5.0 km
The Royton & Crompton Family Practice	GP	—	5.1 km
Oak Gables Medical Practice	GP	—	5.3 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Rochdale

5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 12 min from Castleton (Manchester).

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To Manchester	Fastest
Rochdale	0.6 mi	Manchester Victoria	13 min
Castleton (Manchester)	1.1 mi	Manchester Victoria	12 min
Smithy Bridge	2.8 mi	Manchester Victoria	18 min
Mills Hill (Manchester)	3.7 mi	Manchester Victoria	12 min
Littleborough	3.9 mi	Manchester Victoria	19 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold — from Castleton (Manchester) (12 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

61%

Work from home

21%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging10 points

Per 10,000 residents0.4

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Rochdale

Air quality

NO₂

12.6

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.1

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.3%

Flood zone4% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 10–30%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (100%)

Historic landfill169 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings364

Conservation areas30

Green belt59.6%

Green spaces593

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Rochdale

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	209	88% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	72	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	19	—
Green spaces & parks	593	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

79.1%

Superfast

97.2%

Ultrafast

81.6%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Rochdale

Figures for the wider Rochdale — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate6.5%

In work (employment rate)54%

Companies registered here43,650

New incorporations (12m)8,143

Property companies (SPVs)5,650

See the full Rochdale report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district