Salford
Salford is covered by postcode districts M3, M5, M6, M7, M27, M50 and 5 more. It is mostly in the Salford council area: 2,717 of its 2,736 postcodes. The others are in Bury, Trafford and Manchester.
Every postcode in Salford, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 262
- In use before 2020: 2,474
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,736 postcodes in Salford that ONS places, 262 are new since 2020 and 2,474 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4908, longitude -2.2790. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 32 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M3 7JE, is the newest of them.
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M5 0TA, is the newest of them.
- 18 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M5 4ZJ, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M3 5FL, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M5 4PP, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M5 4EX, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Salford?
Homes sold for a typical £220,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 2,138 of the 2,558 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 757 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 633 of its 2,736 postcodes. It has at least 36 primary schools, 13 secondary schools and 6 all-through schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Salford Crescent, 500 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Salford?
Homes in Salford sold for a typical £220,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 823 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £212,000 from 1,631 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £399,625 24 sales
- Semi-detached £286,500 183 sales
- Terraced £233,750 212 sales
- Flat or maisonette £165,000 404 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M6 district, Salford's main postcode district: a typical £238,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Salford: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
Are new homes being built in Salford?
262 of the 2,736 postcodes now in use in Salford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 567 of the 1,631 homes sold in Salford were newly built (35%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M6 district, 39%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Salford | Across the M6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 5 of 823 (Under 1%) | 1 of 294 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 567 of 1,631 (35%) | 232 of 594 (39%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Salford?
Ofcom reports on 2,558 of the 2,736 postcodes in Salford. At 2,138 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is Salford at risk of flooding?
633 of the 2,736 postcodes in Salford have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 757 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
Which schools are in Salford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Salford (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
- St George's CofE Primary School850 m 219 pupils, 231 places
- St Sebastian's RC Primary School900 m 227 pupils, 236 places
- St Paul's CofE Primary School900 m 220 pupils, 236 places
- Lark Hill Community Primary School1.0 km 629 pupils, 690 places
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School1.0 km 238 pupils, 210 places
- River View Community Primary School1.0 km 521 pupils, 420 places
- Willow Tree Primary School1.3 km 469 pupils, 480 places
- The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary1.3 km 213 pupils, 240 places
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
How far is the station from Salford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Salford is Salford Crescent Rail Station, 500 m away in a straight line.
- Salford Crescent Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
- Salford Central Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
- Manchester Victoria Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
- Langworthy (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 1.6 kmCycle
- Anchorage (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 1.9 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Which GP surgeries are in Salford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Salford, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Clarendon Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 0161 983 0190 450 mWalk
- Pendleton Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 983 0410 450 mWalk
- Care Homes Medical Practice Phone 0161 212 5840 700 mWalk
- Langworthy Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 737 9244 1.1 kmWalk
- Sorrel Bank Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 736 1616 1.1 kmWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Salford safe? Crime recorded around it
Greater Manchester's police force has published no crime figures to Police.uk for any month from September 2024 to August 2026, so we have none to show for Salford. A count from Police.uk here would take in only the few crimes that neighbouring forces record nearby, so we show none rather than a figure that looks like a quiet area.
Crime around one postcodeSource: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Salford?
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Salford (2,371), Bury South (353), Stretford and Urmston (6) and 2 others
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
Moving to Salford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Salford is in Salford; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Salford about council tax Council tax, on salford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Salford
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Salford postcodes
2,736 postcodes in use in Salford, by district:
Those districts are all in the M postcode area.
Check a Salford postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Salford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Salford's £220,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Salford
- What is the postcode for Salford?
- Postcode districts M3, M5, M6, M7, M27, M50 and 5 more, with 2,736 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Salford?
- A typical £220,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 823 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Salford?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include St George's CofE Primary School, St Sebastian's RC Primary School and St Paul's CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Albion Academy, Edstart and Tiferes. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Salford have a railway station?
- Yes: Salford Crescent station, 500 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Salford?
- Ofcom reports on 2,558 of the 2,736 postcodes in Salford. At 2,138 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Salford at risk of flooding?
- 633 of the 2,736 postcodes in Salford have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 757 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Salford?
- 262 of the 2,736 postcodes now in use in Salford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 567 of the 1,631 homes sold in Salford were newly built (35%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M6 district, 39%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Environment Agency flood risk
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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