Property Diligence

Deansgate (M3) or Fallowfield (M14): an area comparison

Fallowfield has the lower recorded-sale median by £35,785. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.

The short answer

Which has the lower district median?

Deansgate: £273,285. Fallowfield: £237,500.

Fallowfield is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Deansgate: 64. Fallowfield: 11 open establishments.

This is the size of each district's registered school base.

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: M3 44, M14 133. mapped green-space sites: M3 20, M14 57.

These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.

The broad price gap is £35,785 across the 24-month samples. That gives Fallowfield the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Deansgate has 64 registered schools, 20 mapped green-space sites and 44 bus nodes. Fallowfield has 11, 57 and 133 respectively.

District prices

M3 recorded 1,541 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £273,285. The £315,854 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

M14 recorded 649 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £237,500. The £372,911 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

M3

Median recorded sale
£273,285
Average recorded sale
£315,854
Recorded sales
1,541 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

M14

Median recorded sale
£237,500
Average recorded sale
£372,911
Recorded sales
649 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

Crime and serious-crime share

Police.uk records 6,276 reports from 2018-07 to 2019-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,989, or 31.7% of the total.

Police.uk records 7,915 reports from 2018-07 to 2019-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 3,529, or 44.6% of the total.

M3

Reported crime, 12 months
6,276
Selected report-category share
1,989 (31.7%)
data.police.uk historical street-level crime archive — Greater Manchester Police. 2018-07 to 2019-06; last complete 12-month GMP period before the July 2019 supply gap. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

M14

Reported crime, 12 months
7,915
Selected report-category share
3,529 (44.6%)
data.police.uk historical street-level crime archive — Greater Manchester Police. 2018-07 to 2019-06; last complete 12-month GMP period before the July 2019 supply gap. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

Local-area deprivation context

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. M3 has a median of 3.0. 51.1% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 11.6% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. M14 has a median of 3.0. 67.6% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 0.1% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

M3

Median IMD decile
3.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
51.1%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
11.6%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

M14

Median IMD decile
3.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
67.6%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
0.1%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

Schools

The register lists 64 open establishments in M3. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 11 open establishments in M14. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

M3

Registered school sites
64 (Primary: 53, Secondary: 11)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

M14

Registered school sites
11 (16 plus: 1, Primary: 8, Secondary: 2)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

Green space and outdoor sport

OS maps 20 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 6.10 hectares, including 8 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 57 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 74.91 hectares, including 9 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

M3

Mapped OS green-space sites
20
Mapped site area
6.10 ha
Public parks or gardens
8
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

M14

Mapped OS green-space sites
57
Mapped site area
74.91 ha
Public parks or gardens
9
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

Flood context

The source covers 4,464 postcode units. 544 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 831 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 1,091 postcode units. 165 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 337 have medium-risk surroundings.

M3

Postcode units in source
4,464
Units with high-risk surroundings
544
Units with medium-risk surroundings
831
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

M14

Postcode units in source
1,091
Units with high-risk surroundings
165
Units with medium-risk surroundings
337
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

Air quality

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 20.9 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 14.6 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

M3

Median annual mean NO₂
20.9 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

M14

Median annual mean NO₂
14.6 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 44 active bus nodes and 15 rail, metro or tram nodes across M3. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 133 active bus nodes and 3 rail, metro or tram nodes across M14. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

M3

Active bus access nodes
44
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
15
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

M14

Active bus access nodes
133
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
3
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Broadband availability

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

M3

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

M14

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

Road safety

DfT records 125 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 27 serious and 96 slight.

DfT records 191 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 4 fatal, 53 serious and 134 slight.

M3

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
125
Fatal
2
Serious
27
Slight
96
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

M14

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
191
Fatal
4
Serious
53
Slight
134
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Sources and method

For an address-specific desk check, Property Diligence’s paid report adds the more detailed property-level information available from public sources.