United Kingdom · South West · Local Authority
Gloucester
Non-metropolitan district · South West, England · population ~130k · 45 state-funded schools
Affordable to buy into, but expensive to rent and with high crime. Gloucester’s median house price is 6.9 times median annual pay, below the South West median, and its council tax is among the lowest in the region. However, rent swallows a high 36.5% of gross median earnings, and recorded crime is the highest in the South West, far above the regional median. On the plus side, pupils in Gloucester are more likely than elsewhere in the region to attend Good or Outstanding schools. This offers value for families prioritising school quality and home ownership over day-to-day living costs and safety.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Gloucester ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,104/yr
Very low
Worse than 82% of UK LAs
House price
£250,000
Affordable
Better than 60% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,099/mo
Mid-range
Worse than 59% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,356/yr
Cheap
Better than 67% of UK LAs
Crime
108.8/1k
Highest
Worse than 90% of UK LAs
Deprivation
21.8
High
Worse than 62% of UK LAs
Schools
88.6%
Concerning
Worse than 81% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
45 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
39 of 44 (88.6%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 1 school is on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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45 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 45 schools, sortable and filterable.
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