Area guide

Living in EH16, Edinburgh

What the open data says about house prices, schools, crime and flood risk around EH16 in Edinburgh. Built from the same sources as every property report on this site, not opinion or marketing copy.

Figures gathered 17 October 2026, each from the source named in its section.

Parts of this page do not cover Scotland

House prices below are genuine (the UK House Price Index covers all four nations), but three other sources stop short of Scotland:

  • Flood risk: the Environment Agency maps England only, so this page does not give a flood zone for Scotland. SEPA's flood maps cover it.
  • Crime: Police Scotland does not publish to data.police.uk, which holds only British Transport Police records for Scotland, so this page shows no crime figure rather than one that would look reassuring.
  • Schools: ratings come from Ofsted, which doesn't operate in Scotland, so "no schools found" reflects that gap, not an actual absence of schools nearby.

House prices

Average price in Edinburgh: £303,965, up 4.0% on a year ago (July 2026).

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Council tax at Band D in City of Edinburgh: £1,626 a year (2026-27). Running costs by postcode: council tax, energy, tenure, and the estate charge no listing shows →

Schools nearby

No Ofsted-rated schools found within range of EH16.

See the full school breakdown for EH16 →

Crime

Police Scotland does not publish street-level crime to Police.uk, which holds only British Transport Police records for Scotland. Any count here would make the area look far safer than it is, so none is shown.

Flood risk

Not mapped here for Scotland. The flood data on this site is the Environment Agency's, which covers England only. SEPA publishes the flood maps for Scotland, where an address in EH16 can be looked up.

Getting around & nearby essentials

6 supermarkets, 37 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs within a mile of central EH16.

Buses from the centre of EH16

Best-served stop: Walter Scott Avenue, with 12.9 buses an hour on weekday daytimes.

Evenings, Sundays and routes

The best-served stop within 800 m of the centre of EH16 is Walter Scott Avenue: 12.9 buses an hour on a weekday daytime, 9.0 in the evening and 7.1 on Sunday daytime; first bus 05:18, last 00:10 after midnight. Routes there: 24, 49, 33, 38, 51. 5 stops with a scheduled service within that distance.

Departures a passenger can board, from the timetables operators publish to the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service, for Tuesday 8 Sep 2026 and Sunday 13 Sep 2026. Scheduled, not observed. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two stops. The full report does this for the stops within 500 m of an address.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport)

Common questions about EH16

What is the average house price in EH16?

The average sold price in Edinburgh is £303,965 as of July 2026, according to the UK House Price Index.

Are house prices rising in EH16?

Prices in Edinburgh are up 4.0% on a year ago (UK House Price Index).

Is EH16 at risk of flooding?

The flood maps this site reads are the Environment Agency's, which cover England only, so they say nothing about EH16. For Scotland, SEPA publishes the flood maps, which shows the risk at a specific address.

Neighbouring districts

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