Living in EH8, Edinburgh
What the open data says about house prices, schools, crime and flood risk around EH8 in Edinburgh. Built from the same sources as every property report on this site, not opinion or marketing copy.
- The average sold price in Edinburgh is £303,965 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index).
- Prices across Edinburgh are up 4.0% on a year ago (UK House Price Index).
Figures gathered 10 October 2026, each from the source named in its section.
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 EH8.
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 EH8 can be looked up.
Buses from the centre of EH8
Best-served stop: Abbeyhill, with 37.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes.
Evenings, Sundays and routes
The best-served stop within 800 m of the centre of EH8 is Abbeyhill: 37.8 buses an hour on a weekday daytime, 22.0 in the evening and 24.8 on Sunday daytime; the service runs through the night. Routes there: 26, 44, 19, 5, 34, 4. 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 EH8
What is the average house price in EH8?
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 EH8?
Prices in Edinburgh are up 4.0% on a year ago (UK House Price Index).
Is EH8 at risk of flooding?
The flood maps this site reads are the Environment Agency's, which cover England only, so they say nothing about EH8. For Scotland, SEPA publishes the flood maps, which shows the risk at a specific address.
Neighbouring districts
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