# CH2

Postcode district covering Chester, Hoole and Newton, in Cheshire West and Chester.

CH2 is a postcode district covering Chester, Hoole and Newton, in Cheshire West and Chester. Median sale price £280,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code CH2. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [CH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CH2 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £280,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CH2 was £280,000 in 2025. Joint 990th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,918** (2021). CH2 had 35,918 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 599th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 3%** (2022). About 3% of people in CH2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.0%** (January 2026). In CH2, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CH2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 3% of people in CH2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=CH2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 553 homes were sold in CH2 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CH2) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CH2.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CH2) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CH2 had 35,918 usual residents at the census.

## How CH2 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | CH2 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £280,000 | 6th most expensive | 24 postcode districts, CH · 2025 |
| Population | 35,918 | 5th most populated | 29 postcode districts, CH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 3% | 9th most people in radon Affected Areas | 29 postcode districts, CH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.0% | 8th lowest | 29 postcode districts, CH · Jan 2026 |

## Is CH2 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH2 at a rate of 71.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 227 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,287), other crime (580) and anti-social behaviour (202).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH2 was 63.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in CH2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH2 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in CH2

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018336) | 1,214 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018337) | 1,285 | 107.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.8% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018338) | 1,757 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 022E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018358) | 1,315 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.8% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 022F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018359) | 1,073 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.6% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 027A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018364) | 1,565 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.8% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018365) | 1,983 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018378) | 1,259 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 027D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018379) | 1,370 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 027E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018380) | 1,131 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018362) | 1,541 | 17.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018363) | 1,012 | 23.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018374) | 1,778 | 320.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018375) | 1,781 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.7% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018376) | 1,759 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 028F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018377) | 2,128 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.6% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018345) | 1,326 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018346) | 1,478 | 17.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018347) | 1,382 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018343) | 1,528 | 142.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.3% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018361) | 1,432 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 034F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01035375) | 1,324 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.3% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 036B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018344) | 1,828 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |

## Your MP

- [Chester North and Neston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chester-north-and-neston): Samantha Dixon (Labour), MP since July 2024. 77% of the people here.
- [Runcorn and Helsby](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/runcorn-and-helsby): Sarah Pochin (Reform UK), MP since May 2025. 23% of the people here.
- [Ellesmere Port and Bromborough](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ellesmere-port-and-bromborough): Justin Madders (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in CH2

[Elton, Mickle Trafford & Great Barrow](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/elton-mickle-trafford-and-great-barrow), [Upton East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/upton-east), [Upton West & Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/upton-west-and-heath), [Vicars Cross & Hoole East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/vicars-cross-and-hoole-east)

## Postcode sectors in CH2

[CH2 1 (234 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2-1), [CH2 2 (171 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2-2), [CH2 3 (218 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2-3), [CH2 4 (228 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2-4)

## Council

[Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)

## Towns in CH2

[Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chester), [Ellesmere Port](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ellesmere-port)

## Postcode districts next to CH2

[CH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch1), [CH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch3), [CH65](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch65), [CH66](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66), [WA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa6)

## Nearest rail stations

[Stanlow and Thornton \[note 1\] (3.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.8420,53.2784), [Ince and Elton (Cheshire) (4.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.8165,53.2766), [Bache (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.8917,53.2088), [Ellesmere Port (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.8964,53.2822)

## More in the CH postcode area

[All CH postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## CH2 in brief

CH2 is a postcode district covering Chester, Hoole and Newton, in Cheshire West and Chester.
About 37,248 people lived in CH2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 553 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH2 was £280,000 in 2025.
CH2 had 35,918 usual residents at the census.
About 3% of people in CH2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH2, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CH2
- Postcode area: [CH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch)
- Constituency: [Chester North and Neston †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chester-north-and-neston)
- Council: [Cheshire West and Chester †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)
- Area: 46.28 km²
- People, mid-2024: 37,248*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 124

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[CH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch1), [CH65](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch65), [CH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch3), [WA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa6), [CH66](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66)

## Latest updates for CH2

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/CH2

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2