# CH66

Postcode district covering Ellesmere Port, Little Sutton and Whitbyheath, in Cheshire West and Chester.

CH66 is a postcode district covering Ellesmere Port, Little Sutton and Whitbyheath, in Cheshire West and Chester. Median sale price £222,750 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code CH66. 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 CH66 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £222,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CH66 was £222,750 in 2025. 557th 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/ch66#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,055** (2021). CH66 had 35,055 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 652nd 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/ch66#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CH66 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/ch66#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.7%** (January 2026). In CH66, 97.7% 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/ch66#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CH66) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in CH66 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=CH66) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 564 homes were sold in CH66 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CH66) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CH66.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CH66) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CH66 had 35,055 usual residents at the census.

## How CH66 compares

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

| Measure | CH66 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £222,750 | 12th most expensive | 24 postcode districts, CH · 2025 |
| Population | 35,055 | 6th most populated | 29 postcode districts, CH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 29 postcode districts, CH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.7% | joint 7th highest | 29 postcode districts, CH · Jan 2026 |

## Is CH66 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CH66 at a rate of 53.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across the CH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 187 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CH66.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (883), other crime (391) and anti-social behaviour (176).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CH66 was 47.6 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 CH66, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CH66 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 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 CH66

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018570) | 1,399 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.4% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018546) | 1,561 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.9% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018547) | 1,316 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018548) | 2,107 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018549) | 1,451 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018523) | 1,363 | 239.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018541) | 1,373 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018542) | 1,339 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018543) | 1,291 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018528) | 1,718 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018529) | 1,355 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018530) | 1,449 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.7% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018531) | 1,565 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018560) | 1,134 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018561) | 1,191 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 009G](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018562) | 1,393 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018556) | 1,418 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018557) | 1,409 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018558) | 1,150 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018559) | 1,112 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018526) | 1,603 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018527) | 1,591 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018554) | 2,176 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018555) | 1,108 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Ellesmere Port and Bromborough](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ellesmere-port-and-bromborough): Justin Madders (Labour), MP since July 2024. 88% of the people here.
- [Chester North and Neston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chester-north-and-neston): Samantha Dixon (Labour), MP since July 2024. 12% of the people here.
- [Runcorn and Helsby](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/runcorn-and-helsby): Sarah Pochin (Reform UK), MP since May 2025. 0.1% 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 CH66

[Ellesmere Port South](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/ellesmere-port-south), [Great Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/great-sutton), [Little Sutton East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/little-sutton-east), [Little Sutton North & Overpool](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/little-sutton-north-and-overpool), [Little Sutton West](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/little-sutton-west)

## Postcode sectors in CH66

[CH66 0 (6 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-0), [CH66 1 (199 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-1), [CH66 2 (289 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-2), [CH66 3 (148 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-3), [CH66 4 (258 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-4), [CH66 5 (42 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-5), [CH66 6 (8 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-6), [CH66 7 (35 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-7), [CH66 8 (8 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-8), [CH66 9 (4 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in CH66

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

## Postcode districts next to CH66

[CH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch1), [CH2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2), [CH62](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch62), [CH64](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch64), [CH65](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch65)

## Nearest rail stations

[Little Sutton (950 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.9433,53.2855), [Hooton (1.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.9770,53.2972), [Overpool (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.9241,53.2841), [Eastham Rake (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.9811,53.3075)

## 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)

## CH66 in brief

CH66 is a postcode district covering Ellesmere Port, Little Sutton and Whitbyheath, in Cheshire West and Chester.
About 36,342 people lived in CH66 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £222,750 in 2025 across 564 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CH66 was £222,750 in 2025.
CH66 had 35,055 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CH66 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CH66, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CH66
- Postcode area: [CH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch)
- Constituency: [Ellesmere Port and Bromborough †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ellesmere-port-and-bromborough)
- Council: [Cheshire West and Chester †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)
- Area: 18.52 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,342*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 117

* 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

[CH65](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch65), [CH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch1), [CH64](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch64), [CH62](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch62), [CH2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch2)

## Latest updates for CH66

- 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/CH66

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch66