# CW11

Postcode district covering Sandbach, Elworth and Ettiley Heath, in Cheshire East.

CW11 is a postcode district covering Sandbach, Elworth and Ettiley Heath, in Cheshire East. Median sale price £268,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code CW11. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [CW](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw)

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 CW11 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £268,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CW11 was £268,000 in 2025. Joint 883rd 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/cw11#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 27,415** (2021). CW11 had 27,415 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,060th 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/cw11#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CW11 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/cw11#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.6%** (January 2026). In CW11, 87.6% 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/cw11#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CW11) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in CW11 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=CW11) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 543 homes were sold in CW11 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CW11) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CW11.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CW11) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CW11 had 27,415 usual residents at the census.

## How CW11 compares

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

| Measure | CW11 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £268,000 | 5th cheapest | 12 postcode districts, CW · 2025 |
| Population | 27,415 | 5th least populated | 12 postcode districts, CW · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 12 postcode districts, CW · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.6% | 5th lowest | 12 postcode districts, CW · Jan 2026 |

## Is CW11 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CW11 at a rate of 52.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.4 per 1,000 people across the CW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 123 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CW11.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (732), other crime (346) and anti-social behaviour (158).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CW11 was 50.9 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 CW11, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CW11 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in CW11

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire East 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018436) | 1,654 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| [Cheshire East 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018437) | 1,561 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.9% |
| [Cheshire East 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018438) | 1,288 | 15.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire East 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018439) | 2,063 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.6% |
| [Cheshire East 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018440) | 2,624 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.9% |
| [Cheshire East 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018441) | 2,066 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Cheshire East 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018443) | 2,166 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.5% |
| [Cheshire East 031E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034665) | 1,302 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| [Cheshire East 031F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034666) | 1,610 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.4% |
| [Cheshire East 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018432) | 1,349 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.0% |
| [Cheshire East 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018433) | 1,426 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.8% |
| [Cheshire East 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018434) | 1,360 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| [Cheshire East 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018435) | 1,455 | 191.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 79.7% |
| [Cheshire East 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018418) | 1,494 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 30.7% |
| [Cheshire East 033H](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034667) | 1,342 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.9% |
| [Cheshire East 033I](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034668) | 1,707 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.2% |
| [Cheshire East 041D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018470) | 1,939 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.0% |

## Your MP

- [Congleton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/congleton): Sarah Russell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 95% of the people here.
- [Crewe and Nantwich](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/crewe-and-nantwich): Connor Naismith (Labour), MP since July 2024. 4.5% 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 CW11

[Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/sandbach-ettiley-heath-and-wheelock), [Sandbach Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/sandbach-heath), [Sandbach North](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/sandbach-north)

## Postcode sectors in CW11

[CW11 1 (236 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11-1), [CW11 2 (98 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11-2), [CW11 3 (276 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11-3), [CW11 4 (202 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11-4), [CW11 5 (10 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11-5)

## Council

[Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)

## Towns in CW11

[Elworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/elworth), [Sandbach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sandbach)

## Postcode districts next to CW11

[CW1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw1), [CW4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4), [CW10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw10), [CW12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw12), [ST7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st7)

## Nearest rail stations

[Sandbach (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3935,53.1502), [Holmes Chapel (5.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3511,53.1989)

## More in the CW postcode area

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

## CW11 in brief

CW11 is a postcode district covering Sandbach, Elworth and Ettiley Heath, in Cheshire East.
About 30,035 people lived in CW11 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £268,000 in 2025 across 543 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CW11 was £268,000 in 2025.
CW11 had 27,415 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CW11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CW11, 87.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CW11
- Postcode area: [CW](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw)
- Constituency: [Congleton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/congleton)
- Council: [Cheshire East †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)
- Area: 84.19 km²
- People, mid-2024: 30,035*
- Neighbourhoods: 17
- Output areas: 87

* 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

[CW1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw1), [CW12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw12), [CW10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw10), [ST7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st7), [CW4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4)

## Latest updates for CW11

- 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/CW11

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11