CW12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Congleton, West Heath and Lower Heath, in Cheshire East.
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 CW12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CW12, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CW12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CW12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CW12 at a rate of 69.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.4 per 1,000 people across CW.
In August 2026 alone, 202 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CW12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,183), other crime (524) and anti-social behaviour (242).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CW12 was 66.5 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 CW12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CW12 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CW12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East 022D | 2,213 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| Cheshire East 022E | 1,402 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 56.7% |
| Cheshire East 026A | 1,950 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Cheshire East 026B | 1,455 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.5% |
| Cheshire East 026C | 2,527 | 158.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Cheshire East 026D | 1,657 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cheshire East 027A | 1,446 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Cheshire East 027B | 1,762 | 137.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| Cheshire East 027C | 1,872 | 246.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.0% |
| Cheshire East 027D | 2,436 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Cheshire East 028A | 2,039 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.9% |
| Cheshire East 028B | 1,855 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Cheshire East 028C | 1,932 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| Cheshire East 028D | 1,853 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Cheshire East 029A | 1,449 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| Cheshire East 029B | 1,330 | 13.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Cheshire East 029C | 1,400 | 14.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.3% |
| Cheshire East 029D | 1,519 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
MPs for CW12
- Sarah RussellLabourMP for Congleton95% of CW12’s postcodes
- Tim RocaLabourMP for Macclesfield4.2% of CW12’s postcodes
- Dame Karen BradleyConservativeMP for Staffordshire Moorlands0.9% of CW12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CW125
Postcode sectors in CW125
Council1
Towns in CW121
Postcode districts next to CW125
Nearest rail stations1
More in the CW postcode area2
CW12 in brief
CW12 is a postcode district covering Congleton, West Heath and Lower Heath, in Cheshire East.
About 35,958 people lived in CW12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £305,000 in 2025 across 782 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CW12 was £305,000 in 2025.
CW12 had 33,289 usual residents at the census.
In CW12, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CW12, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.