CW2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Crewe, Wells Green and Wistaston Green, 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 CW2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CW2, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CW2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CW2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CW2 at a rate of 76.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.4 per 1,000 people across CW.
In August 2026 alone, 279 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CW2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,610), other crime (769) and anti-social behaviour (336).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CW2 was 80.1 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 CW2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CW2 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CW2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East 037A | 1,375 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.5% |
| Cheshire East 037B | 1,375 | 262.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.7% |
| Cheshire East 039C | 1,612 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.0% |
| Cheshire East 039D | 1,214 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.4% |
| Cheshire East 039E | 1,675 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
| Cheshire East 041G | 1,023 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| Cheshire East 041H | 1,291 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.8% |
| Cheshire East 043A | 1,587 | 181.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| Cheshire East 043B | 1,753 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| Cheshire East 043C | 1,614 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Cheshire East 043D | 1,632 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cheshire East 044A | 1,703 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| Cheshire East 044B | 1,406 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| Cheshire East 044C | 1,703 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| Cheshire East 044D | 1,544 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.3% |
| Cheshire East 045A | 1,939 | 131.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.5% |
| Cheshire East 045B | 1,479 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Cheshire East 045C | 1,966 | 153.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Cheshire East 045D | 1,682 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| Cheshire East 046A | 1,755 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.7% |
| Cheshire East 046C | 1,064 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Cheshire East 046D | 1,256 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 84.3% |
| Cheshire East 046E | 1,298 | 17.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.1% |
| Cheshire East 046F | 1,315 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 36.1% |
| Cheshire East 048A | 1,346 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Cheshire East 048B | 2,714 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| Cheshire East 048C | 1,540 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Cheshire East 053F | 2,338 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.1% |
MPs for CW2
- Connor NaismithLabourMP for Crewe and Nantwich89% of CW2’s postcodes
- Aphra BrandrethConservativeMP for Chester South and Eddisbury9.5% of CW2’s postcodes
- Adam JogeeLabourMP for Newcastle-under-Lyme1.1% of CW2’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 CW26
Postcode sectors in CW24
Council1
Towns in CW21
Postcode districts next to CW24
Nearest rail stations1
More in the CW postcode area2
CW2 in brief
CW2 is a postcode district covering Crewe, Wells Green and Wistaston Green, in Cheshire East.
About 47,785 people lived in CW2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 730 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CW2 was £225,000 in 2025.
CW2 had 44,644 usual residents at the census.
In CW2, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CW2, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.