# CW2

Postcode district covering Crewe, Wells Green and Wistaston Green, in Cheshire East.

CW2 is a postcode district covering Crewe, Wells Green and Wistaston Green, in Cheshire East. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code CW2. 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 CW2 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CW2 was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 561st 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/cw2#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 44,644** (2021). CW2 had 44,644 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 317th 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/cw2#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CW2 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/cw2#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.3%** (January 2026). In CW2, 89.3% 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/cw2#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CW2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in CW2 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=CW2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 730 homes were sold in CW2 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CW2) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CW2.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CW2) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CW2 had 44,644 usual residents at the census.

## How CW2 compares

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

| Measure | CW2 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £225,000 | 3rd cheapest | 12 postcode districts, CW · 2025 |
| Population | 44,644 | 2nd most 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 | 89.3% | 6th lowest | 12 postcode districts, CW · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the CW postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in CW2

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire East 037A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018482) | 1,375 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.5% |
| [Cheshire East 037B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018483) | 1,375 | 262.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.7% |
| [Cheshire East 039C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018496) | 1,612 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.0% |
| [Cheshire East 039D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018497) | 1,214 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.4% |
| [Cheshire East 039E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018498) | 1,675 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
| [Cheshire East 041G](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034672) | 1,023 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| [Cheshire East 041H](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034673) | 1,291 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.8% |
| [Cheshire East 043A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018486) | 1,587 | 181.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| [Cheshire East 043B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018487) | 1,753 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| [Cheshire East 043C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018488) | 1,614 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Cheshire East 043D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018489) | 1,632 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire East 044A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018510) | 1,703 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| [Cheshire East 044B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018511) | 1,406 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| [Cheshire East 044C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018512) | 1,703 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| [Cheshire East 044D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018513) | 1,544 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.3% |
| [Cheshire East 045A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018445) | 1,939 | 131.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.5% |
| [Cheshire East 045B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018446) | 1,479 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Cheshire East 045C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018447) | 1,966 | 153.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Cheshire East 045D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018448) | 1,682 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| [Cheshire East 046A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018490) | 1,755 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.7% |
| [Cheshire East 046C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018492) | 1,064 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire East 046D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018505) | 1,256 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 84.3% |
| [Cheshire East 046E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018506) | 1,298 | 17.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.1% |
| [Cheshire East 046F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018507) | 1,315 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 36.1% |
| [Cheshire East 048A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018493) | 1,346 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| [Cheshire East 048B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018494) | 2,714 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| [Cheshire East 048C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018495) | 1,540 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire East 053F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018515) | 2,338 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.1% |

## Your MP

- [Crewe and Nantwich](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/crewe-and-nantwich): Connor Naismith (Labour), MP since July 2024. 89% of the people here.
- [Chester South and Eddisbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chester-south-and-eddisbury): Aphra Brandreth (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 9.5% of the people here.
- [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-under-lyme): Adam Jogee (Labour), MP since July 2024. 1.1% 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 CW2

[Crewe Gresty Road](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/crewe-gresty-road), [Crewe Mill Street & College](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/crewe-mill-street-and-college), [Crewe South West & Wistaston](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/crewe-south-west-and-wistaston), [Crewe Town & Victoria Avenue](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/crewe-town-and-victoria-avenue), [Willaston & Shavington](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/willaston-and-shavington), [Wistaston Green](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/wistaston-green)

## Postcode sectors in CW2

[CW2 5 (342 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw2-5), [CW2 6 (239 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw2-6), [CW2 7 (172 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw2-7), [CW2 8 (293 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw2-8)

## Council

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

## Towns in CW2

[Crewe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crewe)

## Postcode districts next to CW2

[CW1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw1), [CW3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw3), [CW5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw5), [ST7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st7)

## Nearest rail stations

[Crewe (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.4330,53.0896)

## 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)

## 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.
About 0% of people in CW2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CW2, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CW2
- Postcode area: [CW](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw)
- Constituency: [Crewe and Nantwich †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/crewe-and-nantwich)
- Council: [Cheshire East †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)
- Area: 50.15 km²
- People, mid-2024: 47,785*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 138

* 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

[CW5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw5), [CW1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw1), [ST7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st7), [CW3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw3)

## Latest updates for CW2

- 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/CW2

## How to cite

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