# CW4

Postcode district covering Holmes Chapel and Goostrey, in Cheshire East.

CW4 is a postcode district covering Holmes Chapel and Goostrey, in Cheshire East. Median sale price £387,498 in 2025. Recorded crime 29.5 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code CW4. 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 CW4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £387,498** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CW4 was £387,498 in 2025. 638th most expensive 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/cw4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 10,653** (2021). CW4 had 10,653 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 755th least 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/cw4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CW4 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/cw4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 73.0%** (January 2026). In CW4, 73.0% 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/cw4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CW4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in CW4 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=CW4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 208 homes were sold in CW4 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CW4) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CW4.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CW4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CW4 had 10,653 usual residents at the census.

## How CW4 compares

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

| Measure | CW4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £387,498 | 2nd most expensive | 12 postcode districts, CW · 2025 |
| Population | 10,653 | 2nd 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 | 73.0% | 3rd lowest | 12 postcode districts, CW · Jan 2026 |

## Is CW4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CW4 at a rate of 29.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.4 per 1,000 people across the CW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CW4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (166), other crime (82) and anti-social behaviour (24).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CW4 was 32.5 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 CW4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CW4 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 CW4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire East 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018411) | 2,394 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 62.7% |
| [Cheshire East 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018412) | 1,600 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 59.3% |
| [Cheshire East 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018413) | 1,537 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| [Cheshire East 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018414) | 1,575 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 49.9% |
| [Cheshire East 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018415) | 1,739 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.1% |
| [Cheshire East 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018416) | 1,818 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.4% |

## Your MP

- [Congleton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/congleton): Sarah Russell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 95% of the people here.
- [Tatton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tatton): Esther McVey (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 4.7% 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 CW4

[Holmes Chapel](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/holmes-chapel)

## Postcode sectors in CW4

[CW4 7 (177 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4-7), [CW4 8 (167 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4-8)

## Council

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

## Postcode districts next to CW4

[CW10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw10), [CW11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11), [CW12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw12), [SK11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk11), [WA16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16)

## Nearest rail stations

[Goostrey (700 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3265,53.2225), [Holmes Chapel (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3511,53.1989), [Chelford (Cheshire) (5.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2806,53.2703)

## 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)

## CW4 in brief

CW4 is a postcode district covering Holmes Chapel and Goostrey, in Cheshire East.
About 11,007 people lived in CW4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £387,498 in 2025 across 208 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 29.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CW4 was £387,498 in 2025.
CW4 had 10,653 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CW4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CW4, 73.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CW4
- 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: 29.71 km²
- People, mid-2024: 11,007*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 34

* 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

[WA16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16), [CW10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw10), [CW11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw11), [CW12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw12), [SK11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk11)

## Latest updates for CW4

- 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/CW4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4