CW8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Weaverham, Hartford and Winnington, in Cheshire West and Chester.
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 CW8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CW8, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CW8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CW8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CW8 at a rate of 44.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.4 per 1,000 people across CW.
In August 2026 alone, 159 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CW8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (950), other crime (354) and anti-social behaviour (163).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CW8 was 46.0 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 CW8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CW8 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CW8
MPs for CW8
- Andrew CooperLabourMP for Mid Cheshire45% of CW8’s postcodes
- Aphra BrandrethConservativeMP for Chester South and Eddisbury39% of CW8’s postcodes
- Esther McVeyConservativeMP for Tatton15% of CW8’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 CW86
Postcode sectors in CW84
Council1
Towns in CW81
Postcode districts next to CW86
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CW postcode area2
CW8 in brief
CW8 is a postcode district covering Weaverham, Hartford and Winnington, in Cheshire West and Chester.
About 41,544 people lived in CW8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £272,748 in 2025 across 784 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CW8 was £272,748 in 2025.
CW8 had 39,722 usual residents at the census.
In CW8, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CW8, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.