CW9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Northwich, Rudheath and Leftwich, 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 CW9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CW9, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CW9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CW9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CW9 at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 69.4 per 1,000 people across CW.
In August 2026 alone, 253 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CW9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,089), other crime (497) and anti-social behaviour (324).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CW9 was 71.5 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 CW9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CW9 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CW9
MPs for CW9
- Andrew CooperLabourMP for Mid Cheshire73% of CW9’s postcodes
- Esther McVeyConservativeMP for Tatton27% of CW9’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 CW94
Postcode sectors in CW95
Council1
Towns in CW92
Postcode districts next to CW95
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CW postcode area2
CW9 in brief
CW9 is a postcode district covering Northwich, Rudheath and Leftwich, in Cheshire West and Chester.
About 36,491 people lived in CW9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £277,500 in 2025 across 643 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CW9 was £277,500 in 2025.
CW9 had 35,199 usual residents at the census.
In CW9, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CW9, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.