# SK9

Postcode district covering Wilmslow, Handforth and Alderley Edge, in Cheshire East.

SK9 is a postcode district covering Wilmslow, Handforth and Alderley Edge, in Cheshire East. Median sale price £490,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SK9. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SK](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk)

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 SK9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £490,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SK9 was £490,000 in 2025. Joint 299th 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/sk9#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 39,711** (2021). SK9 had 39,711 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 467th 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/sk9#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SK9 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/sk9#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.1%** (January 2026). In SK9, 86.1% 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/sk9#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SK9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in SK9 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=SK9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 822 homes were sold in SK9 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SK9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SK9.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SK9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SK9 had 39,711 usual residents at the census.

## How SK9 compares

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

| Measure | SK9 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £490,000 | most expensive | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2025 |
| Population | 39,711 | 6th most populated | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.1% | 6th lowest | 19 postcode districts, SK · Jan 2026 |

## Is SK9 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SK9 at a rate of 58.4 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 211 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SK9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (965), other crime (514) and shoplifting (245).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SK9 was 57.4 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 SK9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SK9 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in SK9

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire East 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018582) | 2,373 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.0% |
| [Cheshire East 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018592) | 1,778 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.1% |
| [Cheshire East 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018593) | 1,781 | 130.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.5% |
| [Cheshire East 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018594) | 1,770 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.0% |
| [Cheshire East 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018595) | 1,702 | 105.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.2% |
| [Cheshire East 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018596) | 2,049 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.0% |
| [Cheshire East 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018583) | 1,871 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| [Cheshire East 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018584) | 1,948 | 14.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| [Cheshire East 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018612) | 1,378 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.3% |
| [Cheshire East 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018613) | 1,584 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire East 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018600) | 1,708 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 64.8% |
| [Cheshire East 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018601) | 1,823 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% |
| [Cheshire East 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018602) | 1,780 | 174.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.4% |
| [Cheshire East 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018652) | 1,552 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| [Cheshire East 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018651) | 1,557 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 49.7% |
| [Cheshire East 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018588) | 1,522 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.2% |
| [Cheshire East 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018589) | 1,611 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.7% |
| [Cheshire East 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018590) | 1,970 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Cheshire East 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018653) | 2,186 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% |
| [Cheshire East 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018572) | 1,784 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.9% |
| [Cheshire East 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018573) | 1,485 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 66.1% |
| [Cheshire East 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018574) | 1,998 | 111.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.9% |

## Your MP

- [Tatton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tatton): Esther McVey (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SK9

[Alderley Edge & Chelford](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/alderley-edge-and-chelford), [Fulshaw Park & Lindow](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/fulshaw-park-and-lindow), [Handforth & Dean Row](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/handforth-and-dean-row), [Lacey Green & Wilmslow Park](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/lacey-green-and-wilmslow-park), [Wilmslow Town](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/wilmslow-town)

## Postcode sectors in SK9

[SK9 0 (41 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9-0), [SK9 1 (109 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9-1), [SK9 2 (242 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9-2), [SK9 3 (231 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9-3), [SK9 4 (114 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9-4), [SK9 5 (144 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9-5), [SK9 6 (122 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9-6), [SK9 7 (218 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9-7)

## Council

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

## Towns in SK9

[Wilmslow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wilmslow), [Wythenshawe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wythenshawe)

## Postcode districts next to SK9

[M22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m22), [M90](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m90), [SK7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk7), [SK8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk8), [SK10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk10), [WA16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16)

## Nearest rail stations

[Wilmslow (1.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2263,53.3269), [Styal (1.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2405,53.3483), [Handforth (1.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2136,53.3465), [Alderley Edge (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2368,53.3038)

## More in the SK postcode area

[All SK postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SK9 in brief

SK9 is a postcode district covering Wilmslow, Handforth and Alderley Edge, in Cheshire East.
About 41,293 people lived in SK9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £490,000 in 2025 across 822 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SK9 was £490,000 in 2025.
SK9 had 39,711 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SK9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SK9, 86.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SK9
- Postcode area: [SK](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk)
- Constituency: [Tatton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tatton)
- Council: [Cheshire East †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)
- Area: 39.38 km²
- People, mid-2024: 41,293*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 130

* 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), [SK10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk10), [SK8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk8), [SK7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk7), [M90](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m90), [M22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m22)

## Latest updates for SK9

- 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/SK9

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9