# WA16

Postcode district covering Knutsford and Shaw Heath, in Cheshire East.

WA16 is a postcode district covering Knutsford and Shaw Heath, in Cheshire East. Median sale price £530,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 44.3 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WA16. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa)

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 WA16 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £530,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WA16 was £530,000 in 2025. Joint 229th 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/wa16#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 24,684** (2021). WA16 had 24,684 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,187th 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/wa16#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in WA16 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/wa16#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 73.4%** (January 2026). In WA16, 73.4% 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/wa16#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WA16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in WA16 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=WA16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 478 homes were sold in WA16 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WA16) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WA16.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WA16) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WA16 had 24,684 usual residents at the census.

## How WA16 compares

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

| Measure | WA16 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £530,000 | most expensive | 16 postcode districts, WA · 2025 |
| Population | 24,684 | 5th least populated | 17 postcode districts, WA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 17 postcode districts, WA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 73.4% | lowest | 17 postcode districts, WA · Jan 2026 |

## Is WA16 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA16 at a rate of 44.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (438), other crime (291) and anti-social behaviour (100).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA16 was 45.5 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 WA16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA16 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in WA16

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheshire East 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018598) | 1,918 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 74.6% |
| [Cheshire East 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018599) | 1,145 | 15.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| [Cheshire East 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018648) | 2,379 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 44.7% |
| [Cheshire East 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018649) | 1,389 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 5.1% |
| [Cheshire East 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018650) | 1,730 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 17.0% |
| [Cheshire East 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018654) | 2,427 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 48.6% |
| [Cheshire East 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018605) | 1,097 | 28.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.4% |
| [Cheshire East 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018609) | 1,718 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Cheshire East 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018610) | 1,953 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Cheshire East 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018611) | 1,659 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| [Cheshire East 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018603) | 1,336 | 12.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [Cheshire East 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018604) | 1,383 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Cheshire East 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018606) | 1,474 | 124.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.0% |
| [Cheshire East 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018607) | 1,278 | 10.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Cheshire East 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018608) | 1,358 | 7.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.2% |
| [Cheshire West and Chester 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester/neighbourhood/e01018722) | 2,636 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 59.4% |

## Your MP

- [Tatton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tatton): Esther McVey (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Congleton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/congleton): Sarah Russell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.3% 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 WA16

[Knutsford North](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/knutsford-north), [Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/mobberley-plumley-and-high-legh), [South Knutsford & Bexton](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/south-knutsford-and-bexton)

## Postcode sectors in WA16

[WA16 0 (264 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16-0), [WA16 1 (18 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16-1), [WA16 6 (206 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16-6), [WA16 7 (198 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16-7), [WA16 8 (296 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16-8), [WA16 9 (209 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in WA16

[Knutsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knutsford)

## Postcode districts next to WA16

[CW4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4), [CW9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw9), [CW10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw10), [M90](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m90), [SK9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9), [SK10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk10), [SK11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk11), [WA4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa4), [WA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa13), [WA14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa14), [WA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa15)

## Nearest rail stations

[Knutsford (850 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3718,53.3018), [Plumley (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.4197,53.2747), [Mobberley (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3337,53.3291)

## More in the WA postcode area

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

## WA16 in brief

WA16 is a postcode district covering Knutsford and Shaw Heath, in Cheshire East.
About 25,456 people lived in WA16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £530,000 in 2025 across 478 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WA16 was £530,000 in 2025.
WA16 had 24,684 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in WA16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WA16, 73.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WA16
- Postcode area: [WA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa)
- Constituency: [Tatton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tatton)
- Council: [Cheshire East †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)
- Area: 150 km²
- People, mid-2024: 25,456*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 79

* 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

[CW9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw9), [SK9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk9), [CW4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw4), [WA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa15), [WA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa13), [SK11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk11)

## Latest updates for WA16

- 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/WA16

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa16