Congleton
TownTown in Cheshire East, North West.
Congleton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Congleton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Congleton, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Congleton compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Congleton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Congleton at a rate of 71.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 186 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Congleton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,109), other crime (486) and anti-social behaviour (214).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Congleton was 69.3 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 Congleton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Congleton has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Congleton
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East 022D | 2,213 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| Cheshire East 026A | 1,950 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Cheshire East 026B | 1,455 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.5% |
| Cheshire East 026C | 2,527 | 158.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Cheshire East 026D | 1,657 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cheshire East 027A | 1,446 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Cheshire East 027B | 1,762 | 137.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| Cheshire East 027C | 1,872 | 246.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.0% |
| Cheshire East 027D | 2,436 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Cheshire East 028A | 2,039 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.9% |
| Cheshire East 028B | 1,855 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Cheshire East 028C | 1,932 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| Cheshire East 028D | 1,853 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Cheshire East 029A | 1,449 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| Cheshire East 029B | 1,330 | 13.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Cheshire East 029C | 1,400 | 14.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.3% |
| Cheshire East 029D | 1,519 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
Your MP
- Sarah RussellLabourMP for Congleton
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Congleton1
Middle areas in Congleton4
Towns near Congleton6
Congleton in brief
Congleton is a town in Cheshire East, North West.
About 32,386 people lived in Congleton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 710 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Congleton was £300,000 in 2025.
Congleton had 30,001 usual residents at the census.
In Congleton, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Congleton, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.