Elworth
TownTown in Cheshire East, North West.
Elworth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Elworth 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Elworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Elworth compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Elworth safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Elworth at a rate of 37.6 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, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Elworth.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (159), other crime (56) and anti-social behaviour (31).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Elworth was 41.3 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 Elworth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Elworth has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Elworth
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East 030A | 1,654 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Cheshire East 031A | 2,624 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.9% |
| Cheshire East 031B | 2,066 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Cheshire East 031E | 1,302 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 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 Elworth1
Middle areas in Elworth1
Towns near Elworth6
Elworth in brief
Elworth is a town in Cheshire East, North West.
About 7,999 people lived in Elworth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £256,250 in 2025 across 152 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Elworth was £256,250 in 2025.
Elworth had 7,646 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Elworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Elworth, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.