# Nantwich Town in Cheshire East, North West. Nantwich is a town in Cheshire East, North West. Median sale price £265,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 83.8 per 1,000 people. About 19,619 people. Town. Code E63001845. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) Nantwich is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Nantwich 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £265,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Nantwich was £265,500 in 2025. 537th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/nantwich#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 18,741** (2021). Nantwich had 18,741 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 581st most populated of 1,209. 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/town/nantwich#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Nantwich 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/town/nantwich#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 71.7%** (January 2026). In Nantwich, 71.7% 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/town/nantwich#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001845) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Nantwich live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001845) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 431 homes were sold in Nantwich in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001845) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Nantwich. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001845) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Nantwich had 18,741 usual residents at the census. ## How Nantwich compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Nantwich | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £265,500 | 38th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 | | Population | 18,741 | 65th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 71.7% | 2nd lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Nantwich safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Nantwich at a rate of 83.8 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, 137 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Nantwich. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (801), other crime (323) and anti-social behaviour (170). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Nantwich was 74.3 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 Nantwich, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Nantwich has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood - 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 Nantwich | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cheshire East 047A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018451) | 1,306 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 56.8% | | [Cheshire East 047B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018454) | 1,560 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.7% | | [Cheshire East 047C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018455) | 1,334 | 123.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.1% | | [Cheshire East 047D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018456) | 1,298 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 63.6% | | [Cheshire East 047E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018457) | 1,469 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 63.0% | | [Cheshire East 050A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018452) | 1,095 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% | | [Cheshire East 050C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018503) | 1,720 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 31.7% | | [Cheshire East 050D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01018504) | 1,652 | 211.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 38.8% | | [Cheshire East 050E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01033372) | 1,161 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.2% | | [Cheshire East 050F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01033373) | 1,456 | 169.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.9% | | [Cheshire East 052E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01034678) | 1,345 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.9% | | [Cheshire East 053A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01033376) | 1,158 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% | | [Cheshire East 053B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/neighbourhood/e01033375) | 2,059 | 20.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.3% | ## Your MP - [Crewe and Nantwich](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/crewe-and-nantwich): Connor Naismith (Labour), 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. ## Council [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) ## Postcode districts covering Nantwich [CW5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cw5) ## Middle areas in Nantwich [Nantwich North East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/nantwich-north-east), [Nantwich South West](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east/nantwich-south-west) ## Towns near Nantwich [Crewe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crewe), [Elworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/elworth), [Winsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/winsford), [Sandbach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sandbach), [Alsager](https://openindex.co.uk/town/alsager), [Middlewich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/middlewich) ## Nantwich in brief Nantwich is a town in Cheshire East, North West. About 19,619 people lived in Nantwich in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,500 in 2025 across 431 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Nantwich was £265,500 in 2025. Nantwich had 18,741 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Nantwich live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Nantwich, 71.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63001845 - Constituency: [Crewe and Nantwich †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/crewe-and-nantwich) - Council: [Cheshire East †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) - Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 5.00 km² - People, mid-2024: 19,619* - Neighbourhoods: 13 - Output areas: 64 * 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Crewe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crewe), [Elworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/elworth), [Winsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/winsford), [Sandbach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sandbach), [Alsager](https://openindex.co.uk/town/alsager), [Middlewich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/middlewich) ## Latest updates for Nantwich - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001845 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/nantwich, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/nantwich#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 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/nantwich