Crewe Mill Street & College

Cheshire East · North West · population 6,762 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,729 of 6,856 in England
  • #659 of 932 in North West
  • #50 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,585
Median age (est.)36
Density6,400per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above22%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 38%45–64 24%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 48%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 8%Private rent 48%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 20%
One person 36%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 31% · Process & plant 18% · Professional 9%

All occupation groups
Elementary31%
Process & plant18%
Professional9%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades8%
Associate professional8%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 13%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 74%Asian 13%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 30% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 40%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Crewe Mill Street & College is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,729 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #50 of 52 in Cheshire East. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Education (2). Typical homes here, about £156,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 65 sales), 48% below the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,701 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 111 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 32 · #4,687
Employment 37 · #4,310
Education 2 · #6,695
Health 30 · #4,831
Crime 7 · #6,394
Housing & access 96 · #286
Living environment 3 · #6,654

House prices ?

£156,000median (12m) · +15.6% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£156,00065+15.6%+32.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£220,00018+18.0%+41.9%
Terraced£133,00044+10.8%+20.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£156,000
Cheshire East£298,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,701±£5,041 · #5,437 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,867
Price-to-income ?4.6×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

111 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 753 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #5,252 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences357
Theft85
Burglary34
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson65
Public order & weapons94
Drugs68
Robbery3
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 44 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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