Crewe North West

Cheshire East · North West · population 6,623 · 4 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,557 of 6,856 in England
  • #632 of 932 in North West
  • #49 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,562
Median age (est.)36
Density1,644per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above21%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 28%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Process & plant 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Process & plant15%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional11%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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 North West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,557 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #49 of 52 in Cheshire East. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (70) but weak on Education (7). Typical homes here, about £175,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 61 sales), 41% below the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,611 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 78 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 17 · #5,667
Employment 16 · #5,791
Education 7 · #6,366
Health 22 · #5,352
Crime 29 · #4,872
Housing & access 70 · #2,061
Living environment 60 · #2,706

House prices ?

£175,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=61
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,00061+2.9%+34.6%
Detached£277,50014+4.7%+33.1%
Semi-detached£171,25026+0.7%+29.7%
Terraced£160,00019+60.8%+59.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£175,000
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)£32,611±£4,684 · #5,802 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,766
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

78 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 520 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #4,002 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences281
Theft36
Burglary12
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons63
Drugs47
Robbery5
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 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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