Crewe
Crewe is covered by postcode districts CW1, CW2, CW5 and CW98. It is in the Cheshire East council area, England.
Every postcode in Crewe, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 93
- In use before 2020: 1,615
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,708 postcodes in Crewe that ONS places, 93 are new since 2020 and 1,615 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.0964, longitude -2.4489. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CW1 9QF, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CW1 3US, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CW1 5BW, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CW2 8GU, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CW2 5UT, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CW1 3ED, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Crewe?
Homes sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,311 of the 1,631 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 95 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 1,708 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Crewe, 1.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Crewe?
Homes in Crewe sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 773 sales, up 6.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £300,000 236 sales
- Semi-detached £191,000 311 sales
- Terraced £138,500 195 sales
- Flat or maisonette £95,000 31 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CW1 district, Crewe's main postcode district: a typical £191,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Crewe: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Crewe?
93 of the 1,708 postcodes now in use in Crewe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 36 of the 1,009 homes sold in Crewe were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW1 district, 11%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Crewe | Across the CW1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 773 (Under 1%) | 9 of 487 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 36 of 1,009 (4%) | 71 of 660 (11%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Crewe?
Ofcom reports on 1,631 of the 1,708 postcodes in Crewe. At 1,311 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Crewe at risk of flooding?
31 of the 1,708 postcodes in Crewe have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 95 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Crewe?
The open schools at the postcodes in Crewe (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Edleston Primary School400 m 209 pupils, 210 places
- Lavender Field School450 m 99 pupils, 100 places
- Cornerstone-Crewe550 m
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery600 m 474 pupils, 315 places
- Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy700 m 417 pupils, 450 places
- Brierley Primary School900 m 223 pupils, 210 places
- Underwood West Academy1.1 km 490 pupils, 442 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe1.3 km 558 pupils, 630 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Crewe?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Crewe is Crewe Rail Station, 1.3 km away in a straight line.
- Crewe Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Nantwich Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
- Sandbach Rail Station Railway station 7.0 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Crewe?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Crewe. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Earnswood Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01270 376666 450 mWalk
- Millcroft Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2026 · Phone 01270 275200 450 mWalk
- Grosvenor Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01270 256340 750 mWalk
- Hungerford Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2023 · Phone 01270 275949 1.5 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Crewe safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,859 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Crewe over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 477 September 2025
- 442 October 2025
- 474 November 2025
- 419 December 2025
- 505 January 2026
- 413 February 2026
- 478 March 2026
- 520 April 2026
- 515 May 2026
- 628 June 2026
- 515 July 2026
- 473 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 145, vehicle crime 128, bicycle theft 68, possession of weapons 68, robbery 38, theft from the person 20.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Crewe?
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Parliamentary constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Police force area
- Cheshire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Connor Naismith (Labour)
All 1,708 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Crewe
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Cheshire East about council tax Council tax, on cheshireeast.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Crewe
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Crewe postcodes
1,708 postcodes in use in Crewe, by district:
Those districts are all in the CW postcode area.
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Places near Crewe
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Crewe's £192,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Crewe
- What is it like to live in Crewe?
- Homes sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,311 of the 1,631 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 95 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 1,708 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Crewe, 1.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Crewe?
- Crewe is covered by postcode districts CW1, CW2, CW5 and CW98, across 1,708 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Crewe in?
- Crewe is in the Cheshire East council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Crewe?
- Crewe is in the Crewe and Nantwich parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Connor Naismith (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Crewe?
- Homes in Crewe sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 773 sales, up 6.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Crewe?
- In Crewe, primary schools at its postcodes include Edleston Primary School, Lavender Field School and Cornerstone-Crewe; secondary schools at its postcodes include Lavender Field School, Adelaide School and Ruskin Community High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Crewe have a railway station?
- Yes: Crewe is 1.3 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Crewe, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Crewe?
- Ofcom reports on 1,631 of the 1,708 postcodes in Crewe. At 1,311 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Crewe at risk of flooding?
- 31 of the 1,708 postcodes in Crewe have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 95 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Crewe?
- 93 of the 1,708 postcodes now in use in Crewe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 36 of the 1,009 homes sold in Crewe were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CW1 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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