CW2 6BW

Crewe South · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Crewe and Nantwich
Postcode district
CW2
Postcode sector
CW2 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW2 6BG 21 m
CW2 6DT 34 m
CW2 6DH 58 m
CW2 6DQ 62 m
CW2 6DF 69 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW2 6BW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW2
Postcode sector
CW2 6
Latitude
53.087657
Longitude
-2.444058
British National Grid easting
370,356
British National Grid northing
354,584

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Parish or community
E04012281
Westminster constituency
Crewe and Nantwich · E14001185
Output area
E00093085
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 045C · E01018447
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 045 · E02003834

Postcode source versions

Explore CW2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
22
Secondary
7
  1. Westminster Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    172 m
  2. Ruskin Community High School

    Community school

    365 m
  3. Cheshire College - South & West

    Further education

    585 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,204
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,587
  • Shoplifting 511
  • Public order 480
  • Drugs 325
  • Anti social behaviour 304

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CW2 6 residents
10,693

Age bands in CW2 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,759 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,205 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.2%

2,976 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

3,041 residents

Age 65 and over
17.9%

1,956 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • EARNSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAGLE BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, DUNWOODY WAY, CREWE, CW1 3AW

    ODS code N81053

    1.4 km

  • MILLCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAGLE BRIDGE H & W CENTRE, DUNWOODY WAY, CREWE, CW1 3AW

    ODS code N81016

    1.4 km

  • HUNGERFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    SCHOOL CRESCENT, CREWE, CW1 5HA

    ODS code N81044

    1.6 km

  • GROSVENOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    GROSVENOR STREET, CREWE, CW1 3HB

    ODS code N81068

    1.8 km

  • ROPE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROPE LANE, SHAVINGTON, CREWE, CW2 5DA

    ODS code N81084

    2.4 km

  • HASLINGTON SURGERY

    CREWE ROAD, HASLINGTON, CREWE, CW1 5QY

    ODS code N81043

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Culland Street

    BCT · Crewe

    0.0 miles
  • Aldi

    BCT · Crewe

    0.1 miles
  • Ernest Street

    BCT · Crewe

    0.1 miles
  • Aldi

    BCT · Crewe

    0.1 miles
  • Nantwich Road

    BCT · Crewe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 045C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,873 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

38 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 7 secondary schools. Westminster Nursery School is the nearest published school at 172 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,204 published events cover 12 months, averaging 350.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,587 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.