CW3 9BX

Wybunbury · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Crewe
Local authority
Cheshire East
Postcode district
CW3
Postcode sector
CW3 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW3 9BU 537 m
CW3 9BS 1.3 km
CW5 7NP 1.3 km
CW3 9AL 1.3 km
CW5 7NR 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW3 9BX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW3
Postcode sector
CW3 9
Latitude
53.027460
Longitude
-2.389197
British National Grid easting
373,994
British National Grid northing
347,866

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
Wybunbury · E05008661
Parish or community
E04013183
Output area
E00093426
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 053F · E01018515
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 053 · E02007031

Postcode source versions

Explore CW3

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Higher Den Farm Barns, The Owl, Den Lane, Wrinehill, Crewe, CW3 9BX 31 July 2024 £550,000
Higher Den Farm Barns, The Kestrel, Den Lane, Wrinehill, Crewe, CW3 9BX 10 June 2020 £620,000
Higher Den Farm Barns, The Owl, Den Lane, Wrinehill, Crewe, CW3 9BX 29 September 2017 £470,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Betley CofE VC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km
  2. Bridgemere CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.9 km
  3. Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 5
  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Other crime 2
  • Public order 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

17 female, 11 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
3.5
CW3 9 residents
6,392

Age bands in CW3 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

853 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

567 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

1,171 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

1,783 residents

Age 65 and over
27.8%

1,684 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CW3 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
12.5%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • MADELEY PRACTICE

    MOSS LANE SURGERY, MOSS LANE, MADELEY, CREWE, CW3 9NQ

    ODS code M83015

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Council Houses

    BCT · Blakenhall

    0.5 miles
  • Council Houses

    BCT · Blakenhall

    0.5 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Betley

    0.9 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Blakenhall

    0.9 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Blakenhall

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 053F, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,646 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £550,000 from 1 recorded sale in CW3 9BX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cheshire East is £303,387 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Betley CofE VC Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 5 events.

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