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CW5 5LQ

Nantwich North and West · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Nantwich North and West
Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Crewe and Nantwich
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW5 5NF 49 m
CW5 5LG 50 m
CW5 5NE 56 m
CW5 5PZ 58 m
CW5 5NQ 59 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 5LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 5
Latitude
53.069515
Longitude
-2.519926
British National Grid easting
365,260
British National Grid northing
352,600

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
Nantwich North and West · E05008642
Parish or community
E04013198
Westminster constituency
Crewe and Nantwich · E14001185
Output area
E00093106
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 050F · E01033373
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 050 · E02003839

Postcode source versions

Explore CW5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
18
Secondary
5

  1. Nantwich Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    90 m

  2. Highfields Academy

    Academy converter

    772 m

  3. Malbank School and Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    945 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,616
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 803
  • Public order 170
  • Anti social behaviour 133
  • Other theft 99
  • Criminal damage and arson 97

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

19 female, 27 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.6
CW5 5 residents
8,801

Age bands in CW5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

1,149 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

786 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.6%

2,212 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

2,160 residents

Age 65 and over
24.2%

2,013 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CW5 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
73.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
73.3%
Gigabit-capable
73.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • NANTWICH HEALTH CENTRE

    CHURCH VIEW PCC, BEAM STREET, NANTWICH, CW5 5NX

    ODS code N81010

    179 m

  • THE KILTEARN MEDICAL CTR.

    KILTEARN MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH VIEW PCC, BEAM STREET, NANTWICH, CW5 5NX

    ODS code N81047

    179 m

  • TUDOR SURGERY

    CHURCH VIEW PCC, BEAM STREET, NANTWICH, CW5 5NX

    ODS code N81090

    179 m

  • ROPE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROPE LANE, SHAVINGTON, CREWE, CW2 5DA

    ODS code N81084

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Bus Station

    BCE · Nantwich

    0.0 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCE · Nantwich

    0.0 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Nantwich

    0.0 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Nantwich

    0.1 miles

  • Bus Station

    STR · Nantwich

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 050F, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,682 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
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

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 5 secondary schools. Nantwich Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 90 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,616 published events cover 12 months, averaging 134.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 803 events.

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