CW5 6JB

Nantwich North and West · 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
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW5 6LY 9 m
CW5 6HX 39 m
CW5 6HZ 100 m
CW5 5PD 105 m
CW5 6JA 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 6JB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 6
Latitude
53.067033
Longitude
-2.512061
British National Grid easting
365,785
British National Grid northing
352,320

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Parish or community
E04013198
Westminster constituency
Crewe and Nantwich · E14001185
Output area
E00093122
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 047E · E01018457
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 047 · E02003836

Postcode source versions

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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

    684 m
  2. Highfields Academy

    Academy converter

    685 m
  3. Pear Tree Primary School

    Academy converter

    856 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,590
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 789
  • Public order 169
  • Anti social behaviour 127
  • Other theft 97
  • Criminal damage and arson 95

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CW5 6 residents
8,908

Age bands in CW5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.9%

1,360 residents

Age 15 to 24
13%

1,268 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

2,026 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

2,631 residents

Age 65 and over
25.4%

2,480 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • NANTWICH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81010

    450 m

  • THE KILTEARN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81047

    450 m

  • TUDOR SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81090

    450 m

  • ROPE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROPE LANE, SHAVINGTON, CREWE, CW2 5DA

    ODS code N81084

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Brick Bank

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.0 miles
  • Whitewell Close

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.0 miles
  • Turner Street

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles
  • The Leopard

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles
  • The Leopard

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 047E, 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

24,441 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
10 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.

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 684 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,590 published events cover 12 months, averaging 132.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 789 events.

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