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CW5 6PA

Wistaston · Cheshire East · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Wistaston
Local authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Crewe and Nantwich
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CW5 6PD 172 m
CW5 6PB 761 m
CW5 6PE 773 m
CW5 6NU 952 m
CW2 8SB 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CW5 6PA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 1988
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
CW
Postcode district
CW5
Postcode sector
CW5 6
Latitude
53.086674
Longitude
-2.501618
British National Grid easting
366,500
British National Grid northing
354,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cheshire East · E06000049
Electoral ward
Wistaston · E05008659
Parish or community
E04011027
Westminster constituency
Crewe and Nantwich · E14001185
Output area
E00093418
Lower layer super output area
Cheshire East 044A · E01018510
Middle layer super output area
Cheshire East 044 · E02003833

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
25
Secondary
8

  1. Highfields Academy

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

  2. Reaseheath College

    Further education

    1.7 km

  3. Wistaston Church Lane Academy

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
163
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 48
  • Shoplifting 36
  • Public order 20
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Other theft 12

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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • NANTWICH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81010

    2.4 km

  • THE KILTEARN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code N81047

    2.4 km

  • TUDOR SURGERY

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

    ODS code N81090

    2.4 km

  • EARNSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81053

    3.5 km

  • MILLCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code N81016

    3.5 km

  • GROSVENOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    GROSVENOR STREET, CREWE, CW1 3HB

    ODS code N81068

    3.6 km

  • ROPE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROPE LANE, SHAVINGTON, CREWE, CW2 5DA

    ODS code N81084

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Alvaston Hall Hotel

    BCT · Wistaston

    0.2 miles

  • Alvaston Hall Hotel

    BCT · Wistaston

    0.2 miles

  • Colleys Lane

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.3 miles

  • Colleys Lane

    BCT · Nantwich

    0.3 miles

  • Foxfields

    BCT · Wistaston

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheshire East 044A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,314 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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

39 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 8 secondary schools. Highfields Academy is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

163 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 48 events.

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