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Living in Cheshire West and Chester

47 neighbourhoods · 222 sub-areas
Updated
Crime vs nat. avg
2.1× safer
2.1× safer than nat. · 47.3 / 1k / yr · #58 of 318 cities
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026
Commute to hub
55 min
#112 of 318 cities
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
Jobs density
0.49
#84 of 318 cities
ONS BRES · 2024
Avg rent
£959/mo
+5.8% YoY · #131 of 314 cities
ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026
Council tax
£192/mo
Estimated (Band D)
MHCLG Council Tax Band D · 2026
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Neighbourhoods in Cheshire West and Chester

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

47 neighbourhoods · 222 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Wolverham & Stanlow£729+5.8%8412
Little Sutton East£730+5.8%9848
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore£734+5.8%8521
Winsford Central£734+5.8%7117
Ellesmere Port Pooltown Road£742+5.8%9143
Little Sutton North & Overpool£760+5.8%9974
Winsford Glebe Green£763+5.8%8255
Winsford Over£778+5.8%7751
Greenbank£781+5.8%9546
Chester Boughton West & Hoole£791+5.8%9649
Wharton£797+5.8%8966
Northwich Central & Winnington£805+5.8%9578
Blacon South£806+5.8%9238
Great Sutton£812+5.8%9992
Rudheath West & Leftwich£830+5.8%8863
Chester City & Garden Quarter£836+5.8%9437
Barnton£845+5.8%9581
Weaverham£846+5.8%9788
Whitby & Stanney Woods£857+5.8%8275
Blacon North£866+5.8%9740
Ellesmere Port South£884+5.8%9797
Winsford North£895+5.8%6276
Lache£932+5.8%9682
Chester Boughton East£950+5.8%9686
Little Sutton West£967+5.8%9392
Little Neston£970+5.8%8896
Elton, Mickle Trafford & Great Barrow£992+5.8%7179
Neston & Parkgate£1,008+5.8%8783
Upton East£1,024+5.8%9371
Vicars Cross & Hoole East£1,025+5.8%9398
Frodsham£1,026+5.8%7482
Helsby & Kingsley£1,044+5.8%7191
Boughton Heath & Huntington£1,066+5.8%8596
Lostock & Wincham£1,072+5.8%7787
Hartford & Kingsmead£1,078+5.8%7686
Churton, Farndon & Malpas£1,087+5.8%2891
Upton West & Heath£1,095+5.8%9682
Davenham & Moulton£1,098+5.8%6389
Hooton, Willaston & Ness£1,116+5.8%8391
Capenhurst, Saughall & Moston£1,121+5.8%2580
Chester Handbridge Park£1,132+5.8%8177
Christleton, Guilden Sutton & Waverton£1,148+5.8%4690
Kelsall, Tarvin & Ashton Hayes£1,158+5.8%7898
Dodleston, Tattenhall & Duddon£1,183+5.8%1688
Sandiway£1,190+5.8%4190
Tarporley & Eddisbury Hill£1,198+5.8%3386
Comberbach, Acton Bridge & Whitley£1,250+5.8%3297

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Cheshire West and Chester

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Cheshire West and Chester. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Wolverham & Stanlow£729/mo
  2. 2.Little Sutton East£730/mo
  3. 3.Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore£734/mo
  4. 4.Winsford Central£734/mo
  5. 5.Ellesmere Port Pooltown Road£742/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Little Sutton North & Overpool99/100
  2. 2.Great Sutton99/100
  3. 3.Little Sutton East98/100
  4. 4.Ellesmere Port South97/100
  5. 5.Blacon North97/100
Top 5 best value

Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Cheshire West and Chester median.

  1. 1.Little Sutton East£730/mo98/100 liveability
  2. 2.Little Sutton North & Overpool£760/mo99/100 liveability
  3. 3.Ellesmere Port Pooltown Road£742/mo91/100 liveability
  4. 4.Great Sutton£812/mo99/100 liveability
  5. 5.Chester Boughton West & Hoole£791/mo96/100 liveability
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Cheshire West and Chester.

Avg rent
£959/mo
#131 of 314 cities
ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026
Council tax
£192/mo
MHCLG Council Tax Band D · 2026
Sale price
£247,500
+3.7% YoY
HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jan 2025
Yrs to deposit
3.9 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£701/mo
2 bed£884/mo
3 bed£1,083/mo
4 bed£1,565/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£434,619
Semi-detached£265,954
Terraced£208,356
Flat£135,310
Affordability
Price-to-earnings7.7×
Rent / take-home36%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,298/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,310/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Cheshire West and Chester

Crime in Cheshire West and Chester runs at 2.1× safer than the national average. Top quartile (#58 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 47.3, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
47.3
#58 of 318 cities
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
Violent / 1k / yr
24.0
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
Burglary / 1k / yr
1.8
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
ASB / 1k / yr
4.5
Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
24.0
Public order
5.7
Anti-social behaviour
4.5
Criminal damage & arson
3.3
Shoplifting
2.9
Other theft
2.8
Drugs
1.8
Burglary
1.8
Other crime
1.6
Vehicle crime
1.4
Possession of weapons
0.9
Bicycle theft
0.8
Robbery
0.7
Theft from the person
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Cheshire West and Chester
by safety score (higher = safer)
Kelsall, Tarvin & Ashton Hayes98/100
Vicars Cross & Hoole East98/100
Comberbach, Acton Bridge & Whitley97/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Cheshire West and Chester

100% of schools serving Cheshire West and Chester are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026
Outstanding only
0%
Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026
Good w/in 2 km
42%
#76 of 318 cities
Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026
Schools rated
1
Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Cheshire West and Chester
by school score
Little Sutton North & Overpool98/100
Upton West & Heath97/100
Blacon North96/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Cheshire West and Chester

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub
55 min
#112 of 318 cities
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
To Liverpool
55 min
Median across local areas
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
To Manchester
73 min
Median across local areas
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
To Birmingham
103 min
Median across local areas
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
Liverpool
55 min
Manchester
73 min
Birmingham
103 min
Sheffield
124 min
Leeds
130 min
London
147 min
Cardiff
192 min
Glasgow
222 min
Edinburgh
226 min
Bristol
239 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car56%Public2%Active8%WFH32%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Cheshire West and Chester
by transport score
Chester Boughton West & Hoole96/100
Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore89/100
Upton West & Heath86/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Cheshire West and Chester

Cheshire West and Chester has 0.49 jobs per resident locally. Above median

Jobs per resident
0.49
#84 of 318 cities
ONS BRES · 2024
Drive to 5,000+ jobs
16 min
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
PT to 5,000+ jobs
35 min
DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)
5y jobs growth
-2.5%
ONS Jobs Density · 2024
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs8 min
Drive — 500 jobs8 min
PT — 500 jobs13 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs16 min
PT — 5,000 jobs35 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
23.8%
Health & social care
12.3%
Professional & business svcs
10.8%
Education
7.7%
Manufacturing
7.6%
Finance & insurance
4.7%
Construction
4.3%
Tech & ICT
2.3%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Cheshire West and Chester

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Cheshire West and Chester?
The median monthly rent across Cheshire West and Chester is £959, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Cheshire West and Chester?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Cheshire West and Chester by estimated median rent is Wolverham & Stanlow at approximately £729/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Cheshire West and Chester?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Cheshire West and Chester is Little Sutton North & Overpool at 99/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Cheshire West and Chester a safe area?
Cheshire West and Chester has an average safety score of 71/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Cheshire West and Chester?
The most common council tax band in Cheshire West and Chester is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £2,122. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Cheshire West and Chester.
What is the average salary in Cheshire West and Chester?
The median annual resident salary in Cheshire West and Chester is £32,391, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Cheshire West and Chester, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Cheshire West and Chester?
The average property price in Cheshire West and Chester is approximately £267,668 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Cheshire West and Chester?
Gross rental yield in Cheshire West and Chester is approximately 4.3% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Cheshire West and Chester?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 3.9 years in Cheshire West and Chester. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Cheshire West and Chester?
100% of premises in Cheshire West and Chester are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Cheshire West and Chester?
2.7% of 16-64 residents in Cheshire West and Chester are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Cheshire West and Chester?
Cheshire West and Chester contains 47 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 222 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Cheshire West and Chester

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

Showing 80 of 222 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.

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