Cheshire East
CW2 house prices in Cheshire East
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Cheshire East, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£215,000
Range £95,000–£395,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in CW2: the typical (median) sold price is £215,000, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). CW2 is an active market, with about 43 recorded sales a month. By property type, 38% were semi-detached homes (typically £196,000) and 35% were detached homes (typically £347,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,455 a year: Cheshire East's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cheshire East, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on CW2: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since February 2026 make CW2 a steady market, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
For sellers, the spread in CW2 is wide, with most sales between £95,000 and £395,000, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; roughly 43 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseWhen buying here, on price, CW2 is below the UK average, so ask what is behind the lower prices before you assume a bargain.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (146 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,455 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
Averages only go so far, so the free CW2 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
CW2 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£215,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
43.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,455
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in CW2
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in CW2 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £347,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £95,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 85 | £347,500 | £204,500–£575,000 |
| Semi-detached | 92 | £196,000 | £120,100–£289,300 |
| Terraced | 55 | £145,000 | £79,700–£212,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 8 | £95,000 | £54,000–£128,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in CW2
The quarterly typical price was flat, from £225,000 in Q1 2026 (68 sales) to £225,500 in Q3 2026 (64 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £225,000 | 68 |
| Q2 2026 | £192,500 | 118 |
| Q3 2026 | £225,500 | 64 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of CW2 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most CW2 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £95,000 and £395,000, around a typical £215,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in CW2
Semi-detached homes were 38% of recorded sales (92 of 240). 94% of sales were freehold and 6% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached35%
- Semi-detached38%
- Terraced23%
- Flat / maisonette3%
Tenure
- Freehold94%
- Leasehold6%
See the figures
234 freehold (94%) and 16 leasehold (6%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in CW2. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 27 Feb 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where CW2 sits in Cheshire East
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in CW2
7, CHALFONT CRESCENT, CREWE
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£495,000
27, ROPE LANE, CREWE
Detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£575,000
GREENWAYS, POST OFFICE LANE, CREWE
Detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£365,000
33, VALLEY ROAD, CREWE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£220,000
1, FRESHWATER DRIVE, CREWE
Detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£700,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). CW2 includes the Crewe Central ward.
In plain English
What the Cheshire East (CW2) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £347,500 against £95,000 for flats: about 3.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £95,000 and £395,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (94%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 43 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 27 February 2026 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on CW2
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in CW2
£2,455
Band D a year in Cheshire East, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 |
These are Cheshire East's charges for 2026-27, the authority CW2 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Cheshire East · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near CW2
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Pebble Brook Primary School.
All schools
Pebble Brook Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CW2 6PL
438 m
Good · 2014
The Berkeley Academy
Primary · Academies · CW2 6RU
780 m
Good · 2019
Westminster Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · CW2 7LJ
1.1 km
Good · 2014
St Thomas More Catholic High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · CW2 8AE
1.2 km
Good · 2012
Vine Tree Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CW2 8AD
1.2 km
Good · 2012
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CW2 8AD
1.2 km
Good · 2023
Cheshire College - South & West
16 plus · Colleges · CW2 8AB
1.2 km
Not graded
Ruskin Community High School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · CW2 7JT
1.3 km
Good · 2015
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the CW2 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near CW2
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around CW2
146
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 4 October 2026.
Recent applications
Proposed first floor extension to rear of dwelling.
Received 2025-12-01
EIA screening for proposed development of up to 500 dwellings and one form entry primary school on land south of Gresty Lane, Shavington.
Received 2025-11-21
CheshireEast/25/1249/HOUSConditions
176 m
Loft conversion with full dormer extension to rear to provide an additional bedroom
Received 2025-03-28
CheshireEast/23/2674NUndecided
484 m
Single storey rear extension with front parking alterations, disabled access.
Received 2023-07-27
CheshireEast/23/1830NConditions
472 m
Single storey rear extension and upper floor side extension above existing garage
Received 2023-05-15 · decided 2023-06-29
CheshireEast/22/4787NConditions
421 m
proposed rear extension
Received 2022-12-05 · decided 2023-01-06
Applications are matched within 500 m of the CW2 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for CW2 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 146 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 4 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for CW2
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled CW2 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
CW2 6JH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so CW2 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in CW2: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in CW2, band by band
Cheshire East's council tax for 2026-27 set against the CW2 median sold price of £215,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCheshire East | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £215,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 | £136 | 0.76% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,909 | £159 | 0.89% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 | £182 | 1.01% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 | £205 | 1.14% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,000 | £250 | 1.40% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,546 | £296 | 1.65% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,091 | £341 | 1.90% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,910 | £409 | 2.28% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the CW2 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cheshire East, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in CW2 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for CW2. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
7, CHALFONT CRESCENT, CREWE
CW2 5QT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-08-21
27, ROPE LANE, CREWE
CW2 6RB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-08-19
GREENWAYS, POST OFFICE LANE, CREWE
CW2 5QD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-08-19
33, VALLEY ROAD, CREWE
CW2 8JZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-08-14
1, FRESHWATER DRIVE, CREWE
CW2 5GR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£700,000
2026-08-13
35, BRAMHALL ROAD, CREWE
CW2 8PT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-08-12
489A, CREWE ROAD, CREWE
CW2 6QP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£550,000
2026-08-10
74, BEDFORD STREET, CREWE
CW2 6JD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£96,000
2026-08-10
109, WESTON LANE, CREWE
CW2 5NJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-08-07
1, ATHOLL AVENUE, CREWE
CW2 6JH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-08-06
19, ALBION STREET, CREWE
CW2 8NB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-08-05
74, CREWE ROAD, CREWE
CW2 5DW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-08-04
71, WALTHALL STREET, CREWE
CW2 7LA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£110,000
2026-08-04
4, PARK ESTATE, CREWE
CW2 5AP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-08-03
12, SUNDEW ROAD, CREWE
CW2 5TX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£202,500
2026-08-03
200, ALTON STREET, CREWE
CW2 7PT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-31
185A, CREWE ROAD, CREWE
CW2 5AH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£209,000
2026-07-31
21, SANDHURST AVENUE, CREWE
CW2 8FA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£192,000
2026-07-31
38, URSULINE WAY, CREWE
CW2 6LB · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-07-31
17, BURLEA DRIVE, CREWE
CW2 5BZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-07-31
52, ALFRED KING CLOSE, CREWE
CW2 5UW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-07-31
37, GAWSWORTH AVENUE, CREWE
CW2 8PB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£182,000
2026-07-29
28, CHURCH LANE, CREWE
CW2 8HA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-28
29, OSBORNE GROVE, CREWE
CW2 5BY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£143,000
2026-07-27
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Nearby
Postcode districts near CW2
The closest districts to CW2 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in CW1 (Crewe) 1.8 miles
- House prices in CW5 (Nantwich) 3.4 miles
- House prices in CW11 (Sandbach) 5.5 miles
- House prices in CW3 (Crewe) 5.9 miles
- House prices in ST7 (Stoke-on-Trent) 7.4 miles
- House prices in CW10 (Middlewich) 7.5 miles
- House prices in CW7 (Winsford) 8.4 miles
- House prices in ST5 (Newcastle) 9.6 miles
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Data sources
Every CW2 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.