CW1 house prices are built from 23,026 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 17 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £104,950. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +44.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +3.5%.
Median price paid
£104,950
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+44.4%
Change in real terms
+3.5%
Median per m²
£1,321
HM Land Registry23,026 sales5,028 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Jun 2026
Section 01
How CW1 prices moved
The chart tracks the median CW1 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £39,950 | £88,708 |
| 2000s | 10 | £94,950 | £172,971 |
| 2010s | 10 | £112,875 | £159,154 |
| 2020s | 7 | £182,000 | £185,957 |
The highest yearly median on record for CW1 is £195,000 in 2022; the lowest is £39,000 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £39,950 to £195,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £88,708, so the real change over the whole record is +119.8% — about +2.57% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +44.4% in cash against +3.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 James Atkinson Way | 17 Jun 2026 | Detached | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 13 the Dingle | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £620,000 | £620,000 |
| 59 Kestrel Drive | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 77 James Atkinson Way | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £58,000 | £58,000 |
| 20 Prunus Road | 10 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 4 Hothersall Close | 8 Jun 2026 | Detached | £277,500 | £277,500 |
| 9 Gordon Geddes Way | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 22 Pelican Close | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 7 Tomkinson Close | 4 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £142,000 | £142,000 |
| NURSERY COTTAGE Slaughter Hill | 3 Jun 2026 | Detached | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 66 Lambourn Drive | 3 Jun 2026 | Detached | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 106 Mablins Lane | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £183,000 | £183,000 |
| 7 Roseberry Way | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £222,500 | £222,500 |
| 74 Leaman Road | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £487,000 | £487,000 |
| 58 Bradeley Road | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £192,500 | £192,500 |
| 7 Ford Close | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £127,000 | £127,000 |
| 4 Ernest Cope Road | 27 May 2026 | Detached | £317,500 | £317,500 |
| 22 Lambourn Drive | 27 May 2026 | Detached | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 5 Canon Ward Way | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £470,000 | £470,000 |
| 12 Rhodes Close | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 39 Bleasdale Road | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 7 Cloverfields | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2 Kingsley Road | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 40 Kingsley Road | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £229,000 | £229,000 |
| 29 Hesketh Croft | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £187,000 | £187,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to CW1 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 James Atkinson Way | £98,500 (2000) | £315,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 13 the Dingle | £85,000 (1997) | £620,000 (2026) | +7.1% | +4.4% |
| 59 Kestrel Drive | £43,350 (1996) | £165,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 77 James Atkinson Way | £90,450 (2001) | £58,000 (2026) | -1.8% | -4.4% |
| 4 Hothersall Close | £171,000 (2011) | £277,500 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.4% |
| 22 Pelican Close | £43,500 (1997) | £185,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 9 Gordon Geddes Way | £182,995 (2017) | £245,000 (2026) | +3.3% | -0.2% |
| 7 Tomkinson Close | £43,450 (2000) | £142,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 106 Mablins Lane | £125,500 (2021) | £183,000 (2026) | +7.8% | +2.9% |
| NURSERY COTTAGE Slaughter Hill | £515,000 (2025) | £640,000 (2026) | +24.3% | +21.6% |
| 66 Lambourn Drive | £71,950 (1995) | £265,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.6% |
| 7 Roseberry Way | £136,000 (2021) | £222,500 (2026) | +10.3% | +5.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. CW1 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 9,124 | 39.6% | £110,000 | £1,500 – £695,000 |
| Terraced | 6,852 | 29.8% | £75,000 | £5,010 – £586,272 |
| Detached | 6,120 | 26.6% | £166,995 | £5,000 – £1,100,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 930 | 4.0% | £92,300 | £8,250 – £465,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in CW1
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 6,407 certificates cover CW1, and their median floor area is 77 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are about the same size than average — +1.3%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 77 m² | about 829 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 63 m² | about 678 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 90 m² | about 969 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 20.2% | 1,292 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 2.2% | 142 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in CW1
1,491 of the sales on record are leasehold and 21,535 freehold — 6.5% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £102,000 and the median freehold sale £105,000 — a gap of +2.9%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 1,491 | 6.5% | £102,000 |
| Freehold | 21,535 | 93.5% | £105,000 |
| New build | 3,120 | 13.5% | £149,950 |
| Existing home | 19,906 | 86.5% | £98,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +53.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 1,894 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in CW1
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cheshire East, 44.0% of 197,366 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,489 | 0.8% |
| B | 29,554 | 15.0% |
| C | 55,700 | 28.2% |
| D | 73,725 | 37.4% |
| E | 26,906 | 13.6% |
| F | 7,570 | 3.8% |
| G | 2,422 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cheshire East at £982 a month as of Jun 2026 — £694 for a one-bedroom home and £1,102 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £104,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.23% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of CW1, 440 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 174 violent, 7 burglary, 10 vehicle-related and 46 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.6 times busier.
Against the 398,772 residents the 2021 census counted in Cheshire East, that is 1.10 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around CW1
The 2021 census counted 398,772 residents in Cheshire East across 174,854 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a CW1 postcode: 10 primary, 3 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monks Coppenhall Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 664 |
| Sir William Stanier School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 633 |
| Mablins Lane Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 611 |
| Underwood West Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 490 |
| Beechwood Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 474 |
| Leighton Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 467 |
| St Michael's Community Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 412 |
| The Dingle Primary School | Primary | Community school | 403 |
| Hungerford Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 373 |
| Haslington Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 314 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Crewe Rail Station | Rail | 1.6 km |
| Sandbach Rail Station | Rail | 5.9 km |
| Nantwich Rail Station | Rail | 7.1 km |
| Alsager Rail Station | Rail | 9.2 km |
Section 09
How CW1 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. CW1 sits below that national figure — -33.4%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,321 per square metre, across 5,028 of the 23,026 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £1,500 to £1,100,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
CW1 sits in Cheshire East, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cheshire East at 7.6 times median local earnings of £39,459 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside CW1
The closest districts
- CW22.8 km · £124,000
- CW116.3 km · £163,750
- CW57.5 km · £178,950
- CW109.4 km · £135,000
- ST711.3 km · £125,000
- CW711.4 km · £119,000
- CW1216.3 km · £165,000
- ST516.4 km · £110,000
This district mostly covers Crewe.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in CW1?
The median price paid in CW1 across every sale on the register is £104,950. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in CW1?
23,026 sales are on record for CW1, the most recent completing on 17 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have CW1 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +44.4% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +3.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were CW1 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £195,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in CW1?
£1,321 per square metre, from the 5,028 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 17 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “CW1 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.