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Alsager

Alsager is a town in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 13,347. It has 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and around 19 restaurants and cafés, along with 45 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Alsager, 0.8 km away. There were around 92 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Alsager area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cheshire East area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 398,772 residents at roughly 342 people per km².

Council
Cheshire East
County
Cheshire
Constituency
Congleton
Police force
Cheshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 68th of 294 English council areas — better than 77% of them.

Low crime72
Home affordability61
Affordable rents72
Good schools43
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation72
Employment78
Low council tax45

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 15° · 75% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:32

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

104 reported · July 2026 53% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences44
  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Public order10
  • Other theft8

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Alsager · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns around drug use and dealing on Crewe Road, paraphernalia left in doorways and increased associated crimes in the locality.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

570 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 743 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

55 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 45 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Alsager (0.8 km)
  • 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Alsager (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£303,387 average 5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-06

Detached£493,244
Semi-detached£290,686
Terraced£223,543
Flat£152,964

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£984 average monthly rent 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £696
  • 2 bed £898
  • 3 bed £1,105

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.6 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: SHELL RECHARGE BARTHOMLEY (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches21
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

398,772 residents in Cheshire East · 342/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 228 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (21% of 190,830)

A £1,637
B £1,909
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,000
F £3,546
G £4,091
H £4,910

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

182 schools · 60,238 pupils

124 primary · 23 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 61 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

157inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Alsager SchoolGood
  • Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolGood
  • Malbank School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • Middlewich High SchoolGood
  • Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • The Fallibroome AcademyGood
  • The Oaks AcademyGood
  • The Macclesfield AcademyRequires improvement
  • All Hallows Catholic College
  • Brine Leas School
  • Cheshire Studio School
  • Congleton High School
  • Crewe Engineering and Design UTC
  • Eaton Bank Academy
  • Knutsford Academy
  • Poynton High School
  • Ruskin Community High School
  • Sandbach School
  • Shavington Academy
  • Sir William Stanier School
  • St Thomas More Catholic High School
  • Tytherington School
  • Wilmslow High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire East

Care & health services

412 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes105
  • GP practices71
  • Dentists104
  • Homecare agencies93
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire East

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

548 applications decided

89.1% granted · 488 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sarah Russell

Labour

Congleton

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Independent coalition

  • Lab 28
  • Con 32
  • LD 1
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 19

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

40 jobs advertised · £30,891 avg

e.g. Bar & Waiting Staff, Early Years Practitioner - Level 2 or 3, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Alsager – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£808 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,202 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,088 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

70% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 46% · Gas 21% · Solar 11% · Wind 10%

87 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66 women · 64.5 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in ST7

  • Kidsgrove Medical Centre
  • Audley Health Centre
  • Mount Road Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Congleton:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • St Mary Magdalene's Church, Alsager · 0.1 km

    St Mary Magdalene's Church is in Crewe Road, Alsager, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Dedicated to J…

  • Alsager · 0.3 km

    Alsager is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located to the north-west of Stoke-on-Trent and east of Crewe. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population…

  • Christ Church, Alsager · 0.6 km

    Christ Church Alsager is in the town of Alsager, Cheshire, England. Its mission is to love God and to love others. Christ Church Alsager provides activities for all ages including children, youth and the elderly, as w…

  • Alsager School · 0.7 km

    Alsager School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Alsager in the English county of Cheshire.

  • Alsager railway station · 0.8 km

    Alsager railway station serves the town of Alsager, in Cheshire, England. It stands next to a level crossing and is approximately 600 yards (550 m) from the town centre. The station is 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) east of Cr…

  • Alsager Town F.C. · 0.9 km

    Alsager Town Football Club is a football club, based in Alsager, Cheshire, England. The club are currently members of North West Counties League Division One South and play at Wood Park Stadium. Affiliated to the Ches…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Alsager?
Alsager is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Cheshire East local authority.
What is the population of Alsager?
Alsager has an approximate settlement population of 13,347.
How deprived is Alsager?
The Cheshire East local authority, which includes Alsager, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.