Sandbach

16°CMist

• Today: 21° / 15° · 75% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:32

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

84 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Public order18
• Shoplifting11
• Anti-social behaviour9

17 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sandbach Town · Cheshire

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

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)

103 food businesses within 2 miles

• 85 rated 4–5 ★ (73 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sandbach (2.2 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£303,387 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (11.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Co-Op Petrol (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

398,772 residents in Cheshire East · 342/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

548 applications decided

89.1% granted · 488 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Russell

Labour

Congleton

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent coalition

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

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés38

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

249 jobs advertised · £39,639 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Delivery Driver - Stoke, Mechanical Fitter

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Nuclear 39% · Gas 7% · Biomass 4%

30 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Congleton:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office450 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills392 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership326 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s306 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test278 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Sandbach Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Sandbach Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Sandbach, Cheshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Sandbach Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Sandbach Crosses · 0.1 km

  The Sandbach Crosses are two 9th-century stone Anglo-Saxon crosses now erected in the market place in the town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England. They are unusually large and elaborate examples of the type and are record…

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  Sandbach Literary Institute · 0.2 km

  The Sandbach Literary Institute, also known as Sandbach Literary Institution, is a commercial building in Hightown in Sandbach, Cheshire, England. The structure, which is currently used as a community events venue, is…

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  St Mary's Church, Sandbach · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Church is in the town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the…

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  Sandbach Methodist Church · 0.2 km

  On 1 September 2020, Sandbach Methodist Church joined together with Sandbach Heath Methodist Church and Wheelock Methodist Church to become a new body called Unity Methodist Church. All three sites remain. This page r…

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  Old Hall Hotel, Sandbach · 0.3 km

  The Old Hall Hotel is a public house and restaurant in High Street, Sandbach, Cheshire, England. It was built in 1656 on the site of a previous manor house, and since been extended. In the 18th century it was used as…

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