CH34 postcode area guide — Cheshire West and Chester
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the CH34 postcode district in Cheshire West and Chester — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in CH34
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
100%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the CH34 postcode district (Cheshire West and Chester) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1 postcodes Ofcom measures in CH34, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 100% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 100%.
Around 0% of premises in CH34 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in CH34
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| CH34 9ST | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Cheshire West and Chester
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Cheshire West And Chester district (176,235 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
85%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.6%
5G outdoors — all networks
10.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
88.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in CH34
Police recorded 308 incidents within about a mile of the centre of CH34 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 140 | 45.5% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 49 | 15.9% |
| Public order | 39 | 12.7% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 21 | 6.8% |
| Drugs | 15 | 4.9% |
| Other theft | 12 | 3.9% |
| Shoplifting | 9 | 2.9% |
| Weapons possession | 7 | 2.3% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
Who lives here? Cheshire West and Chester demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Cheshire West and Chester district (357,150 residents, 155,154 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.3% |
| 15–29 | 21.9% |
| 30–44 | 18.5% |
| 45–64 | 21.1% |
| 65+ | 21.2% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 68.3% |
| Private rented | 15.8% |
| Social rented | 8.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around CH34
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Port Church of England College | Secondary | 11–19 | 777 | CH65 6EA |
| William Stockton Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 367 | CH65 8DH |
| Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 256 | CH65 4AQ |
| Westminster Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 151 | CH65 2ED |
| The Acorns Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 356 | CH65 7ED |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 290 | CH65 7AQ |
| Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 950 | CH65 7AQ |
| Whitby Heath Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 406 | CH65 6RJ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Phone area codes for Cheshire West and Chester
Landlines around CH34 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.