CH88 postcode area guide — Cheshire West and Chester
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the CH88 postcode district in Cheshire West and Chester — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in CH88
Limited coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
0%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the CH88 postcode district (Cheshire West and Chester) is Limited — fixed broadband speeds are below the UK average here. Across the 1 postcodes Ofcom measures in CH88, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 0% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.
Around 0% of premises in CH88 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 CH88
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| CH88 3AN | 0% | 0% |
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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 CH88
Police recorded 441 incidents within about a mile of the centre of CH88 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 193 | 43.8% |
| Public order | 58 | 13.2% |
| Shoplifting | 46 | 10.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 29 | 6.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 29 | 6.6% |
| Drugs | 29 | 6.6% |
| Other theft | 26 | 5.9% |
| Vehicle crime | 11 | 2.5% |
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 CH88
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 307 | CH2 3AD |
| The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 198 | CH1 1QP |
| Hoole Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 395 | CH2 3HB |
| Cherry Grove Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 274 | CH3 5EG |
| Maple Grove School | Not applicable | 5–18 | 50 | CH2 3HR |
| St Martin's Academy Chester | Primary | 4–11 | 177 | CH2 3NG |
| Abbey School for Exceptional Children | Not applicable | 4–19 | 128 | CH1 2HU |
| Chester International School | Secondary | 14–19 | 229 | CH4 7AE |
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 CH88 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.