Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,042 residents make their home in this town in Cheshire, North West.
Work and incomes are strong: households earn a mean £57,424 a year, and 1.4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Safety is another plus — police record 17.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 4 home and vehicle crimes. What counts against it is schools — primary results beat two thirds of towns in England; secondary results beat 7% of towns in England. Buying the median home, at £262,500, takes 5 years of household income in the Cheshire East council area. Walkability is weaker too: on the way to work, 11% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The overall grade comes out at A−, #18 of 46 in Cheshire. On that grade it does better than just over four fifths of UK towns.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Haslington does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Haslington is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Haslington’s built-up area.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Haslington.
Over the year to August 2026, 159 offences were reported in Haslington, along with 12 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 57% of the crimes. There were 2.3 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), lower than both Cheshire’s towns (3.7) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Dingle Primary School’s results beat 77% of schools in England like it. GCSE results at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km: 32% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 36.7.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dingle Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 403 | A− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 18% of the total, above Cheshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Haslington has 12 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 35% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 6% of its commuters stay in Haslington for work. There are 0.4 jobs in Haslington for each resident in work. 42% of commuters travelled under 5 km, near Cheshire’s towns (43%) and lower than England’s towns (45%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
10% rent privately, below Cheshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. Social renters account for 6% of households. The £262,500 median rests on 246 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £378,497 | 108 |
| Semi-detached | £225,000 | 115 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 22 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; 72% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Haslington is Leighton Hospital, 3.5 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.6% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Haslington | Cheshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.6% | 5.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Retirement age and beyond: 25% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.8% of residents, below both Cheshire’s towns (10%) and England’s towns (12%). Residents of Haslington have a median age of 49.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Haslington | Cheshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cheshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Haslington. Best known first.
MuseumCrewe Heritage Centre2 km outside town, to the west · 30K visitors a year
MuseumEnglesea Brook Museum of Methodism4.1 km outside town, to the southHistoric siteHistoric siteAPT-P1.9 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
6 listed buildings in Haslington.
The Church of St Matthew: Photo: Dominic Nelson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Haslington Manor: Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haslington | 5,042 | — | A− | B | A− | B− |
| Winterley | 1,371 | 1.2 | — | C | A− | B |
| Crewe | 74,116 | 2.2 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Wheelock | 2,155 | 2.3 | — | B | C+ | B |
| Elworth | 7,646 | 3.2 | A | B | B | B+ |
| Shavington | 4,972 | 3.4 | B | B+ | B | B |
| Sandbach | 11,289 | 3.4 | B | B | C | C+ |
| Alsager | 15,504 | 3.7 | B | B | B− | B |
Winterley and Wheelock have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Haslington has 2 state schools; places are handled by Cheshire East council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Cheshire, England
Haslington is a built-up area of 5,042 people, in the Cheshire East council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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