Is Congleton a good place to live?

Congleton has 30,001 residents, 70% of them in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half, 63% of its inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and recorded crime (7.3 per 1,000 a month) is below the median English town of its size (9.8). Whether it is a good place to live depends on the street: the NestScope area report scores any Congleton postcode.

Congleton recorded 7.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary over 2026-06 to 2026-08 (police.uk), against 9.8 for the median English town of this size. The largest category was violent.

How many people live in Congleton?

30,001 people live in Congleton (Census 2021, ONS built-up area), across 20.5 km² — about 1,466 per km².

What are the schools like in Congleton?

There are 14 schools inside Congleton; 63% of those inspected are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The top-rated include Congleton High School, Black Firs Primary School and Marton and District CofE Aided Primary School.

Congleton is a town in Cheshire East, North West, England, served by Congleton railway station.

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Living in Congleton

Congleton is a town in Cheshire East, North West, England. This guide describes it as one place — who lives there, what sits inside its boundary and how safe it is — from official UK data. For any single street, the NestScope area report covers every Congleton postcode.

Congleton is a town of 30,001 people at 1,466 per km², where 70% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half. 5 of its 8 inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and it recorded 7.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a month.

Lower crime than most towns
Mixed neighbourhoods
Railway station
Parks
Spacious
Weaker schools than most towns

30,001Congleton population

1,466people per km²

70%live in England's better-off half

7.3crimes per 1,000 a month

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schools stations parks20.5 km² · ONS built-up area boundary

01 — What's in Congleton

What's in Congleton: schools, GPs, stations, parks and shops

Counted inside the town boundary. A school or station two streets past it belongs to the next place.

●Schools63% of inspected rated Good or Outstanding14

●GP practices · hospitals8 pharmacies, 2 dentists4 · 1

●Rail stations · bus stopsCongleton1 · 206

●Parks & playing fields56.1 ha — (·· ha), (·· ha), (·· ha)22

●Supermarkets15

●Libraries1

02 — Schools in Congleton

Best-rated schools in Congleton

1Congleton High SchoolSecondaryGood 2Black Firs Primary SchoolPrimaryGood 3Marton and District CofE Aided Primary SchoolPrimaryGood 4Mossley CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryGood 5The Quinta Primary SchoolPrimaryGood

Ranked by Ofsted grade. All 14 schools → Schools in Congleton

03 — Congleton crime rate

Congleton crime rate

7.3crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary · 2026-06 to 2026-08

Fewer than the median English town of this size (9.8) · 218 recorded crimes a month in all

Violent

ASB

Shoplifting

Public order

Vehicle

Burglary

England median for a town of this size · full bar = 10 per 1,000 a month · police.uk street-level data

04 — Questions about Congleton

Is Congleton a good place to live?: Congleton has 30,001 residents, 70% of them in neighbourhoods in England's better-off half, 63% of its inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding, and recorded crime (7.3 per 1,000 a month) is below the median English town of its size (9.8). Whether it is a good place to live depends on the street: the NestScope area report scores any Congleton postcode.
Is Congleton safe?: Congleton recorded 7.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a month inside the town boundary over 2026-06 to 2026-08 (police.uk), against 9.8 for the median English town of this size. The largest category was violent.
How many people live in Congleton?: 30,001 people live in Congleton (Census 2021, ONS built-up area), across 20.5 km² — about 1,466 per km².
What are the schools like in Congleton?: There are 14 schools inside Congleton; 63% of those inspected are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The top-rated include Congleton High School, Black Firs Primary School and Marton and District CofE Aided Primary School.
Where is Congleton?: Congleton is a town in Cheshire East, North West, England, served by Congleton railway station.

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This page is NestScope's guide to Congleton as a whole town, built from the same official sources as the area reports: the ONS boundary of the built-up area, Census 2021, the English Indices of Deprivation, police.uk recorded crime and the Department for Education's school register. Counts are of what sits inside the boundary; crime is a three-month average. It is updated as those sources publish.

Sources — ONS built-up areas 2022, Output Area lookups and Census 2021 (OGL v3.0) · English Indices of Deprivation 2019, carried onto 2021 LSOAs · police.uk street-level crime, the town boundary passed as the query polygon · DfE GIAS + Ofsted, NHS ODS, NaPTAN, OS Open Greenspace, Geolytix, Arts Council — every point counted by which 2021 neighbourhood it falls in.