2,952
Households
White Brit. · 74%
Ethnicity
Christian · 43%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
57 · 9.1 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£125,778
Median property price
289
Postcodes
Overview of Town
Coordinates53.0112, -2.2252
Postcodes
289
Population (Census)
6,242
Households (Census)
2,952
Recorded crime · May '26
57 · 9.1 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Town
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 2.78 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 2.78 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Town
Property sales · Town
HM Land Registry · Town
Average price
£127,244
YoY: -4.9%
Median price: £125,778
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 1 sales · avg £118,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£237k£159k£80k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Town
Crime trends · Town
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
322211
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
20
YoY +43%
ASB
23121
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
13
YoY -13%
Vehicle Crime
950
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY -67%
Burglary
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
4
YoY stable
Criminal damage
641
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY stable
Demographics in Town
Ethnicity
White Brit.74.2%
Other White5.1%
African3.3%
Other Asian2.8%
Indian2.7%
+ 5 other groups · 11.9%
Religion
Christian42.9%
No religion39.2%
Not answered8.9%
Muslim6.1%
Hindu1.1%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
20–2420.3%
50–6415.3%
35–4915.0%
25–3414.2%
65–748.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.0%
Households
Other32.6%
Any member 66+14.3%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over11.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children6.9%
Cohabiting couple family: No children6.4%
+ 8 other households · 28.4%
Schools in Town
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Blackfriars Academy
Staffordshire · ST5 2TF
Outstanding
0.3 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–19
Hassell Primary School
Staffordshire · ST5 1LF
Good
0.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy
Staffordshire · ST5 2NB
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Staffordshire · ST5 2TA
Good
0.5 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
St John Fisher Catholic College
Staffordshire · ST5 2SJ
Requires improvement
0.5 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18
Lyme Brook Independent School
Staffordshire · ST5 1JB
0.4 mi
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 8–16
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
Staffordshire · ST5 2GB
0.6 mi
16 plusStateMixed · Ages 16–99
Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Staffordshire · ST5 1DB
0.3 mi
All-throughIndependentMixed · Ages 2–19
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Town
Postcodes in Town
ST4 6BTST4 6BUST4 6BXST4 6BYST4 6BZST4 6DAST5 1AAST5 1ADST5 1AEST5 1AGST5 1AHST5 1ANST5 1AQST5 1ARST5 1ASST5 1AUST5 1AWST5 1AXST5 1AYST5 1AZST5 1BAST5 1BBST5 1BDST5 1BEST5 1BFST5 1BGST5 1BHST5 1BJST5 1BLST5 1BNST5 1BPST5 1BSST5 1BTST5 1BWST5 1DAST5 1DBST5 1DDST5 1DEST5 1DFST5 1DGST5 1DJST5 1DLST5 1DPST5 1DQST5 1DRST5 1DSST5 1DUST5 1EDST5 1EEST5 1EFST5 1EGST5 1EHST5 1EJST5 1ELST5 1ENST5 1EZST5 1FAST5 1FBST5 1FDST5 1FEST5 1FFST5 1FGST5 1FHST5 1FJST5 1FLST5 1HAST5 1HDST5 1HEST5 1HFST5 1HGST5 1HHST5 1HJST5 1HLST5 1HNST5 1HRST5 1HTST5 1HXST5 1HZST5 1JBST5 1JDST5 1JJST5 1JLST5 1JNST5 1JPST5 1JRST5 1JTST5 1JUST5 1JWST5 1JXST5 1JYST5 1JZST5 1LAST5 1LBST5 1LDST5 1LFST5 1LGST5 1LHST5 1LJST5 1LLST5 1LNST5 1LPST5 1LQST5 1LRST5 1LSST5 1LTST5 1LUST5 1LWST5 1LXST5 1LZST5 1NAST5 1NBST5 1NDST5 1NEST5 1NFST5 1NGST5 1NHST5 1NJST5 1NLST5 1NNST5 1NP