311
Households
White Brit. · 69%
Ethnicity
Christian · 41%
Religion
Most deprived 20–30%
Avg IMD
Among the highest · 37.6 per 1k
Crimes · Aug '26
44
Postcodes
Police Recorded Crime in ST55
England & WalesCrime trends · ST55
Estimated — no LSOA is mostly in ST55, so counts are weighted by each LSOA's share of live postcodes (police.uk, Census 2021)
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last year · per 1,000 residents (Census 2021)Sep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
8
YoY —
13106
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
11
YoY —
1172
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
210
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
210
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
2
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
8
YoY -20%
1296
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Demographics in ST55
Ethnicity
White Brit.69.3%
African5.9%
Indian5.6%
Pakistani3.3%
Chinese3.1%
+ 5 other groups · 12.8%
Religion
Christian40.9%
No religion36.1%
Not answered12.0%
Muslim7.2%
Buddhist1.1%
+ 2 other religions · 2.7%
Age groups
20–2424.7%
16–1915.8%
25–3414.7%
50–6410.9%
35–499.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 24.2%
Households
One person: other30.6%
One person: aged 66+16.1%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.0%
Single family household, all members 66+8.4%
+ 9 other households · 26.7%
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for ST55
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 20–30%
Mean decile 3.16 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 20–30% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.16 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
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Overview of ST55
Coordinates53.0142, -2.2380
Postcodes
44
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
817
Households (Census)
311
Recorded crime · Aug '26 · per 1,000 residents (Census 2021)
Among the highest · 37.6 per 1k
Postcodes in ST55
ST55 9GFST55 9GYST55 9HAST55 9HHST55 9HNST55 9HXST55 9JAST55 9JDST55 9JHST55 9JRST55 9JWST55 9JXST55 9JYST55 9JZST55 9LFST55 9LUST55 9LWST55 9SAST55 9SBST55 9SDST55 9SEST55 9SFST55 9SGST55 9SHST55 9SJST55 9SLST55 9SNST55 9SPST55 9SQST55 9SRST55 9SSST55 9STST55 9SUST55 9SWST55 9SXST55 9SYST55 9SZST55 9TAST55 9TBST55 9TDST55 9TEST55 9TFST55 9ZYST55 9ZZ
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