East Staffordshire

6°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 5° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:29

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

9 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Needwood · Staffordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

230 reported road collisions (2025)

53 killed or seriously injured · 299 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

18 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Uttoxeter (4.6 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£229,876 average▲ 2% YoY

Across East Staffordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£858 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £614
• 2 bed £775
• 3 bed £943

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,751 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 179.9p · Asda (5.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 201.9p · Asda (5.5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Uttoxeter (4.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

124,022 residents in East Staffordshire · 320/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,175
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,835
• Net moves+1,340

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 156 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (33% of 56,250)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

62 schools · 22,302 pupils

43 primary · 9 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 25 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

59 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Staffordshire

833 CQC-registered services

• Care homes274
• GP practices127
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

246 applications decided

81.3% granted · 200 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 15
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,905 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,329 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,281 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burton and Uttoxeter:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills577 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth190 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 152 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Marchington · 0.7 km

  Marchington is a small village in East Staffordshire, England. It lies between the towns of Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter. Marchington has a small community-run shop, a first school, two churches and two pubs. The p…

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  St Peter's Church, Marchington · 0.8 km

  St Peter's Church is a Church of England church in Marchington, Staffordshire. It is the only church in the parish of St. Peter Marchington.

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  Marchington railway station · 1.1 km

  Marchington railway station was a railway station in Marchington, Staffordshire which opened in 1854 and closed in 1958. It was on the Crewe to Derby Line.

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  HM Prison Dovegate · 1.6 km

  His Majesty's Prison Dovegate is a Category B men's private prison near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England, operated by Serco.

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  Burton and Uttoxeter · 1.7 km

  Burton and Uttoxeter is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Jacob Collier of the Labour Party.

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  Forest Banks · 2.2 km

  Forest Banks is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Staffordshire, England. It is located 3km southwest of Marchington. This protected area comprises three patches of woodland that are within a section of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)