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East Staffordshire

East Staffordshire is a town or village in Staffordshire, England. There are around 1 restaurants & cafés, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Uttoxeter, 4.6 km away. There were around 21 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 21 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, East Staffordshire is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 124,022 residents at roughly 320 people per km².

60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 79th of 294 English council areas — better than 73% of them.

Low crime60
Home affordability71
Affordable rents72
Good schools73
Life expectancy41
Low deprivation49
Employment48
Low council tax71

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 75% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:32

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

27 reported · July 2026 69% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Other crime9
  • Burglary1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Needwood · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB), linked to drug misuse is a key priority for the area.
  • Traffic concerns.

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

Road safety

171 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 202 casualties · 13.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 15 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Uttoxeter (4.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£225,551 average 5.2% YoY

Across East Staffordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£352,159
Semi-detached£225,622
Terraced£175,333
Flat£103,175

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£851 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £610
  • 2 bed £770
  • 3 bed £936

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Esso (11.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (11.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,022 residents in East Staffordshire · 320/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 157 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,090
D £2,351
E £2,874
F £3,396
G £3,919
H £4,703

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

Schools

62 schools · 22,302 pupils

43 primary · 9 secondary · 10 other

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

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary AcademyOutstanding
  • John Taylor Free SchoolGood
  • Paget High SchoolGood
  • Paulet High SchoolGood
  • The de Ferrers AcademyGood
  • The JCB AcademyGood
  • Abbot Beyne School
  • John Taylor High School
  • Thomas Alleyne's High School

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

Care & health services

842 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes273
  • GP practices129
  • Dentists179
  • Homecare agencies178
  • Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

171 applications decided

94.2% granted · 161 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 21
  • Con 15
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,835 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burton and Uttoxeter:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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)