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Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local area in Staffordshire, England. It has 19 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Silverdale, 2.5 km away. There were around 28 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 19 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Newcastle-under-Lyme is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 123,299 residents at roughly 584 people per km².

58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 94th of 294 English council areas — better than 68% of them.

Low crime65
Home affordability80
Affordable rents65
Good schools47
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation47
Employment59
Low council tax75

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

14°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 15° / 10° · 54% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:39

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

21 reported · July 2026 22% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Madeley Keele & Loggerheads · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Repeat anti-social behaviour (ASB) around Greyhound Court and Madeley shops. This is from groups of youths in and around the shops and ot…
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) noted on Keele golf course, specifically nuisance off-road motorcycles

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

Road safety

122 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 177 casualties · 9.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

84 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 74 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Silverdale (2.5 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Longport (5.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£209,547 average 6.6% YoY

Across Newcastle-under-Lyme · to 2026-06

Detached£322,909
Semi-detached£202,530
Terraced£163,085
Flat£93,255

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£830 average monthly rent 8.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £578
  • 2 bed £741
  • 3 bed £892

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

Affordability

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.4 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 170 kW
  • Nearest: Keele University - Leisure Centre (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

123,299 residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme · 584/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 150 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (43% of 58,590)

A £1,556
B £1,816
C £2,075
D £2,334
E £2,853
F £3,372
G £3,890
H £4,669

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

Schools

64 schools · 17,540 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 22 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Chesterton Community Sports CollegeGood
  • Clayton Hall AcademyGood
  • Kidsgrove Secondary SchoolGood
  • Newcastle AcademyGood
  • Sir Thomas Boughey AcademyGood
  • The Orme AcademyGood
  • St John Fisher Catholic CollegeRequires improvement
  • Madeley High School
  • The King's CofE Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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

  • Within the Green Belt

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

Planning decisions

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 15
  • Ref 26

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

244 jobs advertised · £37,225 avg

e.g. Production Operative - Forklift, Chef Manager, Online Physics Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£692 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,129 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,820 certificates

17.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newcastle-under-Lyme:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Scot Hay · 0.5 km

    Scot Hay is a hamlet located outside the town of Newcastle-under-lyme, Staffordshire, England. It is located near Keele University and also the villages of Silverdale and Keele

  • Leycett · 0.7 km

    Leycett is a village in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It was built in the late 1860s to accommodate miners and their families at the nearby collieries and coal mines. Population detail…

  • Leycett railway station · 0.9 km

    Leycett railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

  • Keele railway station · 1.2 km

    Keele railway station served both the villages of Keele and Madeley Heath, in Staffordshire, England, between 1870 and 1967.

  • Alsagers Bank · 1.4 km

    Alsagers Bank is a village in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire. Population details at the 2011 census can be found under Audley Rural. It has a pub, The Gresley Arms, St John's Church, a primary sc…

  • Silverdale railway station (Staffordshire) · 1.5 km

    Silverdale railway station was a railway station that served the village of Silverdale, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)