Stoke-on-Trent

6°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 6° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:30

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

620 reported · August 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences181
• Anti-social behaviour154
• Other theft51
• Public order50

Neighbourhood team: Joiners Square · Staffordshire

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

359 reported road collisions (2025)

80 killed or seriously injured · 438 casualties · 13.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 385 rated 4–5 ★ (337 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Stoke-on-Trent (1.9 km)
• 56 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£150,112 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Stoke-on-Trent · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£715 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £518
• 2 bed £662
• 3 bed £796

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

4.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.4 times median annual pay (4.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,770 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: 154.9p · Esso (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

52 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Fenton (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches56
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Christmas warning as illegal e-scooters could be seized by police· 4 Nov 2026
• Ofsted recognises strong support for care-experienced young people in Stoke-on-Trent· 30 Oct 2026
• Pottermus and Boomer star in new children's book to inspire young readers· 30 Oct 2026
• Trading Standards operation sees over £20,000 worth of illegal products seized· 29 Oct 2026
• City looking to review powers around inappropriate face coverings· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Stoke-on-Trent Council

258,370 residents in Stoke-on-Trent · 2,765/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,595
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,447
• Net moves−852

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 26 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

29% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,183 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 119,760)

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

117 schools · 41,364 pupils

71 primary · 15 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 37 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stoke-on-Trent

280 CQC-registered services

• Care homes84
• GP practices43
• Dentists44
• Homecare agencies81
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Stoke-on-Trent

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

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

138 applications decided

80.4% granted · 111 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)

Stoke-on-Trent Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 27
• Con 8
• Ref 5
• Oth 4

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens31
• Restaurants & cafés53

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,989 jobs advertised · £37,898 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Staffordshire, Maths Teacher, Delivery Driver - Stoke

Source: Adzuna

£651 median full-time weekly pay

5.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,925 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 125,878 certificates

21.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 26% · Nuclear 25% · Imports 5%

104 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.5 women · 55.1 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

16 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in ST1

• Norfolk Street Surgery
• Harley Street Medical Ctr
• Birches Head Medical Ctr.

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stoke-on-Trent Central:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills598 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases205 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND175 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 157 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth148 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

• City Sentral · 0.4 km

  City Sentral was a planned major retail and leisure development in city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was proposed by Realis Estates, and was a planned 650,000 sq ft (60,000 m2) regional shopping centr…

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  Hanley · 0.5 km

  Hanley is one of the six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. The town is the main business, commerc…

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  Sacred Heart Church, Hanley · 0.5 km

  Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church in Jasper Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. The building, completed in 1891, is Grade II listed.

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  Hanley bus station · 0.5 km

  Hanley bus station is a bus station in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

• Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent · 0.5 km

  Northwood is an older residential area of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. It is home to Northwood Stadium, the ground of City of Stoke Athletics Club.

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  Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent · 0.6 km

  For other theatres with a similar name, see Victoria Theatre (disambiguation)

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)