Styal
Styal is a village in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 2,000. It has 1 park and green space, and around 3 restaurants and cafés, along with 7 bus stops and Styal railway station 0.4 km away. There were around 9 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Styal area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Cheshire East area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 398,772 residents at roughly 342 people per km².
- Council
- Cheshire East
- County
- Cheshire
- Constituency
- Tatton
- Police force
- Cheshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 65th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.
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
12°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 12° / 7° · 27% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:31
9h 18m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
24US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
16 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences9
- Burglary2
- Criminal damage & arson2
- Vehicle crime2
Neighbourhood team: Wilmslow Dean Row and Lacey Green · Cheshire
Local policing priorities
- Vehicle Crime and Burglaries
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
578 reported road collisions (2025)
170 killed or seriously injured · 696 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
314 food businesses within 2 miles
- 258 rated 4–5 ★ (236 top)
- 5 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Styal (0.8 km)
- 16 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Styal (0.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£311,897 average▲ 4.5% YoY
Across Cheshire East · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£985 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY
- 1 bed £696
- 2 bed £898
- 3 bed £1,106
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
7.6× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.6 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
6,340 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.6 km)
25 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
43 charging locations within ~8 km
- 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: 8001509 (1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres3
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches21
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
398,772 residents in Cheshire East · 342/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK21,219
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,144
- Net moves+5,075
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 231 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (21% of 190,830)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
182 schools · 59,906 pupils
125 primary · 23 secondary · 34 other
Ofsted: 61 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)
157 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Alsager SchoolGood
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolGood
- Malbank School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
- Middlewich High SchoolGood
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
- The Fallibroome AcademyGood
- The Oaks AcademyGood
- The Macclesfield AcademyRequires improvement
- All Hallows Catholic College
- Brine Leas School
- Cheshire Studio School
- Congleton High School
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC
- Eaton Bank Academy
- Knutsford Academy
- Poynton High School
- Ruskin Community High School
- Sandbach School
- Shavington Academy
- Sir William Stanier School
- St Thomas More Catholic High School
- Tytherington School
- Wilmslow High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire East
Care & health services
414 CQC-registered services
- Care homes105
- GP practices72
- Dentists104
- Homecare agencies94
- Hospitals & hospices11
CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding
Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire East
Heritage & planning
- Within the Green Belt
- 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
553 applications decided
85.7% granted · 474 granted, 79 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Labour / Independent coalition
- Lab 28
- Con 32
- LD 1
- Grn 1
- Ref 1
- Oth 19
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- Parks & greens97
- Restaurants & cafés6
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
22,390 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
86 jobs advertised · £35,742 avg
e.g. MOT Tester - Wilmslow - SK9 1BU, Early Years Practitioner, Prison Employment Advisor
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£808 median full-time weekly pay
2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£29,202 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
44% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 195,088 certificates
9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 66 women · 64.5 men
61% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.7
- Feeling worthwhile7.8
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in SK9
- Kenmore Medical Centre
- Alderley Edge Medical Centre
- Handforth Health Centre
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tatton:
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND494 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Remove the grey belt planning rules279 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills250 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth206 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately177 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Styal · 0.8 kmStyal is a village and civil parish near the town of Wilmslow in Cheshire, England. The River Bollin runs through the parish.
Styal railway station · 0.9 kmStyal railway station serves the village of Styal, in Cheshire, England. It is a stop on the Styal Line, which links Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport and Wilmslow.
Norcliffe Chapel · 0.9 kmNorcliffe Chapel is in the village of Styal, Cheshire, England. It is a Unitarian chapel, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The chapel was built in 182…
- Norcliffe Hall · 1.2 km
Norcliffe Hall is a large house encompassing 20,254 square feet near the village of Styal, Cheshire, England. It stands to the west of the village and to the north of Styal Country Park. It was built in 1831 for Rober…
Quarry Bank Mill · 1.3 kmQuarry Bank Mill in Styal, Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved textile factories of the Industrial Revolution. Built in 1784, the cotton mill is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a desi…
British European Airways Flight 411 · 1.4 kmBritish European Airways Flight 411 crashed on approach to Manchester Airport after a flight from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport on 14 March 1957 and hit a house in Wythenshawe. All on board, 20 passengers a…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Styal?
- Styal is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Cheshire East local authority.
- How deprived is Styal?
- The Cheshire East local authority, which includes Styal, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.