Rocester

15°CMist

• Today: 20° / 14° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:30

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

12 reported · July 2026▼ 45% YoY

• Drugs3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft2
• Violence & sexual offences2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Uttoxeter Rural · Staffordshire

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

158 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 222 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alton Towers Car Park (4.6 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£353,364 average▲ 11.7% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£810 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £751
• 3 bed £899

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 175.9p · Asda (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Old Denstone Road (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

71,541 residents in Derbyshire Dales · 90/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 265 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,445 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 35,780)

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

66 schools · 9,448 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

64inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Derbyshire Dales

695 CQC-registered services

• Care homes245
• GP practices111
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies152
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Derbyshire

• In a conservation area (Rocester)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

113 applications decided

89.4% granted · 101 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jacob Collier

Labour

Burton and Uttoxeter

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 9
• LD 12
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

23 jobs advertised · £33,187 avg

e.g. MHE Driver, Become a Psychology Tutor in Rocester – Flexible & Remote, Industrial Cleaner (Day Shift)

Source: Adzuna

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,486 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 35,810 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 38% · Wind 30% · Gas 30% · Nuclear 2%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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 skills572 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s483 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office421 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership393 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test269 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Rocester · 0.1 km

  Rocester is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Its name is spelt Rowcestre in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is located on the Derbyshire border.

• Rocester Abbey · 0.3 km

  Rocester Abbey was a medieval monastic house at Rocester, Staffordshire, England of which there is now no trace above ground level.

• JCB Academy · 0.5 km

  The JCB Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school within the English University Technical College programme, in Rocester, Staffordshire, England. It specialises in engineering and business qualificati…

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  Rocester F.C. · 0.6 km

  Rocester Football Club is a football club based in Rocester, near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, currently playing in the Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division.

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  Rocester railway station · 0.7 km

  Rocester railway station served the village of Rocester, in Staffordshire, England. It was a stop on the Churnet Valley Line, built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR).

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  Abbotsholme School · 1.2 km

  Abbotsholme School is a co-educational private boarding and day school. It was announced in June 2026 that the school would be closing on 22 June 2026. The school is situated on a 140-acre campus on the banks of the R…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)