Stockport

15°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 13° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2

9 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Town Centre · Greater Manchester

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

221 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 268 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 392 rated 4–5 ★ (324 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Stockport (0.6 km)
• 100 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£314,495 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Stockport · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,111 average monthly rent▲ 5.1% YoY

• 1 bed £807
• 2 bed £1,029
• 3 bed £1,257

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

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (1.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (9.2 km)

58 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

71 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: St Petersgate (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms12
• Sports pitches65
• Playgrounds37

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

294,773 residents in Stockport · 2,338/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 154 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,619 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 133,540)

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

138 schools · 47,342 pupils

87 primary · 14 secondary · 37 other

Ofsted: 43 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stockport

307 CQC-registered services

• Care homes67
• GP practices49
• Dentists78
• Homecare agencies73
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Stockport

• In a conservation area (St Peter's)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 104 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

332 applications decided

94.3% granted · 313 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Navendu Mishra

Labour

Stockport

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 14
• Con 1
• LD 34
• Grn 4
• Ref 2
• Oth 8

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

• Schools21
• GPs & clinics15
• Pharmacies10
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens11654
• Restaurants & cafés148

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,707 jobs advertised · £40,065 avg

e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Technician, Claims Handler

Source: Adzuna

£782 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,236 disposable income per head (2024)

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

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,334 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 55% · Imports 16% · Gas 14% · Solar 7%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.1 women · 61.8 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stockport:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership378 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office372 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership307 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test258 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  St Joseph's Church, Stockport · 0.0 km

  St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was built from 1861 to 1862 and designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield. It is situated on St Petersgate, south west of t…

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  St Peter's Church, Stockport · 0.1 km

  St Peter's Church is the second-oldest parish church in the town of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The church stands in St Peter's Square and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) as a…

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  Queen's Head, Underbank · 0.1 km

  The Queen's Head is a former public house in the Underbank area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The building dates from the late 18th or early 19th century and has been altered several times, including the…

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  Plaza Cinema, Stockport · 0.2 km

  The Plaza is a Grade II* listed art deco single-screen cinema and theatre in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1932, its construction having involved the excavation of the sandstone cliff behind it.…

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  Bull's Head, Stockport · 0.2 km

  The Bull's Head is a Grade II listed former public house on Market Place in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Although the present building dates from the mid‑19th century, a pub of the same name stood on the si…

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  White Lion, Underbank · 0.2 km

  The White Lion is a Grade II listed public house on Great Underbank, in the Underbank area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The site has been occupied by a licensed inn since 1490, and successive buildings w…

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