Alsager

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:32

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

63 reported · August 2026▼ 28% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson5

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Alsager · Cheshire

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

157 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 204 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 47 rated 4–5 ★ (42 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alsager (0.6 km)
• 38 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,269 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across Newcastle-under-Lyme · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£833 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £580
• 2 bed £744
• 3 bed £896

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

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

1,589 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 (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.6 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: SHELL RECHARGE BARTHOMLEY (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,570
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,972
• Net moves+598

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 146 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

63 schools · 17,429 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

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

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

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

833 CQC-registered services

• Care homes274
• GP practices127
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

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

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

125 applications decided

91.2% granted · 114 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sarah Russell

Labour

Congleton

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• Ref 26

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

27 jobs advertised · £28,924 avg

e.g. Barista - Store 87684, Alsager - Sainsbury's, Nursery Lead Practitioner, Sports Coach

Source: Adzuna

£692 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Nuclear 30% · Gas 24% · Imports 2%

95 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in ST7

• Kidsgrove Medical Centre
• Audley Health Centre
• Mount Road Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Congleton:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND885 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills393 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases260 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth215 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  St Mary Magdalene's Church, Alsager · 0.0 km

  St Mary Magdalene's Church is in Crewe Road, Alsager, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Dedicated to J…

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  Alsager · 0.1 km

  Alsager is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located to the north-west of Stoke-on-Trent and east of Crewe. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population…

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  Alsager railway station · 0.7 km

  Alsager railway station serves the town of Alsager, in Cheshire, England. It stands next to a level crossing and is approximately 600 yards (550 m) from the town centre. The station is 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) east of Cr…

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  Christ Church, Alsager · 0.7 km

  Christ Church Alsager is in the town of Alsager, Cheshire, England. Its mission is to love God and to love others. Christ Church Alsager provides activities for all ages including children, youth and the elderly, as w…

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  Alsager Town F.C. · 0.8 km

  Alsager Town Football Club is a football club, based in Alsager, Cheshire, England. The club are currently members of North West Counties League Division One South and play at Wood Park Stadium. Affiliated to the Ches…

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  Alsager School · 0.8 km

  Alsager School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Alsager in the English county of Cheshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)