Ashley (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 10° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:34

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

5 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Madeley Keele & Loggerheads · Staffordshire

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

122 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 177 casualties · 9.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 11 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£209,547 average▲ 6.6% YoY

Across Newcastle-under-Lyme · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£830 average monthly rent▲ 8.4% YoY

• 1 bed £578
• 2 bed £741
• 3 bed £892

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (11.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 150 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,334 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

64 schools · 17,540 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 14 other

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

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

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

842 CQC-registered services

• Care homes273
• GP practices129
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies178
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

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

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

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Leigh Ingham

Labour

Stafford

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• Ref 26

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

4,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£692 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% 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

97% low-carbon electricity

Wind 66% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 3%

12 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs 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

7 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TF9

• Tern Hill Medical Centre
• Market Drayton Medical Practice
• Hodnet Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stafford:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office373 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership369 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s322 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills311 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases302 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Ashley, Staffordshire · 0.3 km

  Ashley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Loggerheads, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 508. Th…

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  Loggerheads, Staffordshire · 2.1 km

  Loggerheads is a village and civil parish in north-west Staffordshire, England, on the A53 between Market Drayton and Newcastle-under-Lyme. The village is close to the border with Shropshire and Cheshire.

• Maer, Staffordshire · 3.3 km

  Maer is a rural village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, to the west of the pottery manufacturing city of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  Mucklestone · 3.6 km

  Mucklestone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Loggerheads, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is about nine miles (14 km) northwest of Eccleshall…

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  Dorothy Clive Garden · 3.6 km

  The Dorothy Clive Garden is a charitable garden trust located in Willoughbridge, Shropshire, close to its Staffordshire and Cheshire borders.

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  Maer Hall · 3.8 km

  Maer Hall is a large Grade II listed 17th-century country house in Maer, Staffordshire, set in a park which is listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)