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Audley

Audley is a town in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 5,638. It has around 1 pharmacy and 2 restaurants and cafés, 20 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Apedale Road, 3.2 km away. There were around 39 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Audley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newcastle-under-Lyme area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 123,299 residents at roughly 584 people per km².

Council
Newcastle-under-Lyme
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police force
Staffordshire
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My Area Score

Good

Ranked 94th of 294 English council areas — better than 68% of them.

Low crime65
Home affordability80
Affordable rents65
Good schools47
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation47
Employment59
Low council tax75

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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 17° / 9° · 80% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:34

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

48 reported · July 2026 45% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences28
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Other theft3
  • Public order3

1 stop & searches · mostly evidence of offences under the act

Neighbourhood team: Audley & Halmerend · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Ongoing nuisance/dangerous parking, specifically around Church Street.
  • Increase in vehicle crime which is a combination of theft of motor vehicles, theft from motor vehicles, and damage to vehicles.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

53 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 45 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Apedale Road (2.7 km)
  • 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Alsager (4.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£209,547 average 6.6% YoY

Across Newcastle-under-Lyme · to 2026-06

Detached£322,909
Semi-detached£202,530
Terraced£163,085
Flat£93,255

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.2 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 170 kW
  • Nearest: PEAK ACTIVITY 1 (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,556
B £1,816
C £2,075
D £2,334
E £2,853
F £3,372
G £3,890
H £4,669

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Chesterton Community Sports CollegeGood
  • Clayton Hall AcademyGood
  • Kidsgrove Secondary SchoolGood
  • Newcastle AcademyGood
  • Sir Thomas Boughey AcademyGood
  • The Orme AcademyGood
  • St John Fisher Catholic CollegeRequires improvement
  • Madeley High School
  • The King's CofE Academy

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Adam Jogee

Labour

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 15
  • Ref 26

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised · £28,000 avg

e.g. Work from Home Independent Contractor, Internet Crowd Worker, Work from Home (Researcher)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 79% · Nuclear 9% · Gas 8% · Solar 4%

32 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in ST7

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newcastle-under-Lyme:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Miles Green · 0.4 km

    Miles Green is a village in the civil parish of Audley Rural, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in the county of Staffordshire, England and is about 5 miles (8 km) north west of Stoke-on-Trent. In 2021 it had a po…

  • Audley, Staffordshire · 0.4 km

    Audley is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Audley Rural, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in Staffordshire, England. It is the centre of Audley Rural parish, approximately four miles…

  • Audley Urban District · 0.4 km

    Audley Urban District is a former administrative unit in Staffordshire created by the Local Government Act 1894. It contained the civil parish of Audley. In 1932 it was abolished, being absorbed into the Newcastle-und…

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme (constituency) · 1.1 km

    Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency in northern Staffordshire created in 1354 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Adam Jogee of the Labour Party.

  • Bignall End · 1.2 km

    Bignall End is a village in Staffordshire, England, near Junction 16 of the M6 motorway.

  • Audley and Bignall End · 1.2 km

    Audley and Bignall End was a ward in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It covered the villages of Audley and Bignall End. According to the 2011 Census it had a population o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Audley?
Audley is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority.
What is the population of Audley?
Audley has an approximate settlement population of 5,638.
How deprived is Audley?
The Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority, which includes Audley, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.