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Biddulph

Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 17,669. It has 25 bus stops and Kidsgrove railway station 4 km away. There were around 111 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 Biddulph 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
Staffordshire Moorlands
Police force
Staffordshire
58/ 100

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°CSunny

  • Today: 23° / 15° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:29

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

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

90 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 78 rated 4–5 ★ (70 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Congleton (4.6 km)
  • 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Congleton (4.6 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 (7.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.4 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Sov - Type 2 - Charger 2 (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds7

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 39 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

Dame Karen Bradley

Conservative

Staffordshire Moorlands

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 15
  • Ref 26

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

24 jobs advertised · £33,836 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Machine Operative, Lead Veterinary Surgeon – Knypersley, Staffordshire

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 16% · Solar 5%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · 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

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in ST8

  • Biddulph Valley Surgery
  • Biddulph Doctors
  • Biddulph Drug Misuse

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Staffordshire Moorlands:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Biddulph Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Biddulph Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Biddulph, a town in Staffordshire, in England. It currently serves as the meeting place of Biddulph Town Council and as a venue for concerts and other p…

  • Biddulph · 0.3 km

    Biddulph is a town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. The town lies 9 miles (14 km) north of Stoke-on-Trent and 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Congleton, cl…

  • Biddulph railway station · 0.5 km

    Biddulph railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864; it served the town of Biddulph, in Staffordshire, England, until its closure in 1964.

  • Braddocks Hay · 0.6 km

    Braddocks Hay is a suburb of Biddulph in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. Braddocks Hay is a former hamlet and now forms part of the town of Biddulph.

  • Biddulph High School · 1.4 km

    Biddulph High School is a mixed upper school and sixth form located in the Knypersley area of Biddulph in the English county of Staffordshire.

  • Knypersley Hall · 1.4 km

    Knypersley Hall is an 18th-century Georgian style country mansion at Biddulph, Staffordshire, England. It is protected as a Grade II* listed building. After falling into a state of disrepair it was partially subdivide…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Biddulph?
Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority.
What is the population of Biddulph?
Biddulph has an approximate settlement population of 17,669.
How deprived is Biddulph?
The Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority, which includes Biddulph, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.