Bignall End

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 9° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

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

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

37 reported · July 2026▲ 28% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Public order3
• Criminal damage & arson2

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

Neighbourhood team: Audley & Halmerend · 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)

104 food businesses within 2 miles

• 87 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Apedale Road (2.5 km)
• 17 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: 154.9p · Esso (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.4 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 170 kW
• Nearest: PEAK ACTIVITY 1 (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds7

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
• 10 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

Adam Jogee

Labour

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• Ref 26

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 78% · Nuclear 16% · Solar 4% · Imports 1%

3 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · 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

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 Newcastle-under-Lyme:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills641 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 287 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide

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

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  Audley and Bignall End railway station · 0.2 km

  Audley and Bignall End railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway, which operated in the West Midlands county of Staffordshire, in England.

• Bignall End · 0.2 km

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

• Diglake Colliery Disaster · 0.3 km

  The Diglake Colliery Disaster, was a coal-mining disaster at what was Audley Colliery in Bignall End, north Staffordshire, on 14 January 1895. A flood of water rushed into the mine and caused the deaths of 77 miners.…

• Audley and Bignall End · 0.5 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…

• Audley Urban District · 0.9 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…

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  Bignall Hill · 1.1 km

  Bignall Hill, Staffordshire is a local landmark, and forms part of an escarpment ridge 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is classed as a sub HuMP. There is a large stone monument on the summit wh…

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