Birchall

19°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:30

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

41 reported · July 2026▼ 34% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Public order4
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Leek Town · Staffordshire

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

134 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

199 food businesses within 2 miles

• 177 rated 4–5 ★ (162 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Leek (Churnet Valley) (0.7 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£227,875 average▲ 9.4% YoY

Across Staffordshire Moorlands · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£724 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £524
• 2 bed £681
• 3 bed £861

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

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Leek (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,845 residents in Staffordshire Moorlands · 166/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 204 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 45,160)

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

68 schools · 14,402 pupils

42 primary · 8 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Staffordshire Moorlands

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
• 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

81 applications decided

69.1% granted · 56 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Karen Bradley

Conservative

Staffordshire Moorlands

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£770 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,399 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

30% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 41,004 certificates

17.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Solar 22% · Nuclear 14% · Imports 4%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Staffordshire Moorlands:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills572 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office383 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership282 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership261 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s213 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Leek railway station (Churnet Valley Railway) · 0.9 km

  Leek railway station (Churnet Valley Railway) is the northern terminus of the Churnet Valley Railway serving the market town of Leek in Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 2024 after 30 years of restoring the lin…

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  Barnfields · 1.1 km

  Barnfields is a suburb of Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England.

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  All Saints' Church, Leek · 1.3 km

  All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by Norman Shaw, and built in 1885–1887; the church has stained glass by Morris & Co.

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  Leek Brook railway station · 1.4 km

  Leek Brook railway station is a passenger station that serves the village of Leekbrook in Staffordshire, England.

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  Leek railway station · 1.4 km

  Leek railway station served the town of Leek, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1849. Passenger services to Uttoxeter were withdrawn in 1965, with complete closure following in 1970. F…

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  Nicholson War Memorial · 1.7 km

  The Nicholson War Memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, England is a 1925 war memorial. It was commissioned by local manufacturer Sir Arthur Nicholson and his wife Lady Marianne, née Falkner, in memory of their son Lieuten…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)