Brocton

20°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 15° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:30

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

4 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Vehicle crime1
• Violence & sexual offences1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Milford,Baswich,Weeping Cross · Staffordshire

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

227 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 291 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

47 food businesses within 2 miles

• 41 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stafford (5.8 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£259,721 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Stafford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£898 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £629
• 2 bed £789
• 3 bed £974

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

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: The Moat House (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

136,867 residents in Stafford · 229/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 233 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,303 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 64,130)

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

66 schools · 18,003 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 18 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford

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
• 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

132 applications decided

77.3% granted · 102 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour / Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 1
• Grn 5
• Oth 7

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Italian Tutor in Brocton – Flexible & Remote, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Brocton – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,383 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,931 certificates

14.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office419 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills355 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s281 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test261 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Brocton, Staffordshire · 0.2 km

  Brocton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. The village describes itself as the Gateway to Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Sci…

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  Milford Hall · 1.5 km

  Milford Hall is a privately owned 18th-century English country house at Milford, near Stafford. It is the family seat of the Levett Haszard family and is a Grade II listed building.

• Milford, Staffordshire · 1.6 km

  Milford is a village in the county of Staffordshire, England. It lies at the edge of Cannock Chase, on the A513 road between Stafford and Rugeley. Just to the north of the village is the River Sow.

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  Walton-on-the-Hill, Staffordshire · 1.6 km

  Walton-on-the-Hill is a village in the civil parish of Berkswich, in the Stafford district, in Staffordshire, England. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the centre of Stafford, and lies on the A513 road. The popula…

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  St Thomas Church, Walton-on-the-hill · 1.6 km

  St Thomas Church is a Anglican church in the village of Walton-on-the-Hill, Staffordshire, England.

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  Milford and Brocton railway station · 1.8 km

  Milford and Brocton railway station served the villages of Milford and Brocton in Staffordshire, England from 1877 to 1950 on the Trent Valley line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)