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Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands)

Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 17 restaurants and cafés, with 25 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Foxfield Colliery, 3.4 km away. There were around 73 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 Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Staffordshire Moorlands area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 95,845 residents at roughly 166 people per km².

Council
Staffordshire Moorlands
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Stone
Police force
Staffordshire
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 30th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime90
Home affordability64
Affordable rents81
Good schools26
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation64
Employment88
Low council tax74

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

10°CClear

  • Today: 19° / 9° · 72% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:33

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

54US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

107 reported · July 2026 27% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences39
  • Anti-social behaviour13
  • Other theft12
  • Public order12

5 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Cheadle Town · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle crime, relating to theft of motorbikes as well as cars.
  • Violent crime

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

Road safety

134 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

77 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 63 rated 4–5 ★ (53 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Foxfield Colliery (3.4 km)
  • 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Blythe Bridge (5.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£227,875 average 9.4% YoY

Across Staffordshire Moorlands · to 2026-06

Detached£336,576
Semi-detached£225,155
Terraced£166,176
Flat£113,062

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons Cheadle (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches17
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

95,845 residents in Staffordshire Moorlands · 166/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,559
B £1,819
C £2,078
D £2,338
E £2,858
F £3,377
G £3,897
H £4,676

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Blythe Bridge High SchoolGood
  • Endon High SchoolGood
  • Moorside High SchoolGood
  • Painsley Catholic CollegeGood
  • Leek High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Westwood CollegeRequires improvement
  • Biddulph High School
  • The Cheadle Academy

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

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
  • 59 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

81 applications decided

69.1% granted · 56 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dame Karen Bradley

Conservative

Staffordshire Moorlands

Recent votes:

  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens37
  • Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 29% · Imports 7% · Gas 3%

16 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Staffordshire Moorlands:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle · 0.1 km

    St Giles' Church is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. The Grade I listed Gothic Revival church was designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and built between 1841 and 1846, fund…

  • Cheadle, Staffordshire · 0.3 km

    Cheadle is a market town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands District of Staffordshire, England. It is located between Uttoxeter, Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. Dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, it li…

  • Osborne House, Cheadle · 0.4 km

    Osborne House, formerly Cheadle Town Hall, is a former municipal building in Leek Road in Cheadle, Staffordshire, a town in England. The building retains the façade of the former town hall but has been extensively r…

  • Painsley Catholic College · 0.4 km

    Painsley Catholic College is a Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status in Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. The name comes from Painsley Hall, Draycott in the Moors, from which the Painsley and Draycott Mis…

  • The Cheadle Academy · 0.4 km

    The Cheadle Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Cheadle, Staffordshire in the Midlands area of England.

  • Cheadle railway station · 0.6 km

    Cheadle railway station served the town of Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. It was the terminus of a branch line from Cresswell and opened in 1901.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands)?
Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Staffordshire Moorlands local authority.
How deprived is Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands)?
The Staffordshire Moorlands local authority, which includes Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.