Draycott in the Clay

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 6° · 52% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:33

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Public order2
• Burglary1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Needwood · Staffordshire

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

230 reported road collisions (2025)

53 killed or seriously injured · 299 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tutbury and Hatton (5.9 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£229,876 average▲ 2% YoY

Across East Staffordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£858 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £614
• 2 bed £775
• 3 bed £943

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,751 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 140.9p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Hilton at St George's Park (5.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

124,022 residents in East Staffordshire · 320/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,175
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,835
• Net moves+1,340

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 156 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (33% of 56,250)

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

62 schools · 22,302 pupils

43 primary · 9 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 25 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

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

833 CQC-registered services

• Care homes274
• GP practices127
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

246 applications decided

81.3% granted · 200 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jacob Collier

Labour

Burton and Uttoxeter

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 15
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,905 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

22 jobs advertised · £64,924 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Tramper Driver, Warehouse Operative, Paramedic

Source: Adzuna

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,329 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,281 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 21% · Biomass 20% · Imports 2%

240 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in DE6

• Ashbourne Medical Practice
• Henmore Health - Brailsford Surgery
• Henmore Health - Ashbourne Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burton and Uttoxeter:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills577 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth190 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 152 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Draycott in the Clay · 0.1 km

  Draycott in the Clay is a village and civil parish within the English county of Staffordshire. The population of the village was 845 at the 2021 census.

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  Hanbury, Staffordshire · 1.7 km

  Hanbury is a rural village and civil parish 3.3 miles (5.3 km) west-north-west of Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is bounded to the north by the River Dove.

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  HM Prison Dovegate · 2.1 km

  His Majesty's Prison Dovegate is a Category B men's private prison near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England, operated by Serco.

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  Sudbury railway station (Staffordshire) · 2.2 km

  Sudbury railway station was a railway station serving Sudbury, Derbyshire although the station was located in Staffordshire, near to Draycott in the Clay.

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  RAF Fauld explosion · 2.7 km

  The RAF Fauld explosion occurred during the Second World War at the RAF Fauld underground munitions storage depot in Staffordshire, England at 11:11 am on Monday, 27 November 1944. The blast, which was one of the larg…

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  St Peter's Church, Marchington · 2.9 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)