Great Bridgeford
Great Bridgeford is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 2,000. There are 7 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Stafford, 5.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 2 recorded street crimes, 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 Great Bridgeford area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Stafford area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 136,867 residents at roughly 229 people per km².
- Council
- Stafford
- County
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Police force
- Staffordshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 74th of 294 English council areas — better than 75% of them.
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
12°CCloudy
- Today: 14° / 6° · 22% rain
- Tomorrow: 13° / 5° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:40
9h 36m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
68US AQI · Moderate
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
6 reported · August 2026
- Burglary3
- Violence & sexual offences3
Neighbourhood team: South West Stone · Staffordshire
Local policing priorities
- Last year, issues were raised with the MOD (Ministry of Defence) Swynnerton base and the Afghan families that are being resettled in the…
- Tackling anti-social behaviour around Eccleshall High Street, Newport Road and the park areas.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
193 reported road collisions (2025)
52 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 14.1 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
22 food businesses within 2 miles
- 21 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Stafford (5.3 km)
- 7 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Norton Bridge (3.0 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£260,446 average▲ 3.5% YoY
Across Stafford · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£901 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY
- 1 bed £631
- 2 bed £791
- 3 bed £978
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
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
Property sales
1,877 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (6 km)
4 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
35 charging locations within ~8 km
- 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: SureStore - Self Storage Stafford (2.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches3
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
136,867 residents in Stafford · 229/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 23%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,988
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,477
- Net moves+1,511
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 225 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£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
Schools
68 schools · 18,003 pupils
49 primary · 6 secondary · 13 other
Ofsted: 18 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)
62 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Alleyne's Academy
- Blessed William Howard Catholic School
- King Edward VI High School
- Sir Graham Balfour High School
- The Weston Road Academy
- Walton High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
148 applications decided
79.1% granted · 117 granted, 31 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Leigh Ingham
Labour
Stafford
Recent votes:
- AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
- NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
- AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour / Independent / Green coalition
- Lab 12
- Con 15
- LD 1
- Grn 5
- Oth 7
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
6,495 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£806 median full-time weekly pay
2.6% 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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
57% low-carbon electricity
Gas 38% · Nuclear 26% · Wind 17% · Solar 9%
154 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men
65% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Health services
4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in ST18
- Stafford Medical Centre
- Hazeldene House Surgery
- Beacon Park Hospital
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stafford:
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND319 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills315 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases304 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Ban on sale of disposable BBQs176 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth174 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Great Bridgeford railway station · 0.2 kmGreat Bridgeford railway station served the village of Great Bridgeford, Staffordshire, England from 1837 to 1959 on the Stafford-Manchester line.
- Great Bridgeford · 0.9 km
Great Bridgeford is a village in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, and a ward of Seighford civil parish. Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Seighford. It lies on the A5013…
Seighford Hall · 1.7 kmSeighford Hall is a house that lies slightly to north-west of the core of Seighford, England. It appears to have later- 16th to early-17th origins but the radical later changes made to it – particularly in the 19th ce…
- Whitgreave · 2.0 km
Whitgreave is a very small village a few miles to the NNW of Stafford situated midway between the M6 motorway to the west and the A34 trunk road to the east.
Creswell, Staffordshire · 2.0 kmCreswell is a small village on the north-western edge of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire, England situated on elevated ground above the wide floodplain and extensive marshes of the River Sow. Population det…
Izaak Walton's Cottage · 2.2 kmThe Izaak Walton Cottage is a seventeenth-century timber framed building in Shallowford, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England. It belonged to the writer Izaak Walton, best known for The Compleat Angler. The building is des…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Bridgeford?
- Great Bridgeford is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Stafford local authority.
- How deprived is Great Bridgeford?
- The Stafford local authority, which includes Great Bridgeford, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.