Halmer End and Alsagers Bank

15°CLight rain shower

• Today: 17° / 9° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:34

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

33 reported · July 2026▲ 65% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Burglary2
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Audley & Halmerend · Staffordshire

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

122 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 177 casualties · 9.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

55 food businesses within 2 miles

• 47 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Apedale Road (2.4 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£209,547 average▲ 6.6% YoY

Across Newcastle-under-Lyme · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£830 average monthly rent▲ 8.4% YoY

• 1 bed £578
• 2 bed £741
• 3 bed £892

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.2 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 170 kW
• Nearest: PEAK ACTIVITY 1 (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

123,299 residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme · 584/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 150 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (43% of 58,590)

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

64 schools · 17,540 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 22 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Adam Jogee

Labour

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• Ref 26

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£692 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,129 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,820 certificates

17.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 79% · Nuclear 9% · Gas 8% · Solar 4%

32 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newcastle-under-Lyme:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills641 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 287 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide

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

• Halmer End · 0.1 km

  Halmer End is a small village in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, neighbouring the small hamlet of Alsagers Bank and the larger village of Audley.

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  Newcastle-under-Lyme (constituency) · 0.2 km

  Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency in northern Staffordshire created in 1354 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Adam Jogee of the Labour Party.

• Sir Thomas Boughey Academy · 0.3 km

  Sir Thomas Boughey Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Halmer End in Staffordshire, England.

• Halmerend railway station · 0.4 km

  Halmerend railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

• Halmerend (ward) · 0.6 km

  Halmerend was a ward of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England. The ward covered the villages of Alsagers Bank, Balterley, Betley, Halmer End, Scot Hay and Wrinehill, and in 2011 had a populati…

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  Minnie Pit Disaster · 0.6 km

  The Minnie Pit disaster was a coal mining accident that took place on 12 January 1918 in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys died. The disaster, which was caused by an explosion due to firedamp, is th…

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