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Haughton

Haughton is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 920. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 12 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Stafford, 5.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Haughton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stafford area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 136,867 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
Stafford
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Stone
Police force
Staffordshire
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 75th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime69
Home affordability61
Affordable rents69
Good schools3
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation73
Employment72
Low council tax80

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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 10° · 73% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 67% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Public order1

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

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)

Food hygiene

13 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 11 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Stafford (5.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£259,721 average 4.4% YoY

Across Stafford · to 2026-06

Detached£397,717
Semi-detached£251,405
Terraced£195,351
Flat£111,677

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (6.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (6.4 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

28 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Stafford Train Station (5.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,303 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,535
B £1,791
C £2,047
D £2,303
E £2,814
F £3,326
G £3,838
H £4,605

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

Schools

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)

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

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
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

132 applications decided

77.3% granted · 102 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Leigh Ingham

Labour

Stafford

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

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

95% low-carbon electricity

Wind 67% · Nuclear 15% · Solar 12% · Gas 5%

20 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stafford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Haughton, Staffordshire · 0.0 km

    Haughton is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 4 miles outside and to the west of the county town of Stafford. It lies on the A518 between Stafford and Gnosall. The name derives from a combination of t…

  • Brazenhill · 0.3 km

    Brazenhill is a rural area immediately north of the village of Haughton in Staffordshire, England. It is effectively defined by Brazenhill Lane which is a rural road running out of Haughton, bearing northwest, connect…

  • Haughton railway station · 0.9 km

    Haughton railway station was a station in Haughton, Staffordshire, England. The station was opened on 1 June 1849 and closed in May 1949.

  • Allimore Green · 1.7 km

    Allimore Green is a small hamlet in Staffordshire, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Church Eaton.

  • Berry Ring · 2.3 km

    Berry Ring is an Iron Age hillfort in Staffordshire, England, lying some two miles southwest of the county town of Stafford, a mile to the southwest of Stafford Castle and half a mile to the west of the M6 motorway.

  • Apeton · 2.8 km

    Apeton is a hamlet in Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England. It is located 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) southwest of Stafford, in the civil parish of Church Eaton and the Borough of Stafford.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Haughton?
Haughton is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Stafford local authority.
What is the population of Haughton?
Haughton has an approximate settlement population of 920.
How deprived is Haughton?
The Stafford local authority, which includes Haughton, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.