Hixon

22°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 15° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:28

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

6 reported · July 2026▼ 65% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Milwich,Chartley,Haywood,Hixon · Staffordshire

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

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)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

• 26 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chartley Halt (2.0 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£259,721 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Stafford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (8.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Staffordshire County Showground (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

136,867 residents in Stafford · 229/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford

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
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

132 applications decided

77.3% granted · 102 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 1
• Grn 5
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised · £35,253 avg

e.g. Fabricator Welder, Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, Press Brake Operator

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 22% · Nuclear 17% · Imports 5%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office419 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills355 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s281 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test261 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Hixon, Staffordshire · 0.4 km

  Hixon is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.grid reference SK003259

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  RAF Hixon · 1.0 km

  Royal Air Force Hixon or more simply RAF Hixon is a former Royal Air Force station located on the north western edge of the village of Hixon in Staffordshire, England. The airfield was 7.5 miles (12.1 km) east of Staf…

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  RAF Seighford · 1.0 km

  Royal Air Force Seighford or more simply RAF Seighford is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) northwest of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The site was opened as a satellite/relief…

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  Hixon railway station · 1.0 km

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

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  Hixon rail crash · 1.0 km

  On 6 January 1968, a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by a British Rail express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England.

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  Stowe-by-Chartley · 1.3 km

  Stowe-by-Chartley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)