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Hyde Lea and Coppenhall

Hyde Lea and Coppenhall is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 3,000. There are 4 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Stafford, 3.5 km away. There were around 16 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Hyde Lea and Coppenhall area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Staffordshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 110,471 residents at roughly 271 people per km².

Council
South Staffordshire
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Stafford
Police force
Staffordshire
70/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 18th of 294 English council areas — better than 94% of them.

Low crime91
Home affordability65
Affordable rents81
Good schools40
Life expectancy64
Low deprivation74
Employment68
Low council tax78

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

17°CLight rain shower

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

12 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Penkridge & Huntington · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Continuing issues of anti-social behaviour (ASB), specifically off-road bikes in the Shoal Hill area of Huntington.
  • Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour, inparticular drugs and gangs, is a priority for our local officers.

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

Road safety

184 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 253 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

59 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 50 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stafford (3.5 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stafford (3.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£310,258 average 5.8% YoY

Across South Staffordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£451,565
Semi-detached£279,367
Terraced£238,375
Flat£149,187

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£949 average monthly rent 4.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £659
  • 2 bed £849
  • 3 bed £1,008

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

Affordability

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

35 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: W R Davies Nissan (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

110,471 residents in South Staffordshire · 271/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 235 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,314 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 49,350)

A £1,542
B £1,800
C £2,057
D £2,314
E £2,828
F £3,342
G £3,856
H £4,627

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

Schools

59 schools · 16,630 pupils

36 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 19 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Cheslyn Hay AcademyGood
  • Codsall Community High SchoolGood
  • Great Wyrley AcademyGood
  • Kinver High School and Sixth FormGood
  • Wombourne High SchoolGood
  • The Rural Enterprise AcademyInadequate
  • Wolgarston High School

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

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
  • 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

176 applications decided

82.4% granted · 145 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 28
  • LD 4
  • Grn 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,228 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,520 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Nuclear 24% · Biomass 7% · Imports 7%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.1
  • Feeling worthwhile8.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Lawrence's Church, Coppenhall · 0.3 km

    St Lawrence's Church, Coppenhall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Coppenhall, Staffordshire.

  • Hyde Lea · 0.6 km

    Hyde Lea is a village and parish in Staffordshire, England, just west of Stafford itself.

  • Stafford Grammar School · 1.3 km

    Stafford Grammar School is a co-educational private day school at Burton Manor, founded in 1982 and located on the outskirts of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire.

  • Coppenhall · 1.4 km

    Coppenhall is a small settlement in Staffordshire, England. Coppenhall lies 2 kilometres (1 mi) southwest of Stafford and 4 miles (6.4 km) NNW of Penkridge with Baron Stafford as lord of the manor. The parish of ~900…

  • Stafford Manor High School · 1.9 km

    Stafford Manor High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Stafford in the English county of Staffordshire.

  • 1996 Stafford rail crash · 2.2 km

    The 1996 Stafford rail crash occurred on 8 March 1996 when a Transrail freight train travelling from Mossend, North Lanarkshire, to Willesden, North London, derailed after an axle on a wagon carrying liquid carbon dio…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hyde Lea and Coppenhall?
Hyde Lea and Coppenhall is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the South Staffordshire local authority.
How deprived is Hyde Lea and Coppenhall?
The South Staffordshire local authority, which includes Hyde Lea and Coppenhall, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.