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Kidsgrove

Kidsgrove is a town in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 29,480. It has around 3 pharmacies, 2 parks, and 13 restaurants and cafés, along with 44 bus stops and the Kidsgrove railway station 0.4 km away. There were around 156 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 Kidsgrove area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newcastle-under-Lyme area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 123,299 residents at roughly 584 people per km².

Council
Newcastle-under-Lyme
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North
Police force
Staffordshire
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 94th of 294 English council areas — better than 68% of them.

Low crime65
Home affordability80
Affordable rents65
Good schools47
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation47
Employment59
Low council tax75

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

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 15° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:29

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

171 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences82
  • Anti-social behaviour35
  • Criminal damage & arson9
  • Public order9

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Kidsgrove Parish · Staffordshire

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

175 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 144 rated 4–5 ★ (134 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kidsgrove (0.5 km)
  • 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kidsgrove (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£209,547 average 6.6% YoY

Across Newcastle-under-Lyme · to 2026-06

Detached£322,909
Semi-detached£202,530
Terraced£163,085
Flat£93,255

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.7 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 170 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Stoke-on-Trent Kidsgrove (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches34
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,556
B £1,816
C £2,075
D £2,334
E £2,853
F £3,372
G £3,890
H £4,669

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Chesterton Community Sports CollegeGood
  • Clayton Hall AcademyGood
  • Kidsgrove Secondary SchoolGood
  • Newcastle AcademyGood
  • Sir Thomas Boughey AcademyGood
  • The Orme AcademyGood
  • St John Fisher Catholic CollegeRequires improvement
  • Madeley High School
  • The King's CofE Academy

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

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
  • 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

David Williams

Labour

Stoke-on-Trent North

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 15
  • Ref 26

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools12
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

36 jobs advertised · £33,554 avg

e.g. Chef Manager, Activities Assistant - Care Home, Mechanic in the area of Telford/Shrewsbury

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 27% · Gas 8% · Imports 6%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stoke-on-Trent North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Market Street Halt railway station · 0.1 km

    Market Street Halt was a halt that served the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1909 and located on the Potteries Loop Line of the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR). At first it was used by t…

  • Kidsgrove Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Kidsgrove Town Hall is a municipal building in Liverpool Road in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Kidsgrove Town Council, is locally listed.

  • Kidsgrove Urban District · 0.4 km

    Kidsgrove Urban District was an urban district in the county of Staffordshire. It was formed in 1894 with the civil parishes of Hardings Wood, Kidsgrove, Newchapel and Talke. It was abolished in 1974, by virtue of the…

  • Kidsgrove railway station · 0.5 km

    Kidsgrove railway station serves the town of Kidsgrove, in Staffordshire, England; it lies 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north of Stoke-on-Trent. The station is served by trains on the Crewe–Derby line, which is also a communit…

  • Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station · 0.5 km

    Kidsgrove Liverpool Road was the northernmost station on the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Kidsgrove, in Staffordshire, England.

  • The King's Church of England Academy · 0.6 km

    The King's Church of England Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Kidsgrove in the English county of Staffordshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Kidsgrove?
Kidsgrove is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority.
What is the population of Kidsgrove?
Kidsgrove has an approximate settlement population of 29,480.
How deprived is Kidsgrove?
The Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority, which includes Kidsgrove, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.