Kidsgrove

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:34

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

180 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences62
• Anti-social behaviour54
• Criminal damage & arson18
• Public order12

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Kidsgrove Parish · Staffordshire

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

157 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 204 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

175 food businesses within 2 miles

• 146 rated 4–5 ★ (136 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,269 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across Newcastle-under-Lyme · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£833 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £580
• 2 bed £744
• 3 bed £896

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,589 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

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

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches34
• Playgrounds12

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,570
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,972
• Net moves+598

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 146 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

63 schools · 17,429 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

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

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

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

833 CQC-registered services

• Care homes274
• GP practices127
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

125 applications decided

91.2% granted · 114 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

David Williams

Labour

Stoke-on-Trent North

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• Ref 26

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

20 jobs advertised · £37,555 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Care Assistant, Mechanic in the area of Telford/Shrewsbury

Source: Adzuna

£692 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 2%

142 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 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

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in ST7

• Kidsgrove Medical Centre
• Audley Health Centre
• Mount Road Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills628 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases281 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND177 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 156 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  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)