Leekbrook

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:31

9h 20m 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

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

8 reported · August 2026▲ 300% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Leek Town · Staffordshire

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

163 reported road collisions (2025)

51 killed or seriously injured · 239 casualties · 17 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

187 food businesses within 2 miles

• 167 rated 4–5 ★ (152 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Leek Brook (0.7 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£224,481 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Staffordshire Moorlands · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£728 average monthly rent▲ 7.5% YoY

• 1 bed £527
• 2 bed £685
• 3 bed £866

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

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,309 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 (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (10.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Leek (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,845 residents in Staffordshire Moorlands · 166/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,734
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,921
• Net moves+813

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 202 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 45,160)

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

68 schools · 14,402 pupils

42 primary · 8 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

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

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
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

111 applications decided

82% granted · 91 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dame Karen Bradley

Conservative

Staffordshire Moorlands

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 19
• Con 21
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,530 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£770 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,399 disposable income per head (2024)

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

30% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 41,004 certificates

17.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Wind 28% · Nuclear 26% · Imports 5%

151 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

5 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in ST13

• Leek Health Centre
• Park Medical Centre
• Dr J Greig & Partners

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Staffordshire Moorlands:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills575 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases200 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND192 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs186 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks178 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Leek Brook railway station · 0.7 km

  Leek Brook railway station is a passenger station that serves the village of Leekbrook in Staffordshire, England.

• St Edward's Hospital tramway · 1.3 km

  The St Edward's Hospital tramway was a tramway built for Staffordshire County Council for the construction of the St Edward's County Mental Asylum at Cheddleton, Staffordshire. Opened in 1899, the line ran until 1954…

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  St Edward's Hospital · 1.3 km

  St Edward's Hospital was a mental health facility at Cheddleton in Staffordshire, England. The hospital closed in 2002 and was converted into apartments and houses.

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  Leek railway station (Churnet Valley Railway) · 1.5 km

  Leek railway station (Churnet Valley Railway) is the northern terminus of the Churnet Valley Railway serving the market town of Leek in Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 2024 after 30 years of restoring the lin…

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  Barnfields · 1.8 km

  Barnfields is a suburb of Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England.

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  Cheddleton railway station · 2.0 km

  Cheddleton railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Cheddleton in Staffordshire, England. It is the headquarters of the Churnet Valley Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)