Little Haywood
Little Haywood is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 1,400. It features 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, around 1 restaurant and café, 11 bus stops, and Rugeley Trent Valley railway station 4.7 km away. There were around 10 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 Little Haywood area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Stafford area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 136,867 residents at roughly 229 people per km².
- Council
- Stafford
- County
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Police force
- Staffordshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 75th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.
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
12°COvercast
- Today: 16° / 10° · 38% rain
- Tomorrow: 19° / 9° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:40
13h 10m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom
Crime
14 reported · July 2026▲ 56% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences7
- Public order3
- Anti-social behaviour2
- Burglary1
Neighbourhood team: Milwich,Chartley,Haywood,Hixon · Staffordshire
Local policing priorities
- Sheep worrying and theft of cattle.
- We've had an increase of reports of e-bikes and e-scooters causing a nuisance in Baswich and Weeping Cross for other members of the commu…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
30 food businesses within 2 miles
- 28 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Rugeley Trent Valley (4.9 km)
- 11 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Rugeley Trent Valley (4.9 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£259,721 average▲ 4.4% YoY
Across Stafford · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (9.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · ESSO (5.3 km)
9 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
25 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 75 kW
- Nearest: Colwich Service Station (1.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches3
- Playgrounds4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
136,867 residents in Stafford · 229/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 23%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 233 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Alleyne's Academy
- Blessed William Howard Catholic School
- King Edward VI High School
- Sir Graham Balfour High School
- The Weston Road Academy
- Walton High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford
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
- In a conservation area (Colwich & Little Haywood)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 45 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
132 applications decided
77.3% granted · 102 granted, 30 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Sir Gavin Williamson
Conservative
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Recent votes:
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour / Independent / Green coalition
- Lab 12
- Con 15
- LD 1
- Grn 5
- Oth 7
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- GPs & clinics1
- Pharmacies1
- Parks & greens12
- Restaurants & cafés2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
6,350 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
5 jobs advertised
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Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
95% low-carbon electricity
Wind 71% · Nuclear 20% · Biomass 4% · Gas 3%
17 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men
65% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Little Haywood · 0.2 kmLittle Haywood is a village in the Borough of Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England. The population taken at the 2011 census was under Colwich. It lies beside the A51 road. Nearby is the West Coast Main Lin…
St Mary's Abbey, Colwich · 0.3 kmSt Mary's Abbey in Colwich, Staffordshire was an abbey of Roman Catholic nuns of the English Benedictine Congregation, founded in 1623 at Cambrai, Flanders, in the Spanish Netherlands, and closed down in 2020. During…
Colwich railway accident · 0.5 kmThe Colwich rail crash occurred on the evening of Friday 19 September 1986 at Colwich Junction, in Staffordshire, England. It was significant in that it was a high-speed collision between two packed express trains. On…
Colwich railway station · 0.6 kmColwich railway station served the village of Colwich, in Staffordshire, England. The former station is adjacent to Colwich Junction, where the Trent Valley Line to Stafford and the cut-off line to Stoke-on-Trent dive…
- Colwich, Staffordshire · 1.0 km
Colwich is a civil parish and village in Staffordshire, England. It is situated off the A51 road, about 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Rugeley and 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Stafford. It lies principally on the north…
- Colwich Junction · 1.1 km
Colwich Junction is a rail junction near the village of Little Haywood, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is the junction between two routes of the West Coast Main Line: the Trent Valley line and the Stone t…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Little Haywood?
- Little Haywood is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Stafford local authority.
- How deprived is Little Haywood?
- The Stafford local authority, which includes Little Haywood, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.