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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
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 75th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime69
Home affordability61
Affordable rents69
Good schools3
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation73
Employment72
Low council tax80

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

No active flood warnings nearby.

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

Detached£397,717
Semi-detached£251,405
Terraced£195,351
Flat£111,677

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)

A £1,535
B £1,791
C £2,047
D £2,303
E £2,814
F £3,326
G £3,838
H £4,605

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:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Little Haywood · 0.2 km

    Little 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 km

    St 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 km

    The 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 km

    Colwich 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)

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.