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Longdon

Longdon is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 1,200. It has 3 bus stops and Rugeley Town railway station is 4.7 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Longdon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lichfield area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 106,436 residents at roughly 321 people per km².

Council
Lichfield
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 70th of 294 English council areas — better than 76% of them.

Low crime87
Home affordability37
Affordable rents41
Good schools27
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation81
Employment78
Low council tax70

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

10°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 5° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:35

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

  • Other theft1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Lichfield Rural · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Preventing and disrupting vehicle crime, as identified from feedback from the community and monitoring crime statistics.
  • Preventing and disrupting vehicle crime

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

Road safety

145 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 193 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

39 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 32 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rugeley Town (5.6 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rugeley Town (5.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£339,176 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Lichfield · to 2026-08

Detached£524,798
Semi-detached£318,271
Terraced£253,811
Flat£164,083

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,103 average monthly rent▲ 7.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £741
  • 2 bed £967
  • 3 bed £1,158

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

Affordability

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (8.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,568 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (7.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (7.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: EVC Lichfield Golf & Country Club (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

106,436 residents in Lichfield · 321/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,290
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,404
  • Net moves+1,886

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 241 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,352 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 49,360)

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,091
D £2,352
E £2,875
F £3,397
G £3,920
H £4,704

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

Schools

60 schools · 17,352 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 14 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Nether Stowe SchoolRequires improvement
  • Chase Terrace Academy
  • Erasmus Darwin Academy
  • King Edward VI School
  • Lift Rawlett
  • The Friary School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lichfield

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

167 applications decided

82% granted · 137 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 14
  • Con 21
  • LD 7
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,550 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £29,773 avg

e.g. Pastoral Assistant, Head of Maths, Learning Support Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,955 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,236 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WS15

  • Horsefair Practice
  • Abbots Bromley Surgery
  • Brereton Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lichfield:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Longdon, Staffordshire · 1.0 km

    Longdon is a village and civil parish in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

  • George's Hayes · 1.5 km

    George's Hayes is a nature reserve of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. It is an ancient woodland, about a mile south-west of the village of Longdon, between Rugeley and Lichfield in Staffordshire, England.

  • Farewell Priory · 1.6 km

    Farewell Priory was a Benedictine nunnery near Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. Although it received considerable episcopal support, it was always small and poor. It was dissolved in 1527 as a by-product of Cardin…

  • Farewell and Chorley · 1.9 km

    Farewell and Chorley is a civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. The villages of Farewell and Chorley, that make up the parish, lie 3 or 4 miles north-west of the City of Lichfield. The parish cou…

  • Upper Longdon · 2.3 km

    Upper Longdon is a village within the civil parish of Longdon and is in the District of Lichfield of the English county of Staffordshire.

  • Beaudesert, Cannock Chase · 2.5 km

    Beaudesert was an estate and stately home on the southern edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. It was one of the family seats of the Paget family, the Marquesses of Anglesey. The estate was obtained by William Page…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Longdon?
Longdon is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Lichfield local authority.
How deprived is Longdon?
The Lichfield local authority, which includes Longdon, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.