Moreton (Stafford)
Moreton (Stafford) is a village in Staffordshire, England. It has 4 bus stops. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Moreton (Stafford) 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
- Stone
- 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
18°COvercast
- Today: 19° / 10° · 74% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:34
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
17US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom
Crime
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
1 food businesses within 2 miles
- 1 rated 4–5 ★ (1 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 4 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Shifnal (10.4 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: 167.9p · Esso (6.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (6.2 km)
3 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
3 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 100 kW
- Nearest: Serco Leisure Operating Limited (5.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
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
- Not in the Green Belt
- 2 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
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
Local businesses
6,350 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
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
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 Stafford:
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office373 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership369 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s322 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills311 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases302 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Moreton, Staffordshire · 0.5 km
Moreton is a small rural village in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Shropshire. It includes the hamlets of Bromstead Heath, Great Chatwell, Coley, Outwoods and Wilbrighton.
- Orslow · 1.7 km
Orslow is a hamlet in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Great Chatwell. Its Anglo-Saxon name means 'Horsa's burial mound'. Of note in Orslow is the site of a 13t…
- Beffcote · 2.2 km
Beffcote is a village in Staffordshire, England. For the population taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011 see Gnosall.
Great Chatwell · 2.4 kmGreat Chatwell is a small village within the civil parish of Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard, in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It lies on the border with Shropshire, around 1 mile (1.6 k…
High Onn · 2.7 kmHigh Onn is a hamlet near the village of Wheaton Aston, in the English county of Staffordshire.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Compare Stafford with nearby areas
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Moreton (Stafford)?
- Moreton (Stafford) is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Stafford local authority.
- How deprived is Moreton (Stafford)?
- The Stafford local authority, which includes Moreton (Stafford), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.