Newcastle-under-Lyme

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:34

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

297 reported · August 2026▲ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences101
• Anti-social behaviour86
• Other theft18
• Criminal damage & arson17

Neighbourhood team: Newcastle South · Staffordshire

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

157 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 204 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 421 rated 4–5 ★ (372 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Stoke-on-Trent (3.6 km)
• 38 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,269 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across Newcastle-under-Lyme · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£833 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £580
• 2 bed £744
• 3 bed £896

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,589 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 (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

52 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Higherland Service Station (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches40
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

123,299 residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme · 584/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,570
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,972
• Net moves+598

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 146 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (43% of 58,590)

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

63 schools · 17,429 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 22 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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
• 56 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

125 applications decided

91.2% granted · 114 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Adam Jogee

Labour

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• Ref 26

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens199
• Restaurants & cafés60

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

207 jobs advertised · £38,359 avg

e.g. Class 1 Driver, Multi Skilled Engineer, Primary Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£692 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,129 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,820 certificates

17.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 18% · Biomass 4%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

19 GP surgeries · 16 pharmacies in ST5

• Heathcote Street Surgery
• The Village Surgery
• Miller Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newcastle-under-Lyme:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills641 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 287 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND201 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth163 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases152 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

• Westlands, Staffordshire · 0.3 km

  Westlands, more commonly known as "The Westlands", is a suburban area and ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

• Thistleberry (ward) · 0.7 km

  Thistleberry is a ward of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, located west of Newcastle town centre, in the county of Staffordshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 5649.

• Blackfriars Academy · 0.9 km

  Blackfriars Academy is a mixed special school of approximately 200 pupils, covering an age range of 11 to 19, with a range of physical, learning, medical and sensory needs who come from North and Central Staffordshire…

• Newcastle Academy · 0.9 km

  Newcastle Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the English county of Staffordshire.

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  Newcastle-under-Lyme power station · 1.0 km

  Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is adjacent to the city of Stoke-on-Trent. At the 2021 census, the population wa…

• Town (Newcastle-under-Lyme ward) · 1.0 km

  Town is a ward in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It covers the town centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme. In 2021 it had a population of 5604.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)