Oulton

19°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 9° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:38

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

21 reported · July 2026▲ 91% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Fulford Barlaston & Oulton · Staffordshire

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

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)

133 food businesses within 2 miles

• 107 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stone (1.8 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£259,721 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Stafford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.9p · Morrisons (11.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Stone Carpark (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

136,867 residents in Stafford · 229/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 233 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford

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

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

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

132 applications decided

77.3% granted · 102 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Allison Gardner

Labour

Stoke-on-Trent South

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 1
• Grn 5
• Oth 7

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

31 jobs advertised · £39,747 avg

e.g. Private Physician — Sole Clinical Charge, Mallorca & Ibiza, Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Lead Generator Sales

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

95% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Solar 14% · Nuclear 14% · Gas 5%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stoke-on-Trent South:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills789 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office387 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s318 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership287 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test263 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Oulton Abbey · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Abbey, Oulton is a former Benedictine convent located in the village of Oulton near Stone in Staffordshire, England. The Abbey church is Grade II* listed, and other buildings are Grade II. The Benedictine co…

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  St Dominic's Priory School, Stone · 0.9 km

  St Dominic's Priory School is an independent Catholic day school in the town of Stone, Staffordshire, halfway between Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. The school buildings are set near to the grounds of St Dominic's Convent.

• Alleyne's Academy · 0.9 km

  Alleyne's Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status. It is located in Stone, Staffordshire, England, and is one of three schools founded in 1558 by Thomas Alleyne.

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  Stone, Staffordshire · 1.3 km

  Stone is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles north of Stafford, 7 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent and 15 miles north of Rugeley. As a…

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  Downs Banks · 1.6 km

  Downs Bank, also known as Barlaston Downs, is an area of open countryside, located two miles (3 km) north of the town of Stone in Staffordshire, and four miles (6 km) south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is owned a…

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  Stone railway station · 1.8 km

  Stone railway station serves the market town of Stone, in Staffordshire, England. It is located on a junction of the Colwich to Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line, but has platforms only on the branch from St…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)