Ravenshall

6°CSunny

• Today: 10° / 4° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:36

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

2 reported · August 2026

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Audley & Halmerend · 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)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Silverdale (6.9 km)
• 10 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: 155.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Shell Barthomley (5.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 37 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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Nuclear 29% · Wind 27% · Imports 3%

150 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · 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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in CW3

• Madeley Practice
• Betley Surgery
• Audlem Medical Practice

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

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  Wrinehill · 0.5 km

  Wrinehill, also called Checkley cum Wrinehill, is a village in the north-west of Staffordshire on the A531 road lying adjacent to the southern border of Cheshire in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The population…

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  Betley Court · 0.9 km

  Betley Court is an 18th-century country house in the ancient village of Betley, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Betley · 1.0 km

  Betley is a village and civil parish in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England, about halfway between the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Nantwich. Betley forms a continual linear settlement wi…

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  Betley Road railway station · 1.2 km

  Betley Road was a station on the London and North Western Railway serving Betley, Staffordshire.

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  Checkley cum Wrinehill · 1.3 km

  Checkley cum Wrinehill is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Doddington and District, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies adjacent to the…

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  Heighley Castle · 2.0 km

  Heighley Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Madeley, Staffordshire. The castle was completed by the Audley family in 1233 and for over 300 years was one of their ancestral homes. It was held for Charles I during…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)