Stafford

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 5° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

500 reported · August 2026▲ 60% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences177
• Anti-social behaviour84
• Public order73
• Shoplifting38

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

193 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 14.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

388 food businesses within 2 miles

• 304 rated 4–5 ★ (249 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stafford (0.5 km)
• 55 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£260,446 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Stafford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£901 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £631
• 2 bed £791
• 3 bed £978

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

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

1,877 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: 168.7p · Asda (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (0.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

• Sports centres4
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches52
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds29

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,988
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,477
• Net moves+1,511

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 225 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

68 schools · 18,003 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford

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

• In a conservation area (Stafford)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 117 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

148 applications decided

79.1% granted · 117 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Leigh Ingham

Labour

Stafford

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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies10
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens31
• Restaurants & cafés43

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,116 jobs advertised · £41,423 avg

e.g. Intervention Tutor, Vehicle Technician, Field Service Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 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

27 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in ST16

• Sandon Clinic-Bcss Inpatient Unit
• Castlefields
• Stafford Health And Wellbeing

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stafford:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND319 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills315 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases304 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs176 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth174 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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