Stafford

15°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 15° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:28

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

434 reported · July 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences165
• Anti-social behaviour76
• Public order46
• Shoplifting34

32 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Stafford Town · 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)

394 food businesses within 2 miles

• 307 rated 4–5 ★ (253 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stafford (0.5 km)
• 55 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: 165.7p · Asda (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (1.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Stafford Borough Council Civic Centre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• 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)

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

• In a conservation area (Stafford)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 117 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

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)

6,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,185 jobs advertised · £38,877 avg

e.g. Deputy Manager, Support Worker, Power Systems Tender Manager

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

44% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 24% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 4%

207 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 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

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  Borough of Stafford · 0.0 km

  The Borough of Stafford is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England. It is named after Stafford, its largest town, which is where the council is based. The borough also includes the to…

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  St Chad's Church, Stafford · 0.1 km

  St Chad's Church, on Greengate Street in the centre of Stafford, is a Grade II* listed Anglican church. Saint Chad, who died in 672, was the first Bishop of Lichfield. The church was built in the 12th century, and is…

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  Picture House, Stafford · 0.1 km

  The Picture House is a pub and former cinema in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. It was built in 1913, and is a Grade II listed building; it is described in the listing as "A good example of an early cinema retaining…

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  Ancient High House · 0.1 km

  The Ancient High House is an Elizabethan town house located on the main street in Stafford. The house was constructed in 1595 by the Dorrington family, from local oak, which anecdotally came from the nearby Doxey Wood…

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  St Mary's Church, Stafford · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Church, Stafford is a Grade I listed parish church in Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

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  County Buildings, Stafford · 0.2 km

  County Buildings is a municipal facility at Martin Street in Stafford, Staffordshire. The building, which is the meeting place for both Staffordshire County Council and Stafford Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed…

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