Upper Tean
Upper Tean is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 school, 1 pharmacy, 1 restaurant or café, and 13 bus stops, with Blythe Bridge railway station 5.6 km away. There were around 13 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Upper Tean area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Staffordshire Moorlands area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 95,845 residents at roughly 166 people per km².
- Council
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- County
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone
- Police force
- Staffordshire
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 30th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
15°COvercast
- Today: 20° / 13° · 35% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:30
12h 54m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
18US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom
Crime
16 reported · July 2026▲ 45% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences7
- Anti-social behaviour3
- Criminal damage & arson2
- Shoplifting2
Neighbourhood team: Forsbrook & Caverswall · Staffordshire
Local policing priorities
- Theft affecting businesses in Blythe Bridge
- Vehicle crime and suspicious activity, mainly taking place overnight with insecure vehicles and homes being targeted.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
134 reported road collisions (2024)
46 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
33 food businesses within 2 miles
- 27 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Blythe Bridge (5.6 km)
- 13 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Blythe Bridge (5.6 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£227,875 average▲ 9.4% YoY
Across Staffordshire Moorlands · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£724 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY
- 1 bed £524
- 2 bed £681
- 3 bed £861
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
7.3× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Asda (10.3 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (10.3 km)
5 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
7 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 60 kW
- Nearest: RAW GREENE KING MASTER POTTER 2 (2.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches1
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
95,845 residents in Staffordshire Moorlands · 166/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 26%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 204 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (24% of 45,160)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
68 schools · 14,402 pupils
42 primary · 8 secondary · 18 other
Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)
58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Blythe Bridge High SchoolGood
- Endon High SchoolGood
- Moorside High SchoolGood
- Painsley Catholic CollegeGood
- Leek High SchoolRequires improvement
- Westwood CollegeRequires improvement
- Biddulph High School
- The Cheadle Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Staffordshire Moorlands
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (Upper Tean)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
81 applications decided
69.1% granted · 56 granted, 25 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Dr Allison Gardner
Labour
Stoke-on-Trent South
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoClosure motion
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour (minority)
- Lab 20
- Con 22
- LD 1
- Grn 2
- Ref 1
- Oth 10
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- GPs & clinics1
- Pharmacies1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens2
- Restaurants & cafés2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,535 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£770 median full-time weekly pay
2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£23,399 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
30% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 41,004 certificates
17.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
65% low-carbon electricity
Nuclear 28% · Gas 25% · Wind 20% · Biomass 17%
124 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men
68% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.5
- Feeling worthwhile7.6
- Happiness yesterday7.3
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
- Tean, Staffordshire · 0.4 km
Tean is a large village in the civil parish of Checkley in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is around 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Stoke-on-Trent. The River Tean runs…
Totmonslow · 1.1 kmTotmonslow is a hundred in the county of Staffordshire, England. The hundred is in the north-east of Staffordshire and is named after the hamlet of the same name, which is a half mile east of Draycott in the Moors. Th…
Tean railway station · 1.6 kmTean railway station was a railway station located on the Cheadle Branch Line at Totmonslow, Staffordshire. It was opened as Totmonslow in 1892 and was the terminus of the line until it reached Cheadle in 1901.
Uttoxeter Road · 1.9 kmUttoxeter Road is a cricket ground located along the Uttoxeter Road between the villages of Lower Tean and Checkley in Staffordshire. Completely surrounded by countryside, it is the home of Checkley Cricket Club.
Freehay · 2.0 kmFreehay is a village and former hamlet in the civil parish of Cheadle, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Brookhouses is located to the southeast of Cheadle.
Checkley · 2.4 kmCheckley is a village and civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands in the English county of Staffordshire.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Compare Staffordshire Moorlands with nearby areas
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Upper Tean?
- Upper Tean is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Staffordshire Moorlands local authority.
- How deprived is Upper Tean?
- The Staffordshire Moorlands local authority, which includes Upper Tean, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.