Schools
105 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 12 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Grove is the nearest published school at 486 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST1 2BZ
Birches Head & Northwood · Stoke-on-Trent · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central
- Postcode district
- ST1
- Postcode sector
- ST1 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST1 2BZ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST1
- Postcode sector
- ST1 2
- Latitude
- 53.028415
- Longitude
- -2.171694
- British National Grid easting
- 388,582
- British National Grid northing
- 347,915
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Stoke-on-Trent · E06000021
- Electoral ward
- Birches Head & Northwood · E05014559
- Parish or community
- E43000017
- Westminster constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central · E14001520
- Output area
- E00072350
- Lower layer super output area
- Stoke-on-Trent 013E · E01014330
- Middle layer super output area
- Stoke-on-Trent 013 · E02002963
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore ST1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 105
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 12
- 486 m
Co-op Academy Grove
Academy converter
- 541 m
Co-op Academy Northwood
Academy converter
- 562 m
Hanley St Luke's Church of England Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,840
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,255
- Anti social behaviour 867
- Public order 710
- Shoplifting 642
- Criminal damage and arson 530
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ST1 2 residents
- 3,428
Age bands in ST1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 33.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.5%
665 residents
436 residents
1,161 residents
820 residents
400 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
28
within 5 km
PRIMA CARE SURGERIES
HANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER HUNTBACH STREET, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 2BN
ODS code M83625
156 m
HARLEY STREET MEDICAL CTR
HARLEY STREET, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 3RX
ODS code M83076
668 m
THE MOORCROFT MEDICAL CTR
10 BOTTESLOW STREET, STOKE ON TRENT, ST1 3NJ
ODS code M83146
740 m
APSLEY SURGERY
COBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH TERRACE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83627
1.3 km
COBRIDGE SURGERY
COBRIDGE COMMUNITY HC, CHURCH TERRACE, COBRIDGE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83127
1.3 km
BIRCHES HEAD MEDICAL CTR.
DIANA ROAD, BIRCHES HEAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 6RS
ODS code M83123
1.4 km
NORFOLK STREET SURGERY
NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB
ODS code M83075
1.6 km
LUCIE WEDGEWOOD SURGERY LTD
LUCIE WEDGWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL LANE, BURSLEM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2AB
ODS code M83682
2.4 km
POTTERIES MEDICAL CENTRE
BEVERLEY DRIVE, BENTILEE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 0JG
ODS code M83102
2.5 km
HONEYWALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
STOKE HEALTH CENTRE, HONEYWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 7JB
ODS code M83619
2.8 km
MIDDLEPORT MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWPORT LANE, MIDDLEPORT, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3PN
ODS code Y02867
2.8 km
MILLRISE MEDICAL PRACTICE
12 MILLRISE ROAD, MILTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 7BW
ODS code M83061
3.1 km
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
3.1 km
BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHELL HEATH ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 7NN
ODS code M83094
3.2 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
3.3 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
3.3 km
CAMBRIDGE HOUSE
BENTILEE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, 231-251 DAWLISH DRIVE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 0EU
ODS code M83624
3.3 km
GLEBEDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FENTON HEALTH CENTRE, GLEBEDALE ROAD, STOKE ON TRENT, ST4 3AQ
ODS code M83028
3.4 km
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
3.5 km
TUNSTALL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
ALEXANDRA RETAIL CENTRE, SCOTIA ROAD, TUNSTALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 6BE
ODS code M83650
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 28 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Quadrant Road
BCT · Hanley
- 0.2 miles
Old Town Road
BCT · Hanley
- 0.2 miles
Old Town Road
BCT · Hanley
- 0.2 miles
Quadrant Road
BCT · Hanley
- 0.2 miles
Potteries Way
BCT · Hanley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stoke-on-Trent 013E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
364 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6,840 published events cover 12 months, averaging 570 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,255 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.