Schools
94 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 10 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Northwood is the nearest published school at 87 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST1 6QE
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 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST1 6QE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST1
- Postcode sector
- ST1 6
- Latitude
- 53.029192
- Longitude
- -2.162482
- British National Grid easting
- 389,200
- British National Grid northing
- 348,000
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
- E00072321
- Lower layer super output area
- Stoke-on-Trent 013D · E01014329
- 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
- 94
- Primary
- 54
- Secondary
- 10
- 87 m
Co-op Academy Northwood
Academy converter
- 462 m
Co-op Academy Grove
Academy converter
- 513 m
St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,944
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,086
- Anti social behaviour 748
- Public order 621
- Criminal damage and arson 475
- Shoplifting 463
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ST1 6 residents
- 13,298
Age bands in ST1 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.2%
2,263 residents
1,450 residents
3,576 residents
4,035 residents
2,695 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
26
within 5 km straight-line
PRIMA CARE SURGERIES
HANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER HUNTBACH STREET, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 2BN
ODS code M83625
581 m
THE MOORCROFT MEDICAL CTR
10 BOTTESLOW STREET, STOKE ON TRENT, ST1 3NJ
ODS code M83146
905 m
BIRCHES HEAD MEDICAL CTR.
DIANA ROAD, BIRCHES HEAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 6RS
ODS code M83123
916 m
HARLEY STREET MEDICAL CTR
HARLEY STREET, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 3RX
ODS code M83076
933 m
APSLEY SURGERY
COBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH TERRACE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83627
1.8 km
COBRIDGE SURGERY
COBRIDGE COMMUNITY HC, CHURCH TERRACE, COBRIDGE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83127
1.8 km
POTTERIES MEDICAL CENTRE
BEVERLEY DRIVE, BENTILEE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 0JG
ODS code M83102
2.0 km
NORFOLK STREET SURGERY
NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB
ODS code M83075
2.0 km
MILLRISE MEDICAL PRACTICE
12 MILLRISE ROAD, MILTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 7BW
ODS code M83061
2.7 km
LUCIE WEDGEWOOD SURGERY LTD
LUCIE WEDGWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL LANE, BURSLEM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2AB
ODS code M83682
2.8 km
CAMBRIDGE HOUSE
BENTILEE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, 231-251 DAWLISH DRIVE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST2 0EU
ODS code M83624
2.9 km
HONEYWALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
STOKE HEALTH CENTRE, HONEYWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 7JB
ODS code M83619
3.2 km
BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHELL HEATH ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 7NN
ODS code M83094
3.2 km
MIDDLEPORT MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWPORT LANE, MIDDLEPORT, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3PN
ODS code Y02867
3.3 km
GLEBEDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FENTON HEALTH CENTRE, GLEBEDALE ROAD, STOKE ON TRENT, ST4 3AQ
ODS code M83028
3.4 km
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
3.7 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
3.9 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
3.9 km
ORCHARD SURGERY
KNYPERSLEY ROAD, NORTON-IN-THE-MOORS, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 8HY
ODS code M83038
3.9 km
BADDELEY GREEN SURGERY
988 LEEK NEW ROAD, STOCKTON BROOK, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST9 9PB
ODS code M83709
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Janet Place
BCT · Northwood
- 0.0 miles
Janet Place
BCT · Northwood
- 0.1 miles
Cromer Road
BCT · Northwood
- 0.1 miles
Cromer Road
BCT · Northwood
- 0.1 miles
Mayfield Avenue
BCT · Northwood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stoke-on-Trent 013D, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,244 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
5,944 published events cover 12 months, averaging 495.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,086 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.