Property market
The five-year median is £484,000 from 2 recorded sales in ST16 2BJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Stafford is £259,721 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.
ST16 2BJ
Forebridge · Stafford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST16 2BJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 August 2009
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST16
- Postcode sector
- ST16 2
- Latitude
- 52.808357
- Longitude
- -2.118959
- British National Grid easting
- 392,078
- British National Grid northing
- 323,428
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Stafford · E07000197
- Electoral ward
- Forebridge · E05010485
- Parish or community
- E43000132
- Westminster constituency
- Stafford · E14001513
- Output area
- E00179352
- Lower layer super output area
- Stafford 010F · E01034047
- Middle layer super output area
- Stafford 010 · E02006197
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 ST16
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 18, Gaolgate Street, Stafford, ST16 2BJ | 23 March 2023 | £420,000 |
| 18, Gaolgate Street, Stafford, ST16 2BJ | 2 February 2022 | £548,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 36
- Primary
- 24
- Secondary
- 7
- 658 m
Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy
Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- 768 m
John Wheeldon Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 811 m
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,097
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,582
- Anti social behaviour 463
- Public order 413
- Shoplifting 349
- Criminal damage and arson 330
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ST16 2 residents
- 1,943
Age bands in ST16 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 10.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.1%
251 residents
310 residents
767 residents
593 residents
425 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
7
within 5 km straight-line
MILL BANK
WATER STREET, STAFFORD, ST16 2AG
ODS code M83057
385 m
WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD SURGERY
WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, STAFFORD, ST17 4BS
ODS code M83050
773 m
STAFFORD HEALTH AND WELLBEING
WHITGREAVE COURT, STAFFORD, ST16 3EB
ODS code M83044
1.1 km
CASTLEFIELDS
CASTLEFIELDS SURGERY, CASTLE WAY, NEWPORT ROAD, STAFFORD, ST16 1BS
ODS code M83024
1.1 km
HOLMCROFT
HOLMCROFT ROAD, STAFFORD, ST16 1JG
ODS code M83049
1.8 km
RISING BROOK
THE HEALTH CENTRE, MERREY ROAD, STAFFORD, ST17 9LY
ODS code M83036
2.4 km
WEEPING CROSS HEALTH CENTRE
BODMIN AVENUE, WEEPING CROSS, STAFFORD, ST17 0EG
ODS code M83052
3.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Gaol Square
BCT · Stafford Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Gaol Square
BCT · Stafford Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Gaol Square
BCT · Stafford Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Gaol Square
BCT · Stafford Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Gaol Square
BCT · Stafford Town Centre
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stafford 010F, 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
3,292 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
Schools
36 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 7 secondary schools. Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy is the nearest published school at 658 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,097 published events cover 12 months, averaging 341.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,582 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.