Schools
92 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 10 secondary schools. Demetae Academy is the nearest published school at 543 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST5 0SG
May Bank · Newcastle-under-Lyme · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Newcastle
- Ward
- May Bank
- Local authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST5 0SG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 0
- Latitude
- 53.018179
- Longitude
- -2.224110
- British National Grid easting
- 385,063
- British National Grid northing
- 346,786
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E07000195
- Electoral ward
- May Bank · E05011427
- Parish or community
- E43000131
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E14001380
- Output area
- E00150707
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 011B · E01029578
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 011 · E02006168
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 ST5
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 11, Larkspur Grove, Newcastle, ST5 0SG | 30 April 2015 | £63,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 92
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 10
- 543 m
Demetae Academy
Other independent school
- 558 m
Hempstalls Primary School
Academy converter
- 640 m
Lyme Brook Independent School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,342
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,684
- Anti social behaviour 569
- Shoplifting 466
- Public order 436
- Criminal damage and arson 265
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 50
- Postcode households
- 37
- Residents per household
- 1.4
- ST5 0 residents
- 9,499
27 female, 23 male
Age bands in ST5 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.5%
1,453 residents
1,016 residents
2,588 residents
2,613 residents
2,100 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ST5 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 81.6%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 81.6%
- Gigabit-capable
- 81.6%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
24
within 5 km
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
617 m
HIGHERLAND SURGERY
3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE
ODS code M83140
1.2 km
MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA
ODS code M83697
1.2 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
1.3 km
LYME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
LYME VALLEY ROAD, NEWCASTLE, ST5 3TF
ODS code M83067
1.3 km
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
1.5 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
1.8 km
LOOMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
LOOMER ROAD, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7JS
ODS code M83723
2.6 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
NORFOLK STREET SURGERY
NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB
ODS code M83075
2.8 km
KINGSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSBRIDGE HOUSE, KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE, CLAYTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 3HP
ODS code M83141
2.8 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALE PLEASANT, SILVERDALE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 6PS
ODS code M83034
2.9 km
APSLEY SURGERY
COBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH TERRACE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83627
3.2 km
COBRIDGE SURGERY
COBRIDGE COMMUNITY HC, CHURCH TERRACE, COBRIDGE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83127
3.2 km
HEATHCOTE STREET SURGERY
2 HEATHCOTE STREET, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7EB
ODS code M83005
3.3 km
HARLEY STREET MEDICAL CTR
HARLEY STREET, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 3RX
ODS code M83076
3.6 km
LUCIE WEDGEWOOD SURGERY LTD
LUCIE WEDGWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL LANE, BURSLEM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2AB
ODS code M83682
3.6 km
KEELE PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KEELE, KEELE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 5BG
ODS code M83670
3.7 km
PRIMA CARE SURGERIES
HANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER HUNTBACH STREET, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 2BN
ODS code M83625
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 24 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Bramfield Drive
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.1 miles
Bramfield Drive
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.1 miles
Primrose Grove
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.1 miles
Primrose Grove
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.1 miles
The Brampton Museum
BCT · The Brampton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle-under-Lyme 011B, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,363 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 5 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 3
- Medium risk addresses
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 2
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,342 published events cover 12 months, averaging 361.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,684 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.