Schools
74 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 9 secondary schools. Coppice Academy is the nearest published school at 112 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST5 1AJ
Westlands · Newcastle-under-Lyme · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Westlands
- Local authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST5 1AJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 1
- Latitude
- 53.003022
- Longitude
- -2.224970
- British National Grid easting
- 385,000
- British National Grid northing
- 345,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E07000195
- Electoral ward
- Westlands · E05011434
- Parish or community
- E43000131
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E14001380
- Output area
- E00150855
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 014E · E01029605
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 014 · E02006171
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 74
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 9
- 112 m
Coppice Academy
Academy special converter
- 388 m
Co-op Academy Friarswood
Academy converter
- 740 m
Blackfriars Academy
Academy special converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,047
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,676
- Anti social behaviour 460
- Shoplifting 415
- Public order 397
- Criminal damage and arson 264
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ST5 1 residents
- 3,305
Age bands in ST5 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 8.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 29.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.9%
291 residents
991 residents
867 residents
636 residents
528 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
25
within 5 km straight-line
LYME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
LYME VALLEY ROAD, NEWCASTLE, ST5 3TF
ODS code M83067
373 m
HIGHERLAND SURGERY
3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE
ODS code M83140
850 m
KINGSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSBRIDGE HOUSE, KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE, CLAYTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 3HP
ODS code M83141
1.1 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
1.2 km
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
1.3 km
TRENT VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
876 LONDON ROAD, TRENT VALE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 5NX
ODS code M83014
2.3 km
MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA
ODS code M83697
2.3 km
HONEYWALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
STOKE HEALTH CENTRE, HONEYWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 7JB
ODS code M83619
2.5 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALE PLEASANT, SILVERDALE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 6PS
ODS code M83034
3.2 km
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
3.2 km
NORFOLK STREET SURGERY
NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB
ODS code M83075
3.2 km
KEELE PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KEELE, KEELE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 5BG
ODS code M83670
3.3 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
3.5 km
HANFORD GP
HANFORD HEALTH CENTRE, NEW INN LANE, HANFORD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 8EX
ODS code M83138
3.8 km
LOOMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
LOOMER ROAD, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7JS
ODS code M83723
4.0 km
HARLEY STREET MEDICAL CTR
HARLEY STREET, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 3RX
ODS code M83076
4.2 km
GLEBEDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FENTON HEALTH CENTRE, GLEBEDALE ROAD, STOKE ON TRENT, ST4 3AQ
ODS code M83028
4.2 km
THE MOORCROFT MEDICAL CTR
10 BOTTESLOW STREET, STOKE ON TRENT, ST1 3NJ
ODS code M83146
4.3 km
TRENTHAM MEWS MEDICAL CENTRE
EASTWICK CRESCENT, TRENTHAM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 8XP
ODS code M83711
4.3 km
MIDDLEPORT MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWPORT LANE, MIDDLEPORT, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3PN
ODS code Y02867
4.4 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Dellbrook Court
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.1 miles
Dellbrook Court
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.2 miles
Abbots Way
BCT · Clayton
- 0.3 miles
The Avenue
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.3 miles
Abbots Way
BCT · Clayton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle-under-Lyme 014E, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
32,714 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
4,047 published events cover 12 months, averaging 337.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,676 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.