Schools
81 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 9 secondary schools. Blackfriars Academy is the nearest published school at 366 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST5 2HQ
Town · Newcastle-under-Lyme · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Town
- Local authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST5 2HQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1991
- Terminated
- 1 December 1995
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 2
- Latitude
- 53.007514
- Longitude
- -2.226484
- British National Grid easting
- 384,900
- British National Grid northing
- 345,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E07000195
- Electoral ward
- Town · E05011432
- Parish or community
- E43000131
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E14001380
- Output area
- E00150842
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 011C · E01029602
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 81
- Primary
- 46
- Secondary
- 9
- 366 m
Blackfriars Academy
Academy special converter
- 369 m
Hassell Primary School
Community school
- 496 m
Co-op Academy Friarswood
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,080
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,721
- Anti social behaviour 471
- Public order 408
- Shoplifting 357
- Criminal damage and arson 268
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ST5 2 residents
- 9,059
Age bands in ST5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 19.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.8%
1,322 residents
1,789 residents
2,027 residents
2,138 residents
2,024 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
226 m
HIGHERLAND SURGERY
3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE
ODS code M83140
451 m
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
886 m
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
1.1 km
KINGSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSBRIDGE HOUSE, KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE, CLAYTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 3HP
ODS code M83141
1.6 km
MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA
ODS code M83697
1.9 km
HONEYWALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
STOKE HEALTH CENTRE, HONEYWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 7JB
ODS code M83619
2.6 km
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
2.7 km
TRENT VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
876 LONDON ROAD, TRENT VALE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 5NX
ODS code M83014
2.8 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALE PLEASANT, SILVERDALE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 6PS
ODS code M83034
2.9 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
3.0 km
NORFOLK STREET SURGERY
NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB
ODS code M83075
3.1 km
KEELE PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KEELE, KEELE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 5BG
ODS code M83670
3.2 km
LOOMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
LOOMER ROAD, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7JS
ODS code M83723
3.5 km
MIDDLEPORT MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWPORT LANE, MIDDLEPORT, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3PN
ODS code Y02867
4.0 km
HARLEY STREET MEDICAL CTR
HARLEY STREET, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 3RX
ODS code M83076
4.1 km
APSLEY SURGERY
COBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH TERRACE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83627
4.2 km
COBRIDGE SURGERY
COBRIDGE COMMUNITY HC, CHURCH TERRACE, COBRIDGE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83127
4.2 km
THE MOORCROFT MEDICAL CTR
10 BOTTESLOW STREET, STOKE ON TRENT, ST1 3NJ
ODS code M83146
4.2 km
HANFORD GP
HANFORD HEALTH CENTRE, NEW INN LANE, HANFORD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 8EX
ODS code M83138
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Lyme Valley Road
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.1 miles
Morrisons
BCT · Newcastle Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Morrisons
BCT · Newcastle Town Centre
- 0.2 miles
Dellbrook Court
BCT · Newcastle Under Lyme
- 0.2 miles
Bus Station
BCS · Newcastle Town Centre
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle-under-Lyme 011C, 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
10,391 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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
4,080 published events cover 12 months, averaging 340 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,721 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.