Schools
59 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 7 secondary schools. Newcastle Academy is the nearest published school at 586 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST5 2PG
Thistleberry · Newcastle-under-Lyme · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Thistleberry
- 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 2PG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 2
- Latitude
- 53.002063
- Longitude
- -2.254767
- British National Grid easting
- 383,000
- British National Grid northing
- 345,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E07000195
- Electoral ward
- Thistleberry · E05011431
- Parish or community
- E43000131
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E14001380
- Output area
- E00150828
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 015E · E01029601
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 015 · E02006172
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
- 59
- Primary
- 33
- Secondary
- 7
- 586 m
Newcastle Academy
Academy converter
- 696 m
Westlands Primary School
Academy converter
- 996 m
Edenhurst Preparatory School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 573
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 298
- Anti social behaviour 57
- Other theft 48
- Criminal damage and arson 42
- Public order 35
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
14
within 5 km straight-line
KEELE PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KEELE, KEELE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 5BG
ODS code M83670
1.3 km
HIGHERLAND SURGERY
3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE
ODS code M83140
1.7 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALE PLEASANT, SILVERDALE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 6PS
ODS code M83034
1.7 km
LYME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
LYME VALLEY ROAD, NEWCASTLE, ST5 3TF
ODS code M83067
2.1 km
KINGSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSBRIDGE HOUSE, KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE, CLAYTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 3HP
ODS code M83141
2.2 km
MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA
ODS code M83697
2.4 km
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
2.8 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
3.1 km
LOOMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
LOOMER ROAD, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7JS
ODS code M83723
3.8 km
TRENT VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
876 LONDON ROAD, TRENT VALE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 5NX
ODS code M83014
3.9 km
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
4.1 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
4.2 km
HONEYWALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
STOKE HEALTH CENTRE, HONEYWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 7JB
ODS code M83619
4.5 km
HEATHCOTE STREET SURGERY
2 HEATHCOTE STREET, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7EB
ODS code M83005
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Vichy Close
BCT · Westlands
- 0.2 miles
Vichy Close
BCT · Westlands
- 0.3 miles
Caudwell Children
BCT · Keele
- 0.3 miles
Rothesay Avenue
BCT · Westlands
- 0.4 miles
Veterinary School
BCT · Keele
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle-under-Lyme 015E, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
30,201 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
573 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 298 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.