Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 7 secondary schools. Newcastle Academy is the nearest published school at 229 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST5 2RB
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 2RB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 2
- Latitude
- 53.002631
- Longitude
- -2.249466
- British National Grid easting
- 383,356
- British National Grid northing
- 345,062
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
- E00150826
- 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
- 63
- Primary
- 33
- Secondary
- 7
- 229 m
Newcastle Academy
Academy converter
- 341 m
Westlands Primary School
Academy converter
- 638 m
Edenhurst Preparatory School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,006
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 451
- Anti social behaviour 119
- Shoplifting 100
- Public order 71
- Other theft 66
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 35
- Postcode households
- 30
- Residents per household
- 1.2
- ST5 2 residents
- 9,059
12 female, 23 male
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
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ST5 2 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
16
within 5 km
HIGHERLAND SURGERY
3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE
ODS code M83140
1.3 km
KEELE PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KEELE, KEELE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 5BG
ODS code M83670
1.6 km
LYME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
LYME VALLEY ROAD, NEWCASTLE, ST5 3TF
ODS code M83067
1.8 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALE PLEASANT, SILVERDALE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 6PS
ODS code M83034
1.9 km
KINGSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSBRIDGE HOUSE, KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE, CLAYTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 3HP
ODS code M83141
1.9 km
MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA
ODS code M83697
2.2 km
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
2.4 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
2.7 km
TRENT VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
876 LONDON ROAD, TRENT VALE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 5NX
ODS code M83014
3.6 km
LOOMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
LOOMER ROAD, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7JS
ODS code M83723
3.7 km
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
3.8 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
4.0 km
HONEYWALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
STOKE HEALTH CENTRE, HONEYWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 7JB
ODS code M83619
4.1 km
HEATHCOTE STREET SURGERY
2 HEATHCOTE STREET, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7EB
ODS code M83005
4.5 km
NORFOLK STREET SURGERY
NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB
ODS code M83075
4.7 km
HANFORD GP
HANFORD HEALTH CENTRE, NEW INN LANE, HANFORD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 8EX
ODS code M83138
4.9 km
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
Vichy Close
BCT · Westlands
- 0.1 miles
Vichy Close
BCT · Westlands
- 0.1 miles
Rothesay Avenue
BCT · Westlands
- 0.2 miles
Rothesay Avenue
BCT · Westlands
- 0.3 miles
Gallowstree Lane
BCT · Thistleberry
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.
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
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 13
- 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
1,006 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 451 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.