ST5 4BS

Westbury Park & Northwood · Newcastle-under-Lyme · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newcastle
Local authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Postcode district
ST5
Postcode sector
ST5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ST5 4BY 129 m
ST5 4DA 161 m
ST5 4BZ 163 m
ST5 4BU 175 m
ST5 4DN 199 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ST5 4BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ST
Postcode district
ST5
Postcode sector
ST5 4
Latitude
52.980581
Longitude
-2.216796
British National Grid easting
385,541
British National Grid northing
342,602

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Newcastle-under-Lyme · E07000195
Parish or community
E43000131
Westminster constituency
Newcastle-under-Lyme · E14001380
Output area
E00150563
Lower layer super output area
Newcastle-under-Lyme 015H · E01033257
Middle layer super output area
Newcastle-under-Lyme 015 · E02006172

Postcode source versions

Explore ST5

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Northwood Close, Newcastle, ST5 4BS 5 August 2025 £263,000
8, Northwood Close, Newcastle, ST5 4BS 22 November 2019 £199,000
4, Northwood Close, Newcastle, ST5 4BS 2 November 2018 £176,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
62
Primary
32
Secondary
9
  1. Clayton Hall Academy

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    930 m
  2. St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  3. Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,125
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 585
  • Anti social behaviour 132
  • Criminal damage and arson 101
  • Public order 80
  • Other theft 56

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.9
ST5 4 residents
6,103

Age bands in ST5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

846 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

526 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

1,320 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,727 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

1,608 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ST5 4 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

15

within 5 km

  • TRENT VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    876 LONDON ROAD, TRENT VALE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 5NX

    ODS code M83014

    1.2 km

  • KINGSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    KINGSBRIDGE HOUSE, KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE, CLAYTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 3HP

    ODS code M83141

    1.5 km

  • HANFORD GP

    HANFORD HEALTH CENTRE, NEW INN LANE, HANFORD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 8EX

    ODS code M83138

    1.7 km

  • TRENTHAM MEWS MEDICAL CENTRE

    EASTWICK CRESCENT, TRENTHAM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 8XP

    ODS code M83711

    2.1 km

  • BRINSLEY AVENUE PRACTICE

    11 BRINSLEY AVENUE, TRENTHAM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 8LT

    ODS code M83601

    2.3 km

  • LYME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    LYME VALLEY ROAD, NEWCASTLE, ST5 3TF

    ODS code M83067

    2.9 km

  • HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT

    ODS code M83066

    3.3 km

  • HIGHERLAND SURGERY

    3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE

    ODS code M83140

    3.3 km

  • HONEYWALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    STOKE HEALTH CENTRE, HONEYWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 7JB

    ODS code M83619

    3.4 km

  • MILLER STREET SURGERY

    MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD

    ODS code M83025

    3.7 km

  • BLURTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BLURTON HEALTH CENTRE, RIPON ROAD, BLURTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 3BS

    ODS code M83725

    4.2 km

  • GLEBEDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FENTON HEALTH CENTRE, GLEBEDALE ROAD, STOKE ON TRENT, ST4 3AQ

    ODS code M83028

    4.2 km

  • NORFOLK STREET SURGERY

    NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB

    ODS code M83075

    4.5 km

  • KEELE PRACTICE

    HEALTH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KEELE, KEELE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 5BG

    ODS code M83670

    4.6 km

  • MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA

    ODS code M83697

    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

  • Leaswood Place

    BCT · Clayton Village

    0.1 miles
  • The Spinney

    BCT · Clayton Village

    0.1 miles
  • Mansfield Close

    BCT · Clayton Village

    0.2 miles
  • Beechwood Close

    BCT · Clayton Village

    0.2 miles
  • Moss Rise

    BCT · Clayton Village

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle-under-Lyme 015H, 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

28,819 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £263,000 from 1 recorded sale in ST5 4BS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Newcastle-under-Lyme is £209,547 in June 2026, up 6.6% year on year.

Schools

62 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 9 secondary schools. Clayton Hall Academy is the nearest published school at 930 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,125 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 585 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.