Schools
97 open schools are in scope, including 57 primary and 12 secondary schools. Oaklands Nursery School is the nearest published school at 92 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST5 8RU
Wolstanton · Newcastle-under-Lyme · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Wolstanton
- Local authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST5 8RU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1991
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 8
- Latitude
- 53.036289
- Longitude
- -2.220670
- British National Grid easting
- 385,300
- British National Grid northing
- 348,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E07000195
- Electoral ward
- Wolstanton · E05011435
- Parish or community
- E43000131
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E14001380
- Output area
- E00150747
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 008B · E01029584
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 008 · E02006165
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
- 97
- Primary
- 57
- Secondary
- 12
- 92 m
Oaklands Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 107 m
Kaleidoscope School
Other independent special school
- 291 m
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases
Pupil referral unit
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,256
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 851
- Anti social behaviour 328
- Public order 203
- Criminal damage and arson 188
- Shoplifting 168
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ST5 8 residents
- 10,775
Age bands in ST5 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.3%
1,579 residents
1,112 residents
2,508 residents
2,973 residents
2,209 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
27
within 5 km straight-line
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
267 m
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
591 m
MIDDLEPORT MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWPORT LANE, MIDDLEPORT, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3PN
ODS code Y02867
1.0 km
LOOMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
LOOMER ROAD, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7JS
ODS code M83723
1.9 km
LUCIE WEDGEWOOD SURGERY LTD
LUCIE WEDGWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL LANE, BURSLEM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2AB
ODS code M83682
2.0 km
MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA
ODS code M83697
2.1 km
HEATHCOTE STREET SURGERY
2 HEATHCOTE STREET, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7EB
ODS code M83005
2.2 km
APSLEY SURGERY
COBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH TERRACE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83627
2.3 km
COBRIDGE SURGERY
COBRIDGE COMMUNITY HC, CHURCH TERRACE, COBRIDGE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83127
2.3 km
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
2.5 km
TUNSTALL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
ALEXANDRA RETAIL CENTRE, SCOTIA ROAD, TUNSTALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 6BE
ODS code M83650
2.5 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
3.0 km
FURLONG MEDICAL CENTRE
FURLONG ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 5UD
ODS code M83021
3.1 km
HIGHERLAND SURGERY
3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE
ODS code M83140
3.1 km
LYME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
LYME VALLEY ROAD, NEWCASTLE, ST5 3TF
ODS code M83067
3.3 km
NORFOLK STREET SURGERY
NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB
ODS code M83075
3.4 km
PRIMA CARE SURGERIES
HANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER HUNTBACH STREET, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 2BN
ODS code M83625
3.5 km
HARLEY STREET MEDICAL CTR
HARLEY STREET, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 3RX
ODS code M83076
3.7 km
BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHELL HEATH ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 7NN
ODS code M83094
3.8 km
THE MOORCROFT MEDICAL CTR
10 BOTTESLOW STREET, STOKE ON TRENT, ST1 3NJ
ODS code M83146
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Second Avenue
BCT · Porthill
- 0.1 miles
St Andrew's Church
BCT · Porthill
- 0.1 miles
St Andrew's Church
BCT · Porthill
- 0.1 miles
Second Avenue
BCT · Porthill
- 0.2 miles
Queen Street
BCT · Porthill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle-under-Lyme 008B, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,710 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
2,256 published events cover 12 months, averaging 188 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 851 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.