Schools
89 open schools are in scope, including 49 primary and 11 secondary schools. Merryfields School is the nearest published school at 571 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST5 9HP
Cross Heath · Newcastle-under-Lyme · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Cross Heath
- Local authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST5 9HP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1981
- Terminated
- 1 May 2019
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 9
- Latitude
- 53.025323
- Longitude
- -2.234778
- British National Grid easting
- 384,350
- British National Grid northing
- 347,583
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E07000195
- Electoral ward
- Cross Heath · E05011419
- Parish or community
- E43000131
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E14001380
- Output area
- E00150591
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 010A · E01029553
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 010 · E02006167
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
- 89
- Primary
- 49
- Secondary
- 11
- 571 m
Merryfields School
Academy special converter
- 582 m
Hempstalls Primary School
Academy converter
- 811 m
The Orme Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,745
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,186
- Anti social behaviour 402
- Public order 272
- Criminal damage and arson 185
- Other theft 159
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ST5 9 residents
- 8,056
Age bands in ST5 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.9%
1,363 residents
1,096 residents
2,168 residents
2,125 residents
1,469 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
24
within 5 km straight-line
MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA
ODS code M83697
587 m
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
1.3 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
1.4 km
LOOMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
LOOMER ROAD, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7JS
ODS code M83723
1.5 km
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
1.7 km
HIGHERLAND SURGERY
3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE
ODS code M83140
1.8 km
LYME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
LYME VALLEY ROAD, NEWCASTLE, ST5 3TF
ODS code M83067
2.2 km
HEATHCOTE STREET SURGERY
2 HEATHCOTE STREET, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7EB
ODS code M83005
2.3 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
2.4 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALE PLEASANT, SILVERDALE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 6PS
ODS code M83034
2.4 km
MIDDLEPORT MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWPORT LANE, MIDDLEPORT, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3PN
ODS code Y02867
2.5 km
APSLEY SURGERY
COBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH TERRACE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83627
3.5 km
COBRIDGE SURGERY
COBRIDGE COMMUNITY HC, CHURCH TERRACE, COBRIDGE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83127
3.5 km
LUCIE WEDGEWOOD SURGERY LTD
LUCIE WEDGWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL LANE, BURSLEM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2AB
ODS code M83682
3.5 km
KEELE PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KEELE, KEELE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 5BG
ODS code M83670
3.6 km
NORFOLK STREET SURGERY
NORFOLK STREET, SHELTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 4PB
ODS code M83075
3.7 km
KINGSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSBRIDGE HOUSE, KINGSBRIDGE AVENUE, CLAYTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 3HP
ODS code M83141
3.7 km
HONEYWALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
STOKE HEALTH CENTRE, HONEYWALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 7JB
ODS code M83619
3.8 km
TUNSTALL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
ALEXANDRA RETAIL CENTRE, SCOTIA ROAD, TUNSTALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 6BE
ODS code M83650
4.0 km
HARLEY STREET MEDICAL CTR
HARLEY STREET, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 3RX
ODS code M83076
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Lower Milehouse Lane
BCT · Cross Heath
- 0.1 miles
Shops
BCT · Cross Heath
- 0.1 miles
Shops
BCT · Cross Heath
- 0.2 miles
Brymbo Road
BCT · Cross Heath
- 0.2 miles
Brymbo Road
BCT · Cross Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle-under-Lyme 010A, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,755 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
2,745 published events cover 12 months, averaging 228.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,186 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.