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WS15 3NS

Haywood & Hixon · Stafford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Rugeley
Ward
Haywood & Hixon
Local authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Postcode district
WS15
Postcode sector
WS15 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS15 3NU 390 m
WS15 3NX 441 m
WS15 3NT 524 m
WS15 3NR 737 m
WS15 3PA 823 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS15 3NS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS15
Postcode sector
WS15 3
Latitude
52.830093
Longitude
-1.957074
British National Grid easting
402,989
British National Grid northing
325,840

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Stafford · E07000197
Electoral ward
Haywood & Hixon · E05010488
Parish or community
E04009015
Westminster constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge · E14001523
Output area
E00151399
Lower layer super output area
Stafford 008D · E01029712
Middle layer super output area
Stafford 008 · E02006195

Postcode source versions

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Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Fairfield Cottage, Lea Road, Rugeley, WS15 3NS 11 March 2022 £570,000
Heath Barn, Lea Road, Rugeley, WS15 3NS 3 June 2020 £459,000
Lea Heath Farm, Lea Road, Rugeley, WS15 3NS 29 June 2017 £482,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
5
Secondary
0

  1. St Peter's CofE Primary School

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    2.9 km

  2. St John's Catholic Primary School

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    4.4 km

  3. Anson CofE Primary School

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    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

7 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.6
WS15 3 residents
4,595

Age bands in WS15 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

606 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

384 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

762 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.8%

1,447 residents

Age 65 and over
27.5%

1,216 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS15 3 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • HAZELDENE HOUSE SURGERY

    HAZELDENE HOUSE, MAIN ROAD, GREAT HAYWOOD, STAFFORD, ST18 0SU

    ODS code M83022

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Legge Lane

    BCT · Hixon

    1.6 miles

  • Legge Lane

    BCT · Hixon

    1.6 miles

  • Walnut Crest

    BCT · Hixon

    1.6 miles

  • Windermere House

    BCT · Stowe By Chartley

    1.7 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Hixon

    1.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stafford 008D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,851 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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 £570,000 from 1 recorded sale in WS15 3NS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Stafford is £259,721 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Peter's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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