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Silverdale & Keele

Middle area

North east Newcastle-under-Lyme. 8,057 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 47% of people in Silverdale & Keele live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£182,500
Joint 1,105th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,569
Joint 4,292nd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
47%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Silverdale & Keele

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Silverdale & Keele at a rate of 63.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 88.4 per 1,000 people across Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences231
Anti-social behaviour91
Other crime91
Criminal damage and arson40
Burglary22
Vehicle crime22
Drug offences8
Shoplifting3
Robbery2
Theft from the person0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Silverdale & Keele compares

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Median sale price16 middle areas, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Newcastle-under-Lyme16 areas from £140,000 to £396,250. The middle area is £191,250. Silverdale & Keele is £182,500.
£182,5006th cheapest
Population16 middle areas, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2021
Population: every middle area in Newcastle-under-Lyme16 areas from 5,168 to 10,005. The middle area is 7,718. Silverdale & Keele is 7,569.
7,5698th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 middle areas, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Newcastle-under-Lyme16 areas from 18.0% to 96.0%. The middle area is 62.5%. Silverdale & Keele is 47.0%.
47%6th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 middle areas, Newcastle-under-Lyme · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Newcastle-under-Lyme16 areas from 18.6% to 99.1%. The middle area is 96.2%. Silverdale & Keele is 84.5%.
84.5%5th lowest

Is Silverdale & Keele safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Silverdale & Keele at a rate of 63.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 88.4 per 1,000 people across Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Silverdale & Keele.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (231), anti-social behaviour (91) and other crime (91).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme

These figures are published for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Newcastle-under-Lyme and not Silverdale & Keele alone. See Newcastle-under-Lyme

Average house price
£208,269
Up 5.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,723
86th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 78th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.0
Joint 148th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Silverdale & Keele in brief

The median price paid for a home in Silverdale & Keele was £182,500 in 2025.

Silverdale & Keele had 7,569 usual residents at the census.

About 47% of people in Silverdale & Keele live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Silverdale & Keele, 84.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.