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Newchapel & Mow Cop

Ward

North east Newcastle-under-Lyme. About 5,782 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 52% of people in Newchapel & Mow Cop live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,728
3,358th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
52%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Newchapel & Mow Cop compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Newchapel & Mow CopMiddle
Population21 wards, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2021
Population: every ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme21 areas from 2,675 to 9,007. The middle area is 5,728. Newchapel & Mow Cop is 5,728.
5,72811th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 65.0%. Newchapel & Mow Cop is 52.0%.
52%8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Newcastle-under-Lyme · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme21 areas from 18.6% to 99.8%. The middle area is 96.4%. Newchapel & Mow Cop is 95.7%.
95.7%9th lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Newcastle-under-Lyme · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme21 areas from 0.3% to 6.4%. The middle area is 2.6%. Newchapel & Mow Cop is 1.7%.
1.7%3rd lowest

Is Newchapel & Mow Cop safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newchapel & Mow Cop at a rate of 42.4 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, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newchapel & Mow Cop.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (110), other crime (54) and anti-social behaviour (31).

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 ward, so they describe all of Newcastle-under-Lyme and not Newchapel & Mow Cop 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
Newchapel & Mow Cop in brief

Newchapel & Mow Cop had 5,728 usual residents at the census.

About 52% of people in Newchapel & Mow Cop live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Newchapel & Mow Cop, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Newchapel & Mow Cop, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.