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East Newcastle-under-Lyme. About 6,408 people in 1.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 82% of people in Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,604
3,252nd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
82%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
71.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Town compares

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

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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. Town is 5,604.
5,6049th least 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%. Town is 82.0%.
82%6th most 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%. Town is 71.5%.
71.5%6th 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%. Town is 5.2%.
5.2%2nd highest

Is Town safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Town at a rate of 382.0 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, 213 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Town.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (711), anti-social behaviour (428) and other crime (414).

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 Town alone. See Newcastle-under-Lyme

Average house price
£209,112
Up 6.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,723
86th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.9×
Joint 89th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.0
Joint 148th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Town in brief

Town had 5,604 usual residents at the census.

About 82% of people in Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Town, 71.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Town, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.