# ST2

Postcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Bentilee and Townsend, in Stoke-on-Trent.

ST2 is a postcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Bentilee and Townsend, in Stoke-on-Trent. Median sale price £165,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code ST2. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [ST](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an ST2 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £165,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ST2 was £165,000 in 2025. Joint 168th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,634** (2021). ST2 had 35,634 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 620th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 19%** (2022). About 19% of people in ST2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.9%** (January 2026). In ST2, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=ST2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 19% of people in ST2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=ST2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 369 homes were sold in ST2 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=ST2) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for ST2.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=ST2) (Census 2021, England and Wales): ST2 had 35,634 usual residents at the census.

## How ST2 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | ST2 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £165,000 | joint 3rd cheapest | 21 postcode districts, ST · 2025 |
| Population | 35,634 | 7th most populated | 22 postcode districts, ST · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 19% | 8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 22 postcode districts, ST · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.9% | 2nd highest | 22 postcode districts, ST · Jan 2026 |

## Is ST2 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST2 at a rate of 110.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the ST postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 343 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,699), anti-social behaviour (712) and other crime (616).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST2 was 102.7 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in ST2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST2 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in ST2

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014214) | 1,481 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.9% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014215) | 1,496 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.0% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014216) | 1,340 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.0% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014265) | 1,485 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014267) | 2,329 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.4% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014272) | 1,440 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014210) | 1,549 | 130.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014211) | 1,600 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014212) | 1,956 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014213) | 1,322 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014217) | 1,452 | 180.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014218) | 1,650 | 183.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014219) | 1,267 | 139.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014225) | 1,489 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.2% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014226) | 1,444 | 199.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014228) | 1,217 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014230) | 1,577 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014220) | 1,724 | 135.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014221) | 1,660 | 123.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014222) | 1,575 | 222.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014223) | 1,779 | 186.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014224) | 1,700 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Stoke-on-Trent 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/neighbourhood/e01014229) | 2,011 | 166.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |

## Your MP

- [Stoke-on-Trent Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stoke-on-trent-central): Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 74% of the people here.
- [Stoke-on-Trent North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stoke-on-trent-north): David Williams (Labour), MP since July 2024. 23% of the people here.
- [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/staffordshire-moorlands): Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 2.8% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in ST2

[Abbey Hulton](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/abbey-hulton), [Baddley & Milton](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/baddley-and-milton), [Bentilee & Ubberley](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/bentilee-and-ubberley), [Townsend & Eaton Park](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent/townsend-and-eaton-park)

## Postcode sectors in ST2

[ST2 0 (232 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2-0), [ST2 7 (175 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2-7), [ST2 8 (169 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2-8), [ST2 9 (181 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2-9)

## Council

[Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent)

## Towns in ST2

[Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent)

## Postcode districts next to ST2

[ST1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st1), [ST3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st3), [ST4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st4), [ST6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st6), [ST9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st9)

## Nearest rail stations

[Longton (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.1370,52.9900), [Stoke-On-Trent (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.1810,53.0080)

## More in the ST postcode area

[All ST postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## ST2 in brief

ST2 is a postcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Bentilee and Townsend, in Stoke-on-Trent.
About 36,401 people lived in ST2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 369 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 110.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ST2 was £165,000 in 2025.
ST2 had 35,634 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in ST2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ST2, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: ST2
- Postcode area: [ST](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st)
- Constituency: [Stoke-on-Trent Central †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stoke-on-trent-central)
- Council: [Stoke-on-Trent †](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent)
- Area: 14.91 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,401*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 121

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[ST9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st9), [ST3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st3), [ST1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st1), [ST4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st4), [ST6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st6)

## Latest updates for ST2

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/ST2

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/st2