ST21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Eccleshall and Redhill, in Stafford.
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 ST21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ST21, 49.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ST21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ST21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST21 at a rate of 43.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across ST.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (147), other crime (41) and anti-social behaviour (34).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST21 was 35.5 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 ST21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST21 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ST21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford 005A | 2,331 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.4% |
| Stafford 005B | 1,394 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 26.0% |
| Stafford 005C | 1,572 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 21.0% |
| Stafford 005D | 1,750 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.1% |
MPs for ST21
- Leigh InghamLabourMP for Stafford99% of ST21’s postcodes
- Dr Allison GardnerLabourMP for Stoke-on-Trent South0.9% of ST21’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in ST211
Postcode sectors in ST211
Council1
Postcode districts next to ST216
More in the ST postcode area2
ST21 in brief
ST21 is a postcode district covering Eccleshall and Redhill, in Stafford.
About 6,199 people lived in ST21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 84 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ST21 was £340,000 in 2025.
ST21 had 5,988 usual residents at the census.
In ST21, 49.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ST21, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.