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ST4

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-upon-Trent and Trentham, in Stoke-on-Trent.

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 ST4 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In ST4, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£165,000
168th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
58,935
101st most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How ST4 compares

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

ST4Middle
Median sale price21 postcode districts, ST · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in ST21 areas from £133,000 to £340,000. The middle area is £225,000. ST4 is £165,000.
£165,000joint 3rd cheapest
Population22 postcode districts, ST · 2021
Population: every postcode district in ST22 areas from 306 to 81,574. The middle area is 23,933. ST4 is 58,935.
58,9354th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage22 postcode districts, ST · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in ST22 areas from 49.9% to 100.0%. The middle area is 85.6%. ST4 is 93.2%.
93.2%6th highest
Claimant rate21 postcode districts, ST · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in ST21 areas from 1.5% to 7.0%. The middle area is 2.5%. ST4 is 4.3%.
4.3%5th highest

Is ST4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST4 at a rate of 139.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across ST.

In August 2026 alone, 774 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST4.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,203), other crime (1,696) and anti-social behaviour (1,322).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST4 was 123.7 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 ST4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST4 has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in ST4

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Stafford 002D1,30170.0 per 1,000922.2%
Stoke-on-Trent 016D1,580208.0 per 1,000383.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 016E1,990177.3 per 1,000382.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 016F1,366139.1 per 1,000294.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 018A1,54871.1 per 1,000499.3%
Stoke-on-Trent 018B1,52356.5 per 1,000699.3%
Stoke-on-Trent 018C1,46395.3 per 1,000697.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 018D2,07277.9 per 1,000590.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 018E1,50768.3 per 1,000699.6%
Stoke-on-Trent 018F1,384347.4 per 1,000496.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 019A1,585342.5 per 1,000185.5%
Stoke-on-Trent 019B1,669102.2 per 1,0006100.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 019C1,899107.9 per 1,000296.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 019D2,14990.4 per 1,000396.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 019E2,141445.2 per 1,000279.6%
Stoke-on-Trent 020A1,772193.4 per 1,000294.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 020B1,446233.8 per 1,000197.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 020C1,510261.0 per 1,000295.6%
Stoke-on-Trent 020D1,435146.6 per 1,000398.1%
Stoke-on-Trent 020E1,792169.5 per 1,000294.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 023A1,42184.3 per 1,000699.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 023B1,780175.9 per 1,000494.2%
Stoke-on-Trent 023C1,548112.8 per 1,000298.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 023D1,787133.2 per 1,000592.1%
Stoke-on-Trent 023E1,57778.3 per 1,000498.6%
Stoke-on-Trent 030A1,52883.6 per 1,000898.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 030B1,43039.0 per 1,0001099.5%
Stoke-on-Trent 030C1,36849.6 per 1,000999.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 030D1,68083.7 per 1,000499.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 032F2,03060.2 per 1,0001090.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 034A1,36027.8 per 1,0001098.5%
Stoke-on-Trent 034B1,32642.1 per 1,0001097.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 034C1,43449.0 per 1,000799.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 034D1,35042.8 per 1,0001091.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 035A1,264320.1 per 1,000197.1%
Stoke-on-Trent 035B1,19657.3 per 1,0006100.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 035C1,205147.4 per 1,000299.8%

MPs for ST4

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 ST46

Postcode sectors in ST49

Council1

Towns in ST41

Postcode districts next to ST47

Nearest rail stations2

More in the ST postcode area2

ST4 in brief

ST4 is a postcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-upon-Trent and Trentham, in Stoke-on-Trent.

About 62,353 people lived in ST4 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 712 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 139.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in ST4 was £165,000 in 2025.

ST4 had 58,935 usual residents at the census.

In ST4, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In ST4, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.