ST5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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 ST5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ST5, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ST5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ST5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST5 at a rate of 98.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across ST.
In August 2026 alone, 690 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,330), anti-social behaviour (1,559) and other crime (1,476).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST5 was 92.4 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 ST5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST5 has no single figure. Of its 51 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ST5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 004A | 1,431 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 004B | 1,349 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 004C | 1,478 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 004D | 1,290 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 006A | 1,527 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 006B | 1,672 | 131.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 006C | 1,472 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 006D | 1,463 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.3% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 006E | 1,733 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 007A | 1,496 | 146.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 007B | 1,304 | 181.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.9% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 007C | 1,470 | 136.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 007D | 1,579 | 187.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 007E | 1,381 | 148.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 008A | 1,380 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 008B | 1,228 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 008C | 1,346 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 008D | 1,589 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.8% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 008E | 1,869 | 172.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 009A | 1,480 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 009B | 1,640 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 009C | 1,368 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 009D | 1,336 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 009E | 1,154 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 010A | 1,678 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 010B | 1,851 | 141.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 010C | 1,248 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 010D | 1,644 | 140.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 010E | 2,057 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 010F | 1,529 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 011A | 1,795 | 176.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 011B | 1,653 | 79.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 011C | 1,685 | 291.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 54.5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 011D | 1,413 | 218.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 011E | 1,802 | 565.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 69.5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 012A | 3,172 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 55.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 012B | 2,588 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 012C | 1,810 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 014A | 1,626 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.7% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 014B | 1,603 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 014C | 1,515 | 104.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 014D | 1,497 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 014E | 1,352 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 014F | 1,436 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 015B | 1,162 | 17.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 015C | 1,374 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 015E | 1,485 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 015F | 1,449 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 015G | 1,496 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 015H | 2,447 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.3% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 016B | 2,675 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 38.7% |
MPs for ST5
- Adam JogeeLabourMP for Newcastle-under-Lyme94% of ST5’s postcodes
- Leigh InghamLabourMP for Stafford5.0% of ST5’s postcodes
- Dr Allison GardnerLabourMP for Stoke-on-Trent South0.7% of ST5’s postcodes
- Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central0.1% of ST5’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.
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ST5 in brief
ST5 is a postcode district covering Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
About 85,091 people lived in ST5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,000 in 2025 across 1,120 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ST5 was £205,000 in 2025.
ST5 had 81,574 usual residents at the census.
In ST5, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ST5, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.