ST7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Alsager and Kidsgrove, in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Cheshire East.
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 ST7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ST7, 79.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ST7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ST7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST7 at a rate of 64.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across ST.
In August 2026 alone, 347 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,628), other crime (709) and anti-social behaviour (537).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST7 was 55.5 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 ST7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST7 has no single figure. Of its 36 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ST7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East 033B | 1,640 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| Cheshire East 033D | 1,289 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 31.7% |
| Cheshire East 033E | 1,532 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.9% |
| Cheshire East 033F | 1,300 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Cheshire East 033G | 1,237 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| Cheshire East 040A | 1,884 | 17.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 68.8% |
| Cheshire East 040B | 1,699 | 144.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| Cheshire East 040C | 1,699 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.9% |
| Cheshire East 040D | 1,598 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| Cheshire East 041F | 1,258 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 35.7% |
| Cheshire East 042A | 2,189 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.9% |
| Cheshire East 042B | 2,488 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.6% |
| Cheshire East 042C | 1,829 | 19.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 67.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 001A | 1,216 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 001B | 1,136 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 001C | 1,577 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 001D | 1,831 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 001E | 1,175 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 001F | 1,158 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 002A | 1,456 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 002B | 1,290 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 002C | 1,346 | 176.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 002D | 1,616 | 182.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 003A | 1,315 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 003B | 1,839 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 003C | 1,584 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 003D | 1,233 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 003E | 1,189 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 003F | 1,478 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 004E | 1,026 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.8% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 005A | 1,490 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 1.6% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 005B | 1,469 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 38.5% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 005C | 1,454 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 38.1% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 005D | 1,396 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 005E | 2,517 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 16.0% |
| Stoke-on-Trent 001E | 1,919 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.3% |
MPs for ST7
- Sarah RussellLabourMP for Congleton44% of ST7’s postcodes
- David WilliamsLabourMP for Stoke-on-Trent North41% of ST7’s postcodes
- Adam JogeeLabourMP for Newcastle-under-Lyme13% of ST7’s postcodes
- Connor NaismithLabourMP for Crewe and Nantwich1.2% of ST7’s postcodes
- Dame Karen BradleyConservativeMP for Staffordshire Moorlands0.6% of ST7’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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Councils ST7 covers2
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Nearest rail stations2
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ST7 in brief
ST7 is a postcode district covering Alsager and Kidsgrove, in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Cheshire East.
About 57,365 people lived in ST7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 857 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ST7 was £215,000 in 2025.
ST7 had 55,231 usual residents at the census.
In ST7, 79.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ST7, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.