Meir South & Lightwood
Middle areaSouth east Stoke-on-Trent. 8,682 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 77% of people in Meir South & Lightwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Meir South & Lightwood
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Meir South & Lightwood at a rate of 104.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 138.7 per 1,000 people across Stoke-on-Trent.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 373 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 191 |
| Other crime | 161 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 57 |
| Shoplifting | 41 |
| Burglary | 35 |
| Drug offences | 20 |
| Vehicle crime | 19 |
| Robbery | 6 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Meir South & Lightwood compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Meir South & Lightwood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Meir South & Lightwood at a rate of 104.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 138.7 per 1,000 people across Stoke-on-Trent.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Meir South & Lightwood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (373), anti-social behaviour (191) and other crime (161).
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.
Figures for the whole of Stoke-on-Trent
These figures are published for the whole of Stoke-on-Trent, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Stoke-on-Trent and not Meir South & Lightwood alone. See Stoke-on-Trent
Meir South & Lightwood in brief
The median price paid for a home in Meir South & Lightwood was £190,000 in 2025.
Meir South & Lightwood had 8,594 usual residents at the census.
About 77% of people in Meir South & Lightwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Meir South & Lightwood, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.