Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove is covered by postcode districts ST6 and ST7. It is mostly in the Newcastle-under-Lyme council area: 344 of its 353 postcodes. The others are in Cheshire East. 344 are in Staffordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 9.
Every postcode in Kidsgrove, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 13
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 337
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 353 postcodes in Kidsgrove that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 13 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 337 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.0876, longitude -2.2408. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. ST7 1EE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Kidsgrove?
Homes sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 308 of the 344 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 135 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 353 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kidsgrove, 300 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Kidsgrove?
Homes in Kidsgrove sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 179 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £175,750
- 12 months to August 2026
- £180,000
▲ up 2.4% on the 12 months before
Across the whole ST7 district, Kidsgrove's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kidsgrove: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Kidsgrove?
11 of the 353 postcodes now in use in Kidsgrove came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 242 homes sold in Kidsgrove were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ST7 district, 2%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Kidsgrove | Across the ST7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 179 (0%) | 0 of 651 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 7 of 242 (3%) | 21 of 886 (2%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Kidsgrove?
Ofcom reports on 344 of the 353 postcodes in Kidsgrove. At 308 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kidsgrove at risk of flooding?
16 of the 353 postcodes in Kidsgrove have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 135 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Kidsgrove?
The open schools at the postcodes in Kidsgrove. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Dove Bank Primary School500 m 225 pupils, 210 places
- St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy600 m 189 pupils, 205 places
- Bluebell School Ltd600 m 138 pupils, 167 places
- St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy650 m 190 pupils, 240 places
- Kidsgrove Primary School900 m 156 pupils, 236 places
- The Reginald Mitchell Primary School1.2 km 211 pupils, 210 places
- St Saviour's CofE Academy1.4 km 162 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Kidsgrove?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kidsgrove is Kidsgrove Rail Station, 300 m away in a straight line.
- Kidsgrove Rail Station Railway station 300 mWalk
- Alsager Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
- Longport Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Kidsgrove?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Kidsgrove. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Kidsgrove Medical Centre450 m
- Mount Road Practice450 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kidsgrove safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,554 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kidsgrove over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 96 September 2025
- 83 October 2025
- 104 November 2025
- 131 December 2025
- 130 January 2026
- 86 February 2026
- 153 March 2026
- 150 April 2026
- 120 May 2026
- 158 June 2026
- 169 July 2026
- 174 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 36, other crime 34, possession of weapons 16, bicycle theft 14, robbery 13.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Kidsgrove?
- Councils
- Newcastle-under-Lyme (344) and Cheshire East (9)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Stoke-on-Trent North (344) and Congleton (9)
- Police force areas
- Staffordshire (344) and Cheshire (9)
- Regions
- West Midlands (344) and North West (9)
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Kidsgrove
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Kidsgrove
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Kidsgrove postcodes
353 postcodes in use in Kidsgrove, by district:
Those districts are all in the ST postcode area.
Check a Kidsgrove postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Kidsgrove
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kidsgrove's £180,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Kidsgrove
- What is it like to live in Kidsgrove?
- Homes sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 308 of the 344 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 135 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 353 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kidsgrove, 300 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Kidsgrove?
- Kidsgrove is covered by postcode districts ST6 and ST7, across 353 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Kidsgrove?
- Homes in Kidsgrove sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 179 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Kidsgrove?
- In Kidsgrove, primary schools at its postcodes include Dove Bank Primary School, St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy and Bluebell School Ltd; secondary schools at its postcodes include The King's CofE Academy, Bluebell School Ltd and Kidsgrove Secondary School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Kidsgrove have a railway station?
- Yes: Kidsgrove is 300 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Kidsgrove, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Kidsgrove?
- Ofcom reports on 344 of the 353 postcodes in Kidsgrove. At 308 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Kidsgrove at risk of flooding?
- 16 of the 353 postcodes in Kidsgrove have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 135 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Kidsgrove?
- 11 of the 353 postcodes now in use in Kidsgrove came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 242 homes sold in Kidsgrove were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ST7 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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