Stafford
Stafford is covered by postcode districts ST16, ST17, ST18 and ST20. It is in the Stafford council area, Staffordshire.
Every postcode in Stafford, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 14
- At medium risk at worst: 17
- At low risk at worst: 51
- At very low risk only: 1
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,683
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 1,766 postcodes in Stafford that ONS places, 14 have a home or business at high risk, 17 are at medium risk at worst, 51 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 1,683 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 160 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 52.8030, longitude -2.1122. 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
14 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that 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
- 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. ST16 2EZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Stafford?
Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 1,338 of the 1,697 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 241 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 83 of its 1,766 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stafford, 650 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 Stafford?
Homes in Stafford sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 781 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £355,000 191 sales
- Semi-detached £235,438 314 sales
- Terraced £180,500 207 sales
- Flat or maisonette £116,000 69 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole ST16 district, Stafford's main postcode district: a typical £219,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Stafford: 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 Stafford?
69 of the 1,766 postcodes now in use in Stafford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 79 of the 1,088 homes sold in Stafford were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ST16 district, 30%.
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 Stafford | Across the ST16 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 23 of 781 (3%) | 35 of 406 (9%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 79 of 1,088 (7%) | 201 of 674 (30%) |
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 Stafford?
Ofcom reports on 1,697 of the 1,766 postcodes in Stafford. At 1,338 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Stafford at risk of flooding?
83 of the 1,766 postcodes in Stafford 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 241 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 Stafford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Stafford (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery200 m 221 pupils, 226 places
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School200 m 97 pupils, 121 places
- St Leonard's Primary School800 m 222 pupils, 255 places
- John Wheeldon Primary Academy1.2 km 536 pupils, 515 places
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School1.5 km 213 pupils, 210 places
- Rowley Park Primary Academy1.6 km 182 pupils, 236 places
- St John's CofE Primary Academy1.6 km 410 pupils, 420 places
- Flash Ley Primary School1.6 km 189 pupils, 315 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 Stafford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stafford is Stafford Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.
- Stafford Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
- Norton Bridge Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive
- Penkridge Rail Station Railway station 8.9 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 Stafford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Stafford, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Wolverhampton Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01785 258161 50 mWalk
- Mill Bank Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01785 258348 500 mWalk
- Castlefields Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01785 223012 1.2 kmWalk
- Stafford Health and Wellbeing Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01785 258249 1.8 kmCycle
- Rising Brook Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01785 251134 1.8 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Stafford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,404 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Stafford 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
- 275 September 2025
- 319 October 2025
- 317 November 2025
- 359 December 2025
- 298 January 2026
- 330 February 2026
- 423 March 2026
- 391 April 2026
- 396 May 2026
- 415 June 2026
- 408 July 2026
- 473 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 120, other crime 98, vehicle crime 94, possession of weapons 53, robbery 46, theft from the person 10.
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 Stafford?
- District, borough or city council
- Stafford
- County council
- Staffordshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Stafford (1,667) and Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (99)
- Police force area
- Staffordshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- 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 Stafford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Stafford about council tax Council tax, on staffordbc.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Stafford
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Stafford postcodes
1,766 postcodes in use in Stafford, by district:
Those districts are all in the ST postcode area.
Check a Stafford 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 Stafford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Stafford's £230,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Stafford
- What is it like to live in Stafford?
- Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 1,338 of the 1,697 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 241 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 83 of its 1,766 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stafford, 650 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 Stafford?
- Stafford is covered by postcode districts ST16, ST17, ST18 and ST20, across 1,766 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Stafford in?
- Stafford is in the Stafford council area, and Staffordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Stafford?
- Homes in Stafford sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 781 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Stafford?
- In Stafford, primary schools at its postcodes include St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, St Paul's Church of England Primary School and St Leonard's Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy, Blessed William Howard Catholic School and King Edward VI High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Stafford have a railway station?
- Yes: Stafford is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Stafford, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Stafford?
- Ofcom reports on 1,697 of the 1,766 postcodes in Stafford. At 1,338 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Stafford at risk of flooding?
- 83 of the 1,766 postcodes in Stafford 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 241 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 Stafford?
- 69 of the 1,766 postcodes now in use in Stafford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 79 of the 1,088 homes sold in Stafford were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ST16 district, 30%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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