ST17 4UP postcode in Stafford, Staffordshire

ST17 4UP is a postcode in Stafford, in the Penkside ward. It is in the Stafford parliamentary constituency and the Staffordshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1991.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at ST17 4UP can get it Across Stafford: 84% Typical price £245,000 Homes sold in ST17 4, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Nearest station Stafford 3.0 km in a straight line

Where ST17 4UP is, and what is near it

Map of ST17 4UP and what is near it Map of ST17 4UP: its centre point, with the 284 other postcodes in the ST17 4 sector, 3 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 1 bus stop. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. ST17 4EG: also in ST17 4ST17 4EH: also in ST17 4ST17 4EJ: also in ST17 4ST17 4EL: also in ST17 4ST17 4EN: also in ST17 4ST17 4EP: also in ST17 4ST17 4EQ: also in ST17 4ST17 4EW: also in ST17 4ST17 4EX: also in ST17 4ST17 4EY: also in ST17 4ST17 4EZ: also in ST17 4ST17 4FN: also in ST17 4ST17 4FP: also in ST17 4ST17 4GA: also in ST17 4ST17 4HA: also in ST17 4ST17 4HB: also in ST17 4ST17 4HD: also in ST17 4ST17 4HE: also in ST17 4ST17 4HF: also in ST17 4ST17 4HG: also in ST17 4ST17 4HH: also in ST17 4ST17 4HJ: also in ST17 4ST17 4HL: also in ST17 4ST17 4HN: also in ST17 4ST17 4HP: also in ST17 4ST17 4HQ: also in ST17 4ST17 4HR: also in ST17 4ST17 4HW: also in ST17 4ST17 4HY: also in ST17 4ST17 4HZ: also in ST17 4ST17 4JA: also in ST17 4ST17 4JB: also in ST17 4ST17 4JD: also in ST17 4ST17 4JT: also in ST17 4ST17 4NE: also in ST17 4ST17 4NG: also in ST17 4ST17 4NP: also in ST17 4ST17 4NQ: also in ST17 4ST17 4NR: also in ST17 4ST17 4NS: also in ST17 4ST17 4NW: also in ST17 4ST17 4QN: also in ST17 4ST17 4QS: also in ST17 4ST17 4SF: also in ST17 4ST17 4SN: also in ST17 4ST17 4TT: also in ST17 4ST17 4TU: also in ST17 4ST17 4TX: also in ST17 4ST17 4TY: also in ST17 4ST17 4UN: also in ST17 4ST17 4UW: also in ST17 4 School 1.0 kmGP 2.4 kmPenkridge station 6.2 kmForebridge ST17 4UP Map of ST17 4UP and what is near it Map of ST17 4UP: its centre point, with the 284 other postcodes in the ST17 4 sector, 3 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 1 bus stop. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 2 places, 1.0–2.7 kmGP 2.4 kmPenkridge station 6.2 kmForebridge ST17 4UP
  • ST17 4UP
  • Other postcodes in ST17 4: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 1 bus stop
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.7789, longitude -2.1064)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after ST17 4UP?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at ST17 4UP?

Every home and business at ST17 4UP can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

ST17 4UP 100% Stafford 84%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

ST17 4UP 100% Stafford 95%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at ST17 4UP?

BinDayBuddy has not read Stafford Borough Council's days for ST17 4UP today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for ST17 4UP on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is ST17 4UP at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include ST17 4UP.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Stafford

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for ST17 4UP: 1,594 properties in Stafford are at high risk (1.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Stafford

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of ST17 4UP is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near ST17 4UP?

Homes in ST17 4 sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 165 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£245,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£245,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £310,500 37 sales
  • Semi-detached £247,500 75 sales
  • Terraced £200,000 43 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £138,250 10 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole ST17 district: a typical £250,000 from 428 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in ST17 4UP

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in ST17 4UP from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 13 February 2024. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near ST17 4UP?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 980 homes in the neighbourhood around ST17 4UP. The largest share of them, 32%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (30%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around ST17 4UP

Band D in Stafford for 2026‑27: £2,303. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,535 (band A) to £3,838 (band G); band C, the most common, is £2,047.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 220 (22%)£1,535
Band Babout 200 (20%)£1,791
Band Cabout 310 (32%)£2,047
Band Dabout 160 (16%)£2,303
Band Eabout 70 (7%)£2,814
Band Fabout 10 (1%)£3,326
Band Gabout 10 (1%)£3,838
Band Hfewer than 5£4,605

When the homes were built

  1. 3% Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. 17% 1919 to 1939
  4. 30% 1945 to 1964
  5. 5% 1965 to 1982
  6. 20% 1983 to 1999
  7. 22% 2000 to 2009
  8. 2% 2010 to 2019
  9. 1% 2020 or later

1900 to 1918: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Stafford before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of ST17 4UP is in (ONS area E01029735), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near ST17 4UP?

The nearest open schools to ST17 4UP, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ST17 4UP, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to ST17 4UP?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ST17 4UP is Stafford Rail Station, 3.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Stafford Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
  • Penkridge Rail Station Railway station 6.2 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

1 bus stop within 400 metres, the nearest St Peter's Close, 393 m away.

More stations near ST17 4UP, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near ST17 4UP?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ST17 4UP, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near ST17 4UP?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of ST17 4UP, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Pod Point Charging point · 4 chargers 2.6 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near ST17 4UP?

The nearest to the centre of ST17 4UP, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to ST17 4UP?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near ST17 4UP?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ST17 4UP, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near ST17 4UP?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ST17 4UP, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near ST17 4UP?

The nearest vets to the centre of ST17 4UP on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is ST17 4UP in a conservation area?

The centre of ST17 4UP is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near ST17 4UP?

Police.uk records 111 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ST17 4UP in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences46 reports
Anti-social behaviour16 reports
Other theft14 reports
Drugs8 reports
Public order6 reports
Shoplifting6 reports

Also: criminal damage and arson 4, burglary 4, robbery 3, vehicle crime 2, possession of weapons 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for ST17 4UP

Ward
Penkside
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Built-up area
Stafford
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1991

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Where to check what we do not hold

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

ST17 4NS60 mST17 4UW70 mST17 4UN80 mST17 4HH150 mST17 4HG180 mST17 4HQ220 m
All of ST17

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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