ST18 postcode area guide — East Staffordshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the ST18 postcode district in East Staffordshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Where is ST18?
Broadband & internet speeds in ST18
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
81.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
56.2%
Gigabit-capable
56.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.5%
Broadband availability in the ST18 postcode district (East Staffordshire) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 598 postcodes Ofcom measures in ST18, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 81.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 56.2%.
Around 0.5% of premises in ST18 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in ST18
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| ST18 0AA | 100% | 0% |
| ST18 0AB | 0.7% | 0% |
| ST18 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| ST18 0AF | 25% | 0% |
| ST18 0AG | 0% | 0% |
| ST18 0AH | 100% | 0% |
| ST18 0AJ | 33.3% | 0% |
| ST18 0AL | 75% | 0% |
| ST18 0AN | 33.3% | 0% |
| ST18 0AP | 15.1% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around East Staffordshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider East Staffordshire district (59,438 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
82.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.7%
5G outdoors — all networks
73.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
88.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in ST18
Police recorded 46 incidents within about a mile of the centre of ST18 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 19 | 41.3% |
| Burglary | 8 | 17.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 | 13.0% |
| Other crime | 3 | 6.5% |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 4.3% |
| Weapons possession | 2 | 4.3% |
| Public order | 2 | 4.3% |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 4.3% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in ST18
Based on 187 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in ST18 is £352,000, up 11.7% on the previous year (£315,000).
Detached
£392,000
108 sales
Semi-detached
£265,000
41 sales
Terraced
£265,000
24 sales
Flat / maisonette
£140,000
4 sales
Latest recorded sales in ST18
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £360,000 | Detached | High Chase Rise | ST18 0TY |
| 15 May 2026 | £276,000 | Semi-detached | Yelland Walk | ST18 0WJ |
| 8 May 2026 | £353,000 | Detached | Buttercup Croft | ST18 9TQ |
| 1 May 2026 | £412,500 | Detached | Whitgreave Lane | ST18 9SJ |
| 1 May 2026 | £175,000 | Flat | Castlemill Close | ST18 0GJ |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £140,000 | Flat | Main Road | ST18 0RZ |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £340,000 | Semi-detached | Highfield Drive | ST18 0UX |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £392,000 | Detached | Green Close | ST18 0WF |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £372,500 | Detached | Marston Lane | ST18 9TS |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £80,500 | Terraced | Emery Drive | ST18 0WG |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Who lives here? East Staffordshire demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider East Staffordshire district (124,022 residents, 51,293 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% |
| 15–29 | 23.1% |
| 30–44 | 19% |
| 45–64 | 20.4% |
| 65+ | 18.6% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.8% |
| Private rented | 19.5% |
| Social rented | 8.5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around ST18
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Weston Road Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 978 | ST18 0YG |
| Veritas Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 424 | ST18 0FL |
| Stafford Grammar School | Not applicable | 3–19 | 375 | ST18 9AT |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 218 | ST18 0PS |
| Cooper Perry Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 206 | ST18 9PQ |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 133 | ST18 0JN |
| The Yarlet School | Not applicable | 4–14 | 119 | ST18 9SU |
| Haughton St Giles CofE Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 111 | ST18 9ET |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in ST18
131 rated food businesses operate in ST18. 102 hold the top rating of 5, 16 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: All Saints Primary School and Nursery, Amerton Farm Ltd, Amerton Farm Shop, Anson C E Primary School, Belle A Pepe.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in ST18
From a sample of 96 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 ST18 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 26% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
19%
Band C
7%
Band D
33%
Band E
32%
Band F
4%
Band G
4%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for East Staffordshire
Landlines around ST18 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.