ST6 postcode area guide — Newcastle-under-Lyme
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the ST6 postcode district in Newcastle-under-Lyme — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in ST6
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
90.2%
Gigabit-capable
90.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the ST6 postcode district (Newcastle-under-Lyme) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,633 postcodes Ofcom measures in ST6, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 90.2%.
Around 0% of premises in ST6 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 ST6
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| ST6 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| ST6 1AB | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| ST6 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| ST6 1AF | 100% | 33.3% |
| ST6 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| ST6 1AJ | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| ST6 1AP | 100% | 100% |
| ST6 1AQ | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| ST6 1AR | 100% | 100% |
| ST6 1AS | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Newcastle-under-lyme district (62,008 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
91.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in ST6
Based on 656 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in ST6 is £130,000, up 1.6% on the previous year (£128,000).
Detached
£250,000
85 sales
Semi-detached
£152,500
233 sales
Terraced
£96,000
289 sales
Flat / maisonette
£57,000
22 sales
Latest recorded sales in ST6
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | £120,000 | Semi-detached | Barks Drive | ST6 8HB |
| 18 May 2026 | £84,000 | Terraced | Newport Street | ST6 4BU |
| 15 May 2026 | £102,500 | Terraced | Jolley Street | ST6 1JY |
| 15 May 2026 | £190,000 | Semi-detached | Community Drive | ST6 1RU |
| 15 May 2026 | £162,500 | Semi-detached | Scrimshaw Drive | ST6 7PX |
| 15 May 2026 | £265,000 | Detached | Valehouse View | ST6 5GE |
| 14 May 2026 | £120,000 | Other | High Street | ST6 5TT |
| 8 May 2026 | £153,000 | Semi-detached | Brunel Close | ST6 4AY |
| 8 May 2026 | £140,000 | Semi-detached | East Terrace | ST6 6QU |
| 8 May 2026 | £100,000 | Terraced | Wade Street | ST6 1HP |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Newcastle-under-Lyme demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Newcastle-under-Lyme district (123,299 residents, 53,423 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.3% |
| 15–29 | 23.8% |
| 30–44 | 17.5% |
| 45–64 | 20.7% |
| 65+ | 21.7% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 67.7% |
| Private rented | 14.6% |
| Social rented | 11.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around ST6
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,300 | ST6 4LD |
| St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,143 | ST6 6LZ |
| Haywood Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,080 | ST6 7AB |
| Ormiston Horizon Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,029 | ST6 6JZ |
| Burnwood Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 573 | ST6 7LP |
| Sneyd Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 559 | ST6 2NS |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 497 | ST6 5DE |
| Whitfield Valley Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 474 | ST6 6TD |
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 ST6
488 rated food businesses operate in ST6. 297 hold the top rating of 5, 59 are rated 4, and 13 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 2 The Willows, 4 The Willows, 6 The Willows, 8 The Willows, A J GREEN & SONS (BUTCHERS SHOP).
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in ST6
From a sample of 203 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 ST6 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 40% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
5%
Band C
35%
Band D
43%
Band E
13%
Band F
3%
Band G
0%
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 Newcastle-under-Lyme
Landlines around ST6 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.