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ST13

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Leek, in Staffordshire Moorlands.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an ST13 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 98% of people in ST13 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£206,250
Joint 434th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
28,629
993rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
98%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How ST13 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

ST13Middle
Median sale price21 postcode districts, ST · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in ST21 areas from £133,000 to £340,000. The middle area is £225,000. ST13 is £206,250.
£206,2507th cheapest
Population22 postcode districts, ST · 2021
Population: every postcode district in ST22 areas from 306 to 81,574. The middle area is 23,933. ST13 is 28,629.
28,62910th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 postcode districts, ST · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in ST22 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 35.5%. ST13 is 98.0%.
98%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage22 postcode districts, ST · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in ST22 areas from 49.9% to 100.0%. The middle area is 85.6%. ST13 is 83.7%.
83.7%11th lowest

Is ST13 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST13 at a rate of 72.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the ST postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 215 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST13.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (884), anti-social behaviour (382) and other crime (358).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST13 was 75.6 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in ST13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST13 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in ST13

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Staffordshire Moorlands 001A1,59263.3 per 1,000415.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands 001B1,46857.8 per 1,000897.3%
Staffordshire Moorlands 001C1,51462.9 per 1,000388.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands 001D1,50388.4 per 1,000299.4%
Staffordshire Moorlands 001E1,408112.5 per 1,0003100.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands 002D1,84543.0 per 1,000642.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands 005A1,775179.5 per 1,000395.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands 005B1,115130.0 per 1,000491.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands 005C1,511110.6 per 1,000499.9%
Staffordshire Moorlands 005D1,994142.8 per 1,000392.6%
Staffordshire Moorlands 005E1,59756.9 per 1,000699.6%
Staffordshire Moorlands 006A2,36123.5 per 1,000968.2%
Staffordshire Moorlands 006B1,53438.7 per 1,000779.9%
Staffordshire Moorlands 006C1,67682.1 per 1,000988.3%
Staffordshire Moorlands 006D2,23342.5 per 1,000979.4%
Staffordshire Moorlands 006E1,44038.7 per 1,000998.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands 006F1,37621.8 per 1,0001099.8%
Staffordshire Moorlands 009C1,42651.1 per 1,00082.3%

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Middle areas in ST133

Postcode sectors in ST135

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Towns in ST131

Postcode districts next to ST137

More in the ST postcode area2

ST13 in brief

ST13 is a postcode district covering Leek, in Staffordshire Moorlands.

About 28,742 people lived in ST13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £206,250 in 2025 across 430 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in ST13 was £206,250 in 2025.

ST13 had 28,629 usual residents at the census.

About 98% of people in ST13 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In ST13, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.