ST16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stafford, Beaconside and Broadeye, in Stafford.
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 ST16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 6% of people in ST16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How ST16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ST16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST16 at a rate of 144.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the ST postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 527 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,997), other crime (1,117) and anti-social behaviour (797).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST16 was 114.5 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 ST16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST16 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 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 ST16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford 006A | 1,465 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
| Stafford 006B | 1,895 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Stafford 006D | 1,627 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Stafford 007A | 1,554 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Stafford 007B | 1,528 | 89.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Stafford 007C | 1,618 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |
| Stafford 007D | 2,453 | 141.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| Stafford 007E | 1,230 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Stafford 009A | 1,411 | 154.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Stafford 009B | 1,466 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Stafford 009C | 1,666 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Stafford 009D | 2,710 | 174.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.4% |
| Stafford 010A | 1,647 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
| Stafford 010B | 1,353 | 249.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.6% |
| Stafford 010C | 2,325 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Stafford 010F | 1,118 | 1,035.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 58.8% |
| Stafford 011C | 1,473 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Stafford 011D | 1,661 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| Stafford 012B | 1,705 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.3% |
MPs for ST16
- Leigh InghamLabourMP for Stafford100% of ST16’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge0.1% of ST16’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in ST165
Postcode sectors in ST164
Council1
Towns in ST161
Postcode districts next to ST162
Nearest rail stations1
More in the ST postcode area2
ST16 in brief
ST16 is a postcode district covering Stafford, Beaconside and Broadeye, in Stafford.
About 35,634 people lived in ST16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 594 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 144.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ST16 was £225,000 in 2025.
ST16 had 33,844 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in ST16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ST16, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.