ST18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stafford, 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 ST18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 9% of people in ST18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How ST18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ST18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST18 at a rate of 41.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the ST postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 81 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (375), other crime (161) and anti-social behaviour (102).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST18 was 44.8 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 ST18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST18 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ST18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford 006C | 2,499 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.8% |
| Stafford 008A | 1,970 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 61.6% |
| Stafford 008B | 1,370 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.9% |
| Stafford 008C | 1,534 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.0% |
| Stafford 008D | 2,081 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.5% |
| Stafford 008E | 1,796 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.7% |
| Stafford 011F | 1,533 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 38.0% |
| Stafford 011G | 1,744 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 48.0% |
| Stafford 012E | 2,081 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 69.6% |
| Stafford 015A | 2,402 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.6% |
MPs for ST18
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge68% of ST18’s postcodes
- Leigh InghamLabourMP for Stafford32% of ST18’s postcodes
- Jacob CollierLabourMP for Burton and Uttoxeter0.3% of ST18’s postcodes
- Dave RobertsonLabourMP for Lichfield0.3% of ST18’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 ST181
Postcode sectors in ST182
Council1
Towns in ST181
Postcode districts next to ST1810
More in the ST postcode area2
ST18 in brief
ST18 is a postcode district covering Stafford, in Stafford.
About 18,533 people lived in ST18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 255 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 41.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ST18 was £330,000 in 2025.
ST18 had 17,506 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in ST18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ST18, 70.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.