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ST21

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Eccleshall and Redhill, 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 ST21 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 0% of people in ST21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£340,000
Joint 851st most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,988
514th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
49.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How ST21 compares

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

ST21Middle
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. ST21 is £340,000.
£340,000most expensive
Population22 postcode districts, ST · 2021
Population: every postcode district in ST22 areas from 306 to 81,574. The middle area is 23,933. ST21 is 5,988.
5,9883rd least 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%. ST21 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest 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%. ST21 is 49.9%.
49.9%lowest

Is ST21 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST21 at a rate of 43.9 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST21.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (147), other crime (41) and anti-social behaviour (34).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST21 was 35.5 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 ST21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST21 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in ST21

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Stafford 005A2,33173.5 per 1,000758.4%
Stafford 005B1,39441.3 per 1,000526.0%
Stafford 005C1,57236.4 per 1,000621.0%
Stafford 005D1,75033.7 per 1,000971.1%

MPs for ST21

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 ST211

Postcode sectors in ST211

Council1

Postcode districts next to ST216

More in the ST postcode area2

ST21 in brief

ST21 is a postcode district covering Eccleshall and Redhill, in Stafford.

About 6,199 people lived in ST21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 84 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in ST21 was £340,000 in 2025.

ST21 had 5,988 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in ST21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In ST21, 49.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.