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ST3

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Sandford Hill and Weston Coyney, in Stoke-on-Trent.

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 ST3 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 40% of people in ST3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£180,000
Joint 239th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
68,714
48th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
40%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How ST3 compares

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

ST3Middle
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. ST3 is £180,000.
£180,0005th cheapest
Population22 postcode districts, ST · 2021
Population: every postcode district in ST22 areas from 306 to 81,574. The middle area is 23,933. ST3 is 68,714.
68,7142nd 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%. ST3 is 40.0%.
40%9th 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%. ST3 is 95.8%.
95.8%joint 3rd highest

Is ST3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST3 at a rate of 116.5 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 659 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST3.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,295), other crime (1,515) and anti-social behaviour (1,430).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST3 was 107.1 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 ST3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST3 has no single figure. Of its 45 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 12 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in ST3

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Stafford 001C1,39872.9 per 1,000891.6%
Stafford 001D1,40860.1 per 1,000984.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 024A1,29626.9 per 1,000599.5%
Stoke-on-Trent 024B1,53862.3 per 1,000496.1%
Stoke-on-Trent 024C1,485100.6 per 1,000699.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 024D1,82666.5 per 1,0005100.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 025A1,34371.6 per 1,000899.5%
Stoke-on-Trent 025B1,65344.9 per 1,000799.1%
Stoke-on-Trent 025C1,41431.2 per 1,000799.6%
Stoke-on-Trent 025D1,45540.5 per 1,000697.5%
Stoke-on-Trent 025E1,28228.2 per 1,000899.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 026A1,39155.9 per 1,000699.9%
Stoke-on-Trent 026B1,556100.4 per 1,000295.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 026C1,47974.9 per 1,0006100.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 026D1,54587.7 per 1,000497.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 027A1,53147.4 per 1,000699.9%
Stoke-on-Trent 027B1,231134.7 per 1,000295.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 027C1,30569.9 per 1,000299.7%
Stoke-on-Trent 027D1,502150.4 per 1,000199.9%
Stoke-on-Trent 028A1,353155.6 per 1,000396.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 028B1,86599.6 per 1,0001100.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 028C1,805103.8 per 1,000199.3%
Stoke-on-Trent 028D1,75283.3 per 1,000299.3%
Stoke-on-Trent 029A1,61557.6 per 1,000199.6%
Stoke-on-Trent 029B1,518173.6 per 1,000198.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 029C1,56980.7 per 1,000199.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 029D1,415120.4 per 1,000499.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 031A2,10348.4 per 1,000799.9%
Stoke-on-Trent 031B1,41232.3 per 1,000980.3%
Stoke-on-Trent 031C1,722190.8 per 1,000194.2%
Stoke-on-Trent 031D1,634169.2 per 1,0001100.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 031E1,72384.8 per 1,000299.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 032A1,631184.4 per 1,000295.5%
Stoke-on-Trent 032C1,677164.6 per 1,000197.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 032D1,627210.1 per 1,000199.5%
Stoke-on-Trent 032E1,737146.4 per 1,000299.9%
Stoke-on-Trent 033A1,273259.6 per 1,000796.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 033B1,36467.8 per 1,000998.2%
Stoke-on-Trent 033C1,44670.5 per 1,000694.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 033D1,23156.6 per 1,000999.6%
Stoke-on-Trent 035D1,13575.8 per 1,000799.8%
Stoke-on-Trent 035E1,818696.7 per 1,000167.4%
Stoke-on-Trent 035F1,428134.1 per 1,0001100.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 035G1,559102.0 per 1,0002100.0%
Stoke-on-Trent 035H1,374145.7 per 1,000390.3%

MPs for ST3

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 ST310

Postcode sectors in ST38

Council1

Towns in ST31

Postcode districts next to ST36

Nearest rail stations4

More in the ST postcode area2

ST3 in brief

ST3 is a postcode district covering Stoke-on-Trent, Sandford Hill and Weston Coyney, in Stoke-on-Trent.

About 70,233 people lived in ST3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 851 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 116.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in ST3 was £180,000 in 2025.

ST3 had 68,714 usual residents at the census.

About 40% of people in ST3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In ST3, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.