ST8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Biddulph, Gillow Heath and Braddocks Hay, 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 ST8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 35% of people in ST8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How ST8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ST8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ST8 at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the ST postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 110 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ST8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (565), anti-social behaviour (305) and other crime (216).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ST8 was 72.5 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 ST8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ST8 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 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 ST8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire Moorlands 002A | 1,563 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 21.5% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 002B | 1,772 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.1% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 002C | 2,061 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 003A | 1,541 | 114.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 003B | 1,773 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 003C | 1,322 | 88.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 003D | 1,422 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 003E | 1,933 | 209.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.6% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 004A | 1,553 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.8% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 004B | 1,590 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.8% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 004C | 1,611 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 004D | 1,485 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.4% |
MPs for ST8
- Dame Karen BradleyConservativeMP for Staffordshire Moorlands96% of ST8’s postcodes
- David WilliamsLabourMP for Stoke-on-Trent North3.6% of ST8’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 ST83
Postcode sectors in ST83
Council1
Towns in ST81
Postcode districts next to ST85
Nearest rail stations1
More in the ST postcode area2
ST8 in brief
ST8 is a postcode district covering Biddulph, Gillow Heath and Braddocks Hay, in Staffordshire Moorlands.
About 19,687 people lived in ST8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 350 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ST8 was £215,000 in 2025.
ST8 had 19,523 usual residents at the census.
About 35% of people in ST8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ST8, 87.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.