Newcastle-under-Lyme: local statistics
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 128,093 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Newcastle-under-Lyme, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Newcastle-under-Lyme cost £209,112 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 6.6% on July 2025. That is the 3rd lowest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. Prices are 57% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Newcastle-under-Lyme (£35,723) gives a ratio of 5.9. That ratio is the 3rd lowest ratio in the West Midlands.
Newcastle-under-Lyme had an estimated 128,093 residents in mid-2025, up 0.5% on mid-2024. That is 4,174 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 3.4%; the West Midlands grew by 7.8% over the same years. That is the 3rd slowest growth in the West Midlands. No earlier year in the series was higher.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Newcastle-under-Lyme took home £692.10 a week before tax, or £35,723 over a year. That is 5.3% below the figure for the West Midlands and the 26th highest of 30 in the West Midlands. Jobs based in Newcastle-under-Lyme paid a median £647.80 a week, £44.30 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £487.10, so it has risen 42% before inflation.
An estimated 69.0% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Newcastle-under-Lyme were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 8.5 points); the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 69.0% to 97.1%.
The ONS counted 4,315 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Newcastle-under-Lyme in March 2026, 2% more than in 2016. There are 34 per 1,000 residents, the 26th highest of 30 in the West Midlands.
A Band D home in Newcastle-under-Lyme pays an average of £2,334.25 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.0% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 22nd highest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,528.00.
Life expectancy at birth in Newcastle-under-Lyme is 82.8 years for women and 79.2 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.0 years for women and +0.8 for men. It is the 20th highest for women of 30 in the West Midlands.
The claimant count for Newcastle-under-Lyme stood at 2,365 in August 2026, or 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the West Midlands was 5.3%. The rate was the same a year earlier. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.8% (April 2026) and 3.9% (August 2021).
The police recorded 70.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the year to March 2026 (8,999 offences in all), mid-table in the West Midlands, 12th of 22. The rate was 62.4 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 79.9, in the year to March 2023. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 123,919 |
| 2016 | 125,367 |
| 2017 | 125,303 |
| 2018 | 125,755 |
| 2019 | 125,075 |
| 2020 | 124,567 |
| 2021 | 123,039 |
| 2022 | 125,363 |
| 2023 | 126,148 |
| 2024 | 127,474 |
| 2025 | 128,093 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £133,292 |
| July 2017 | £136,481 |
| July 2018 | £145,430 |
| July 2019 | £152,111 |
| July 2020 | £148,726 |
| July 2021 | £163,446 |
| July 2022 | £183,640 |
| July 2023 | £185,047 |
| July 2024 | £193,245 |
| July 2025 | £196,227 |
| July 2026 | £209,112 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £487.10 a week |
| 2016 | £503.20 a week |
| 2017 | £499.50 a week |
| 2018 | £494.00 a week |
| 2019 | £517.20 a week |
| 2020 | £533.90 a week |
| 2021 | £564.60 a week |
| 2022 | £573.70 a week |
| 2023 | £630.70 a week |
| 2024 | £675.00 a week |
| 2025 | £692.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,528 |
| 2017-18 | £1,591.99 |
| 2018-19 | £1,682.24 |
| 2019-20 | £1,750.46 |
| 2020-21 | £1,815.33 |
| 2021-22 | £1,900.28 |
| 2022-23 | £1,957.74 |
| 2023-24 | £2,048.90 |
| 2024-25 | £2,143.59 |
| 2025-26 | £2,244.85 |
| 2026-27 | £2,334.25 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 58.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 68.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 68.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 68.6 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 69.2 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 51.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 59.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 79.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 65.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 62.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 70.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 76.9% |
| 2016/17 | 77.4% |
| 2017/18 | 78.0% |
| 2018/19 | 74.6% |
| 2019/20 | 71.8% |
| 2020/21 | 74.4% |
| 2021/22 | 74.5% |
| 2022/23 | 71.5% |
| 2023/24 | 97.1% |
| 2024/25 | 72.2% |
| 2025/26 | 69.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,220 |
| 2017 | 4,350 |
| 2018 | 4,320 |
| 2019 | 4,290 |
| 2020 | 4,295 |
| 2021 | 4,370 |
| 2022 | 4,435 |
| 2023 | 4,375 |
| 2024 | 4,340 |
| 2025 | 4,290 |
| 2026 | 4,315 |
Questions about Newcastle-under-Lyme
What is the average house price in Newcastle-under-Lyme?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £209,112.
What is the population of Newcastle-under-Lyme?
128,093 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Newcastle-under-Lyme?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Newcastle-under-Lyme was £692.10 a week in April 2025 (£35,723 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Newcastle-under-Lyme?
£2,334.25 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is life expectancy in Newcastle-under-Lyme?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.2 years for men and 82.8 for women.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Newcastle-under-Lyme?
2,365 in August 2026 (3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Newcastle-under-Lyme?
Home Office figures show 8,999 offences in the year to March 2026, or 70.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Newcastle-under-Lyme
Every body that makes decisions for Newcastle-under-Lyme, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Newcastle-under-Lyme council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Newcastle-under-Lyme in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Newcastle-under-Lyme: Adam Jogee (Labour) MP
- Stafford: Leigh Ingham (Labour) MP
- Stoke-on-Trent North: David Williams (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the West Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK population · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: East Staffordshire · Lichfield · Rugby · South Staffordshire · Stafford · Wychavon
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