ST4 2BB Stoke-on-Trent
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Boughey Road, Stoke-on-Trent: 51 addresses
- Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent: 2 addresses
- Unnamed street near Thornton Road, Shelton: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Boughey Road, Shelton: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Stoke-on-Trent in 2026-27: Band D £2,183 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,455 | £1,698 | £1,941 | £2,183 | £2,668 | £3,153 | £3,639 | £4,366 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (98% of about 500 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Former Atlantic Motors Limited, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2BW: up to 24 homes, permissioned (40 m)
- Squires View, Shelton, not permissioned (320 m)
- Squires View, Shelton: up to 144 homes, not permissioned (320 m)
- Swift House, Glebe Street, Stoke, not permissioned (350 m)
- Swift House, Glebe Street, Stoke: up to 174 homes, permissioned (350 m)
- Goods Yard, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HG: up to 174 homes, permissioned (350 m)
- Staffordshire University, Land off Lordship Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2YJ: up to 716 homes, permissioned (380 m)
- 1A Ashford Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2EH: up to 6 homes, permissioned (460 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 9 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Stoke-On-Trent 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 270 m |
| Longton 81,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km | |
| Longport 79,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 30 within 800 m; nearest Stoke-on-Trent rail station Stoke-upon-Trent | 240 m |
| Bus or coach station | bus station Hanley | 1.4 km |
| Car parks | South Wolfe Street Car Park | 870 m |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 730 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 38.5 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 23 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 19% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 76% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 37% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 26% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 13% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 72% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 9% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Boughey Road.