The Crescent Rudyard, Staffordshire Moorlands
13 addresses across 2 postcodes (ST13), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 37701131.
- Sales: 17 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £245,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 5, E: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; Band D in Staffordshire Moorlands costs £2,338 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 98% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Congleton, about 8.7 km (5.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Cliffe Park, is about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 172 to 178 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Park Medical Centre, about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | £245,000 | £242,000 | £248,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £192,000 | £192,000 | £192,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £127,000 | £127,000 | £127,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £159,950 | £159,950 | £159,950 |
| 2007 | 1 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £138,000 | £138,000 | £138,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £65,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £23,000 | £23,000 | £23,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £48,000 | £48,000 | £48,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2024 | 12 ST13 8RW | Semi-detached | £248,000 | |
| 24 May 2024 | 4 ST13 8RW | Detached | £242,000 | |
| 4 Nov 2020 | 9 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £192,000 | |
| 31 May 2019 | 9 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £127,000 | |
| 9 Nov 2018 | 10 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £150,000 | |
| 7 Jul 2017 | 4 ST13 8RW | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 25 Feb 2016 | 12 ST13 8RW | Semi-detached | £150,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 15 Aug 2014 | 11 ST13 8RW | Semi-detached | £159,950 | |
| 12 Jan 2007 | 2 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £125,000 | |
| 1 Nov 2006 | 10 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £120,000 | |
| 23 Jul 2004 | 4 ST13 8RW | Detached | £138,000 | |
| 23 Jul 2001 | 10 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £65,000 | |
| 30 Jul 1999 | 8 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £23,000 | |
| 19 Nov 1997 | 10 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £48,000 | |
| 25 Oct 1996 | 5 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £16,920 | |
| 25 Oct 1996 | 6 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £14,785 | |
| 31 Mar 1995 | 6 ST13 8RW | Terraced | £42,000 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 82 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (4); House, semi-detached (4); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1950-1966 (6); 1930-1949 (2); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (4); owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Staffordshire Moorlands in 2026-27: Band D £2,338 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,559 | £1,819 | £2,078 | £2,338 | £2,858 | £3,377 | £3,897 | £4,676 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (28% of about 800 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Rudyard (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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: yes, Staffordshire Moorlands.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 8RW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| ST13 8RN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 172 m and 178 m above sea level (176 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 8RN | 100% | 98% | 98% | 0% |
| ST13 8RW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Congleton 324,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| Kidsgrove 288,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.9 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Longport 79,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.9 km (8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lakeland Lodge Rudyard | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Leek Town Centre | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 28.6 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Park Medical Centre | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | St Edward Street Dental Surgery | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Leek Moorlands Hospital | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Police station | Leek Police Station | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Cliffe Park 25 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 370 m |
Landmarks
3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Black Plantation | Wood | 610 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Back Wood | Wood | 860 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Hunthouse Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Rea Cliffe Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| The Common | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Rudyard Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 13 | 13 |
None of the street's 13 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Staffordshire Moorlands: see them on the Staffordshire Moorlands page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton St Michael's CofE First School Church of England | Primary | 5–9 | 720 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUDYARD LAKE LTD ST13 8XB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 150 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jun 2025 |
| HORTON LODGE SPECIAL SCHOOL ST13 8RB | School/college/university | 300 m | 5 Very good | 26 Feb 2026 |
| Rudyard Hotel ST13 8RN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 4 Good | 3 Aug 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Crescent (6).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
All the streets in ST13 and across Staffordshire Moorlands.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.