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On Cruso Street, in Leek Town
What it's like at ST13 8BJ: every home that has sold on Cruso Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Cruso Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 40 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Cruso StreetTerraced | Mar 2012 | £102,500 | 75 m² | £1,367/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Cruso StreetTerraced | Apr 2022 | £152,000 | 68 m² | £2,235/m² | 6 |
| 5, Cruso StreetTerraced | Jul 2021 | £100,000 | 86 m² | £1,163/m² | 2 |
| 7, Cruso StreetTerraced | Nov 2022 | £150,000 | 102 m² | £1,471/m² | 1 |
| 11, Cruso StreetTerraced | Oct 2021 | £215,000 | 141 m² | £1,525/m² | 2 |
| 13, Cruso StreetTerraced | Aug 2021 | £145,000 | 86 m² | £1,686/m² | 4 |
| 15, Cruso StreetTerraced | Feb 2010 | £107,000 | 83 m² | £1,289/m² | 4 |
| 19, Cruso StreetTerraced | Jun 2001 | £38,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Cruso StreetTerraced | Jul 2022 | £171,850 | 100 m² | £1,719/m² | 3 |
| 23, Cruso StreetTerraced | Aug 2003 | £78,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Cruso StreetTerraced | Jul 2023 | £125,000 | 86 m² | £1,453/m² | 1 |
| 27, Cruso StreetTerraced | Jun 2021 | £151,000 | 105 m² | £1,438/m² | 6 |
| 29, Cruso StreetTerraced | Oct 2020 | £147,000 | 117 m² | £1,256/m² | 6 |
| 31, Cruso StreetTerraced | Apr 2025 | £225,000 | 116 m² | £1,940/m² | 4 |
| 33, Cruso StreetTerraced | Nov 2024 | £180,000 | 169 m² | £1,065/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Congleton, a drive away (12 km), with 324k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Barngate Street, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 109, 165); 8 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 48 minutes away by public transport (28 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Catholic Academy, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 93% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Edward's Church of England Academy, 700 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative, 250 m away; West Street Meats (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park Medical Centre (800 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, The Salon is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Stoke University Hospital, 17 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 45% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 43 restaurants and cafés and 21 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
the Napoli is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Wellington Inn the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (23 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 128 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 36% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Leek).
There are 105 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 9% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 54% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Westwood Recreation Ground, 350 m away; for exercise, Genetix Gym (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 32 km away.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
51 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Mill | II | 120 m |
| Wellington Mill | II | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Staffordshire Moorlands constituency: Dame Karen Bradley MP (Conservative), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,175 (2.7%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Conservative 35%, Labour 33%, Reform UK 23%, Green Party 5%.
10 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near ST13 8BJ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Cruso Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 37 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.2% | 85.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 8.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.7% | 3.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 82 min
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