Flood Risk In Staffordshire

0.5% of homes in Staffordshire are in a Medium or High flood risk band, across 406,070 dwellings. It ranks 21 of 21 English counties.

Rivers and the sea Very low less than a 0.1% chance in any year

Surface water 45,730 addresses at risk that rivers and sea does not explain — a minimum, not a total

Groundwater Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Reservoirs Not mapped No national band is published for this source

The county band is the aggregate of its 8 districts: 851 homes at High, 1,110 at Medium, 4,334 at Low and 13,053 at Very Low — summing to the 19,348 homes at risk this page opens with.

Towns In Staffordshire, Ranked By Flood Risk

1 Rugeley Low 2.1% of homes at Medium or High
2 Kidsgrove Medium 0.9% of homes at Medium or High
3 Wombourne Medium 0.9% of homes at Medium or High
4 Newcastle-under-Lyme Low 0.8% of homes at Medium or High
5 Blythe Bridge Low 0.6% of homes at Medium or High
6 Tamworth Low 0.5% of homes at Medium or High
7 Stafford Low 0.4% of homes at Medium or High
8 Stone (Stafford) Low 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
9 Uttoxeter High 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
10 Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) Low 0.2% of homes at Medium or High
11 Burton upon Trent Very low 0.2% of homes at Medium or High
12 Cannock Very low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
13 Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
14 Biddulph Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
15 Fazeley Very low 0% of homes at Medium or High
16 Burntwood Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
17 Codsall Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
18 Featherstone (South Staffordshire) Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
19 Leek Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
20 Lichfield Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
21 Norton Canes Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
22 Penkridge Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
23 Perton Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
24 Werrington Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High

Ranked within England only. Each town's figure counts its own homes, so the shares are comparable with each other but not with towns in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Which Rivers Run Through Staffordshire?

Rivers with a gauged station in one of the towns ranked above. Each river page carries every gauge on it and the live level at each.

River Churnet levels 5 gauging stations on this river
River Blithe levels 3 gauging stations on this river
River Penk levels 2 gauging stations on this river
Lyme Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river
Picknall Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river
Ridings Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river
Rising Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river
Sandyford Brook levels 1 gauging station on this river

How Does Staffordshire Compare With Other English Counties?

Staffordshire ranks 21 of 21 English counties for the share of homes in a Medium or High flood risk band. That is below the median county, at 1.8%. The comparison covers the 21 shire counties only — the 132 unitary authorities, including Bristol, York and Sheffield, have no county above them and so take no rank here.

A county figure is an aggregate of its districts, and districts differ sharply: a fenland district and an upland one in the same county can sit at opposite ends of the national ranking. Compare the towns above rather than the county total where it matters.

Share of homes in a Medium or High band, from the Environment Agency's national assessment. The method · The national picture