Crap Towns / Stoke-on-Trent / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Stoke-on-Trent?
In 2025-26, 3% of Stoke-on-Trent council's B and C roads and 11% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across England the figures were 6% and 16%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 4% and 10%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 3% | 4% | 10% |
| 2016-17 | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| 2017-18 | 7% | 7% | – |
| 2018-19 | 6% | 7% | 3% |
| 2019-20 | 6% | 9% | – |
| 2020-21 | 7% | 9% | – |
| 2021-22 | 6% | 10% | – |
| 2022-23 | – | – | – |
| 2023-24 | – | – | – |
| 2024-25 | – | 2% | 2% |
| 2025-26 | – | 3% | 11% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East | 4% | 5% | 17% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | – | 3% | 11% |
| Staffordshire County Council | 3% | 9% | 10% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |