Crap Towns / Stafford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Stafford?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Stafford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 80 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 80 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 430 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 34,051 | 93.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Featherstone | 17.1 km | 3.9 |
| Penkridge | 8.8 km | 3.1 |
| Stafford | – | 1.2 |
| Stone | 10.9 km | 0.7 |
| Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook | 18.7 km | 0.6 |
| Cannock | 13.1 km | 0.5 |
| Newport | 18.4 km | 0.4 |
| Rugeley | 12.0 km | 0.3 |
| Norton Canes | 17.2 km | 0.2 |
| Burntwood | 18.3 km | 0.1 |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | 16.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |