Crap Towns / Stoke-on-Trent / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Stoke-on-Trent?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Stoke-on-Trent couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 292 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 292 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,858 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 118,945 | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Werrington | 5.6 km | 2.0 |
| Cheadle | 10.6 km | 1.5 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | – | 1.5 |
| Alsager | 15.5 km | 1.0 |
| Biddulph | 13.7 km | 0.7 |
| Congleton | 20.2 km | 0.7 |
| Leek | 15.0 km | 0.7 |
| Stone | 10.3 km | 0.7 |
| Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook | 6.1 km | 0.6 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 7.3 km | 0.4 |
| Kidsgrove | 12.5 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |