22 power cuts since 29 September, 6 of them on Friday 23 October
- 22new cuts since 29 Sept
- 6in one day, 23 Oct
- 16of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/burton-upon-trentOfficial feeds, counted daily
Santa is due in Burton upon Trent at 00:00, just after midnight on Christmas Eve. See his flight plan
Right now: quiet. No unplanned power cuts in Burton upon Trent at 06:20.
Power cuts
22
new unplanned cuts in the Burton upon Trent area, on 16 of 45 days
Busiest day: 23 October, during Storms Austen and Boelo. Burton upon Trent had more cuts a day, for its size, than 39 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →From our record of every cut National Grid publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.
Flood
1 in 4
homes in Burton upon Trent has some flood risk
321 at high risk
Environment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for West Midlands right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
South Staffordshire Water
No hosepipe banHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
35% below averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
If a cut at your home ran past 12 hours, you may be owed money. Check a cut
One message when something changes here.
Sources: National Grid live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the East Staffordshire council area, not a single street.
