Stoke Heath, Finstall & Bentley

Bromsgrove · West Midlands · population 8,384 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

81Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,328 of 6,856 in England
  • #105 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #6 of 14 in Bromsgrove
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,310
Median age (est.)45
Density184per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 26%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 7%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%
Sales & customer service4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Stoke Heath, Finstall & Bentley is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,328 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 14 in Bromsgrove. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (89) and lowest on Housing & access (46). Typical homes here, about £386,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 111 sales), 13% above the wider Bromsgrove median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,566 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 89 · #732
Employment 72 · #1,952
Education 81 · #1,321
Health 74 · #1,774
Crime 88 · #807
Housing & access 46 · #3,720
Living environment 68 · #2,212

House prices ?

£386,000median (12m) · +13.5% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£386,000111+13.5%+30.8%
Detached£475,00056+10.7%+31.9%
Semi-detached£307,00030+4.9%+11.6%
Terraced£240,00023-0.2%+8.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£386,000
Bromsgrove£343,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,566±£6,279 · #2,432 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,902
Price-to-income ?8.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 413 offences
Bromsgrove54
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,059 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft42
Burglary21
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons28
Drugs7
Robbery2
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 56 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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