Madeley & Betley

Newcastle-under-Lyme · West Midlands · population 5,252 · 4 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,582 of 6,856 in England
  • #231 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #6 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,170
Median age (est.)50
Density172per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above35%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 12%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 35% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Madeley & Betley is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,582 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 67 sales), 20% above the wider Newcastle-under-Lyme median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,430 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 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 65 · #2,370
Employment 62 · #2,582
Education 64 · #2,493
Health 52 · #3,268
Crime 88 · #807
Housing & access 20 · #5,503
Living environment 51 · #3,350

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · -7.7% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,00067-7.7%+17.1%
Detached£373,75028-0.3%+13.3%
Semi-detached£176,50020-7.1%+3.8%
Terraced£220,75016+27.6%+46.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£240,000
Newcastle-under-Lyme£200,000
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)£39,430±£5,603 · #3,591 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,708
Price-to-income ?6.1×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 234 offences
Newcastle-under-Lyme73
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,650 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences144
Theft19
Burglary9
Vehicle crime3
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons27
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 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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