Silverdale & Keele

Newcastle-under-Lyme · West Midlands · population 7,979 · 3 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,076 of 6,856 in England
  • #270 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #8 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,571
Median age (est.)27
Density550per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above25%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 35%25–44 19%45–64 19%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 18%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 7%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 7%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Silverdale & Keele is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,076 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (69) and lowest on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £175,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 70 sales), 12% below the wider Newcastle-under-Lyme median of £200,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #346 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,639 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 60 · #2,733
Employment 62 · #2,589
Education 48 · #3,583
Health 51 · #3,364
Crime 69 · #2,109
Housing & access 36 · #4,372
Living environment 57 · #2,946

House prices ?

£175,500median (12m) · -2.5% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,50070-2.5%+1.7%
Detached£320,00019-1.5%-4.5%
Semi-detached£168,00034+7.7%+29.2%
Terraced£140,000170.0%+16.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£175,500
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)£34,639±£5,166 · #5,144 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,173
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 434 offences
Newcastle-under-Lyme73
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,447 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences255
Theft33
Burglary21
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons42
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 90 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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