Doxey & Holmcroft

Stafford · West Midlands · population 8,550 · 5 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,816 of 6,856 in England
  • #351 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 16 in Stafford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,382
Median age (est.)40
Density2,207per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 25%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary16%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Doxey & Holmcroft is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,816 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 16 in Stafford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (82) and lowest on Education (29). Typical homes here, about £210,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 94 sales), 19% below the wider Stafford median of £260,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,281 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,011 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 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 37 · #4,296
Employment 37 · #4,296
Education 29 · #4,845
Health 34 · #4,536
Crime 54 · #3,138
Housing & access 73 · #1,869
Living environment 82 · #1,205

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,00094+3.7%+25.0%
Detached£311,00019-1.3%+10.4%
Semi-detached£210,00049+10.5%+26.9%
Terraced£161,00016+0.6%+22.0%
Flat£165,00010+37.5%+45.5%
This area£210,000
Stafford£260,000
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)£39,011±£5,598 · #3,716 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,538
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 559 offences
Stafford66
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,243 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences312
Theft58
Burglary17
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons63
Drugs17
Robbery6
Other27

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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