Ipstones, Warslow & Hamps Valley

Staffordshire Moorlands · West Midlands · population 5,280 · 3 LSOAs

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

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,556 of 6,856 in England
  • #321 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #9 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,215
Median age (est.)54
Density28per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above33%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 34%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 56%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 56%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 5%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 26%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Professional 17%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades23%
Managers & directors17%
Professional17%
Associate professional10%
Elementary8%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 65% · No religion 28% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Ipstones, Warslow & Hamps Valley sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,556 of 6,856 in England, and #9 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here, about £325,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 38 sales), 43% above the wider Staffordshire Moorlands median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,356 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 91 · #622
Employment 83 · #1,177
Education 65 · #2,425
Health 90 · #704
Crime 94 · #423
Housing & access 2 · #6,743
Living environment 1 · #6,805

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · +14.0% yr · n=38
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,00038+14.0%+26.2%
Detached£435,00020+15.2%+10.0%
Semi-detached£287,5008+11.2%+36.9%
Terraced£192,50010+6.9%+8.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£325,000
Staffordshire Moorlands£227,000
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)£35,356±£5,220 · #4,910 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,290
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 170 offences
Staffordshire Moorlands56
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #579 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences81
Theft32
Burglary14
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons11
Drugs0
Robbery0
Other1

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 22 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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