Leek East & Upper Hulme

Staffordshire Moorlands · West Midlands · population 7,510 · 5 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,653 of 6,856 in England
  • #438 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #12 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,483
Median age (est.)46
Density80per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above25%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 20%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 17% · Professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades17%
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 36% · Other 1%

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

Leek East & Upper Hulme is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,653 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (53) and lowest on Education (18). Typical homes here, about £217,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 76 sales), in line with the wider Staffordshire Moorlands median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,561 a year, in the bottom third 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 39 · #4,200
Employment 33 · #4,564
Education 18 · #5,633
Health 43 · #3,933
Crime 48 · #3,535
Housing & access 53 · #3,220
Living environment 26 · #5,036

House prices ?

£217,500median (12m) · +8.8% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£217,50076+8.8%+28.0%
Detached£395,00019+14.5%+23.4%
Semi-detached£212,50032+9.8%+32.8%
Terraced£163,00021+16.5%+26.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£217,500
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)£32,561±£4,609 · #5,814 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,240
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 490 offences
Staffordshire Moorlands56
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,232 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences307
Theft42
Burglary12
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons51
Drugs14
Robbery5
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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