Boothen & Penkhull
Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 9,566 · 5 LSOAs
Postcode ST4
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #5,674 of 6,856 in England
- #547 of 736 in West Midlands
- #16 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
- Most deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Elementary 23% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 11%
All occupation groups
| Elementary | 23% |
| Professional | 14% |
| Caring & leisure | 11% |
| Associate professional | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Process & plant | 9% |
| Skilled trades | 8% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Managers & directors | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 45% · No religion 39% · Muslim 7%
Born outside the UK: 21%
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
Boothen & Penkhull is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,674 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here sold for about £130,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 95 sales), 19% below the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,380 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 195 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £130,000 | 95 | +43.9% | -0.8% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=4) | |||
| Semi-detached | £145,000 | 23 | -14.7% | +5.1% |
| Terraced | £126,000 | 61 | +22.9% | +5.4% |
| Flat | £95,000 | 7 | +31.0% | — |
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Household income
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 ?
- #3,611 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #6,165 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 714 |
| Theft | 358 |
| Burglary | 116 |
| Vehicle crime | 112 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 147 |
| Public order & weapons | 251 |
| Drugs | 86 |
| Robbery | 39 |
| Other | 43 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 330 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Stoke-on-Trent
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Bierley & TongBradford17£162,500
- Central WellingboroughNorth Northamptonshire17£196,000
- Taunton Pyrland & PriorswoodSomerset17£235,000
- Andover Newbury RoadTest Valley17£235,500
- Ilford Central & EastRedbridge17£259,998
- SpitalfieldsTower Hamlets17£507,500