Cobridge & Central Forest

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 7,668 · 4 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,298 of 6,856 in England
  • #639 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #27 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,300
Median age (est.)34
Density2,771per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above22%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 32%45–64 22%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 20%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 35%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Process & plant 16% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Process & plant16%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades11%
Professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 27%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 5%
White 60%Asian 27%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · Muslim 29% · No religion 25%

Born outside the UK: 31%

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

Cobridge & Central Forest is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,298 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (58) and lowest on Health (8). Typical homes here sold for about £115,000 over the past year, down 10% across five years (from 72 sales), 28% below the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,134 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 140 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.

Income 9 · #6,243
Employment 10 · #6,147
Education 9 · #6,243
Health 8 · #6,312
Crime 11 · #6,120
Housing & access 58 · #2,850
Living environment 13 · #5,948

House prices ?

£115,000median (12m) · -11.5% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£115,00072-11.5%-9.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£168,80521+2.9%+22.3%
Terraced£87,50046-2.7%+21.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£115,000
Stoke-on-Trent£160,000
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)£29,134±£4,190 · #6,549 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£22,598
Price-to-income ?3.9×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

140 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,075 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,800 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences420
Theft113
Burglary89
Vehicle crime98
Criminal damage & arson119
Public order & weapons134
Drugs51
Robbery25
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 250 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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