Dresden

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 5,552 · 4 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,722 of 6,856 in England
  • #552 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #17 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,569
Median age (est.)49
Density2,991per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above17%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 26%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 24%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 40%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Process & plant 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Process & plant13%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 33% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Dresden is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,722 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (74) but weak on Health (6). Typical homes here, about £163,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 60 sales), in line with the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,717 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 88 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 26 · #5,105
Employment 11 · #6,072
Education 20 · #5,475
Health 6 · #6,469
Crime 23 · #5,290
Housing & access 74 · #1,808
Living environment 41 · #4,049

House prices ?

£163,500median (12m) · +5.5% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£163,50060+5.5%+29.8%
Detached£275,00014+19.0%+25.0%
Semi-detached£172,50022+4.5%+28.3%
Terraced£120,00019-8.6%+46.3%
Flat£74,9505-36.2%
This area£163,500
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)£28,717±£4,187 · #6,603 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,322
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 491 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,468 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences280
Theft41
Burglary16
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons49
Drugs14
Robbery8
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 94 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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