Longport & Burslem Park

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 9,180 · 6 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,545 of 6,856 in England
  • #685 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #31 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,043
Median age (est.)34
Density3,032per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above19%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 22%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 28%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 13%Other: 10%
One person 41%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 13%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Process & plant 15% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Process & plant15%
Sales & customer service12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Professional9%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 19%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 70%Asian 19%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 38% · No religion 35% · Muslim 21%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Longport & Burslem Park is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,545 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #31 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (65) but weak on Health (4). Typical homes here, about £113,710 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 42% in five years (from 85 sales), 29% below the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,687 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 176 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 4 · #6,558
Employment 6 · #6,442
Education 4 · #6,593
Health 4 · #6,606
Crime 6 · #6,407
Housing & access 65 · #2,418
Living environment 26 · #5,105

House prices ?

£113,710median (12m) · +26.3% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£113,71085+26.3%+42.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£158,50018-5.6%+15.3%
Terraced£105,00059+23.5%+31.7%
Flat£62,7506-6.0%+17.3%
This area£113,710
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)£28,687±£4,549 · #6,604 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,426
Price-to-income ?4.0×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

176 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,611 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,073 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences707
Theft273
Burglary94
Vehicle crime79
Criminal damage & arson151
Public order & weapons198
Drugs45
Robbery29
Other35

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 348 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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