Longton West & Sandford Hill

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 10,873 · 8 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,051 of 6,856 in England
  • #601 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #22 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,979
Median age (est.)41
Density3,018per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above16%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 21%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Skilled trades 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant12%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 42% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Longton West & Sandford Hill is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,051 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (85) but weak on Health (6). Typical homes here, about £150,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 39% in five years (from 133 sales), 6% below the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,961 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 204 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 18 · #5,619
Employment 11 · #6,085
Education 10 · #6,147
Health 6 · #6,455
Crime 9 · #6,209
Housing & access 85 · #1,040
Living environment 36 · #4,413

House prices ?

£150,000median (12m) · +7.5% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,000133+7.5%+38.9%
Detached£190,00021-20.0%+46.2%
Semi-detached£157,00064+1.3%+31.4%
Terraced£117,75048+13.2%+66.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£150,000
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)£28,961±£4,125 · #6,570 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,631
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

204 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,222 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,193 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences842
Theft447
Burglary92
Vehicle crime89
Criminal damage & arson190
Public order & weapons341
Drugs100
Robbery49
Other72

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 572 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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