Newstead & Blurton South

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 8,817 · 5 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,955 of 6,856 in England
  • #590 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #21 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,706
Median age (est.)35
Density2,517per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above24%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 22%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 39%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 18%Other: 11%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 18%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Professional 16% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Professional16%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Newstead & Blurton South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,955 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Health (7). Typical homes here sold for about £210,000 over the past year, down 10% across five years (from 58 sales), 31% above the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,625 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 120 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 16 · #5,722
Employment 10 · #6,154
Education 20 · #5,455
Health 7 · #6,394
Crime 21 · #5,414
Housing & access 39 · #4,207
Living environment 93 · #451

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +9.0% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,00058+9.0%-10.3%
Detached£362,00012-0.1%+7.3%
Semi-detached£170,00033+15.3%-13.5%
Terraced£220,0009+10.0%+21.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£210,000
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)£31,625±£4,554 · #6,046 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,060
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

120 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,061 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,464 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences591
Theft145
Burglary44
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons108
Drugs20
Robbery11
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 211 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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