Shelton & Joiner's Square

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 10,628 · 7 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,427 of 6,856 in England
  • #523 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #14 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,330
Median age (est.)28
Density2,671per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above26%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 28%25–44 31%45–64 16%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 23%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 40%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Sales & customer service 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Sales & customer service13%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional10%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 22%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 65%Asian 22%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 36% · Christian 33% · Muslim 21%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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

Shelton & Joiner's Square is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,427 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (60) and lowest on Health (12). Typical homes here, about £120,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 75 sales), 25% below the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,421 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 138 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 28 · #4,934
Employment 33 · #4,598
Education 14 · #5,880
Health 12 · #6,051
Crime 19 · #5,530
Housing & access 60 · #2,761
Living environment 15 · #5,804

House prices ?

£120,000median (12m) · +20.0% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£120,00075+20.0%+33.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£170,00016+13.3%+30.8%
Terraced£113,75040+18.5%+32.7%
Flat£89,25016-0.8%+24.0%
This area£120,000
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)£29,421±£4,282 · #6,501 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,721
Price-to-income ?4.1×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

138 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,468 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,766 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences574
Theft263
Burglary85
Vehicle crime116
Criminal damage & arson134
Public order & weapons154
Drugs65
Robbery41
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 295 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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