Sutton Hill

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 5,933 · 4 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,394 of 6,856 in England
  • #657 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #23 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,856
Median age (est.)38
Density1,233per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above17%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 23%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 20%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 19%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 19%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 17% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant17%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades12%
Professional10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative6%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 3%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 90%Asian 3%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 43% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Sutton Hill is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,394 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (84) but weak on Education (3). Typical homes here sold for about £144,975 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 40 sales), 36% below the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,877 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 124 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 8 · #6,332
Employment 6 · #6,469
Education 3 · #6,620
Health 8 · #6,318
Crime 18 · #5,599
Housing & access 31 · #4,714
Living environment 84 · #1,061

House prices ?

£144,975median (12m) · +9.0% yr · n=40
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£144,97540+9.0%+22.9%
Detached£362,50011+9.0%+30.2%
Semi-detached£166,75010+7.6%+51.9%
Terraced£125,00018+8.7%+31.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£144,975
Telford and Wrekin£227,000
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)£31,877±£4,567 · #5,988 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,781
Price-to-income ?4.5×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

124 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 734 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,540 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences398
Theft66
Burglary47
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons54
Drugs40
Robbery5
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 122 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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