United Kingdom · West Midlands · Local Authority
Lichfield
Non-metropolitan district · West Midlands, England · population ~106k · 55 state-funded schools
Good pay, but high housing costs. Lichfield offers median weekly earnings of £862.40, well above the West Midlands average and higher than 78% of English authorities. However, this comes at a price. The median house price is 7.1 times annual pay, and monthly rent consumes 29.2% of gross median earnings, both among the highest in the region. Recorded crime is low, ranking 5 of 30, and deprivation is also below the West Midlands median. This suits those prioritising earning potential and lower crime over affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Lichfield ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£44,845/yr
Very high
Better than 81% of UK LAs
House price
£320,000
Expensive
Worse than 60% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,091/mo
Mid-range
Worse than 58% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,352/yr
Cheap
Better than 68% of UK LAs
Crime
55.2/1k
Safest
Better than 80% of UK LAs
Deprivation
12.6
Low
Better than 79% of UK LAs
Schools
92.3%
Mid
Worse than 56% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
53 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
48 of 52 (92.3%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 1 school is on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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55 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 55 schools, sortable and filterable.
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