United Kingdom · West Midlands · Local Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Unitary authority · West Midlands, England · population ~257k · 91 state-funded schools
Affordable to live in, difficult to earn in. Stoke-on-Trent offers the lowest median house price in the West Midlands at £154,250, creating a manageable house price to earnings ratio of 4.6x. While rent is similarly the lowest in the region at £708 a month, consuming 25.1% of gross earnings, the local economy remains constrained with weekly pay at £650.90, the lowest in the West Midlands. These financial advantages are offset by significant social challenges, as the deprivation score is higher than 96% of England authorities and the crime rate is higher than 90% of England authorities. This location suits those prioritising low entry costs for housing over local wage growth or low crime rates.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Stoke-on-Trent ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£33,847/yr
Very low
Worse than 97% of UK LAs
House price
£154,250
Most affordable
Better than 95% of UK LAs
Rent
£708/mo
Most affordable
Better than 90% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,183/yr
Cheapest
Better than 91% of UK LAs
Crime
108.8/1k
Highest
Worse than 90% of UK LAs
Deprivation
34.5
Most deprived
Worse than 96% of UK LAs
Schools
92.1%
Mid
Worse than 57% 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
110 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
82 of 89 (92.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 21 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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91 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 91 schools, sortable and filterable.
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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.