United Kingdom · South West · Local Authority
Stroud
Non-metropolitan district · South West, England · population ~121k · 70 state-funded schools
Affordable to live in, but not to earn in. Stroud's median house price is 8.2 times median annual pay, and rent takes 31% of gross median earnings, both slightly above the regional median. However, recorded crime is well below the South West average at 49.7 per 1,000, and the deprivation score is the lowest in the region. Furthermore, 95.1% of pupils attend Good or Outstanding schools, which is above the South West median. This location suits those prioritising low crime and good schools over career opportunities.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Stroud ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£40,165/yr
Mid
Better than 58% of UK LAs
House price
£330,000
Expensive
Worse than 63% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,036/mo
Mid-range
Worse than 55% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,491/yr
Expensive
Worse than 67% of UK LAs
Crime
49.7/1k
Safest
Better than 89% of UK LAs
Deprivation
10.8
Least deprived
Better than 88% of UK LAs
Schools
92.6%
Mid
Around UK average
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
69 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
63 of 68 (92.6%) 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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70 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 70 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.