Is Stoke-on-Trent a good place to live? 2026 area guide
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Is Stoke-on-Trent a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, the typical sold price is £112,500, 694 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 1, indicative gross rental yield is around 7.6%. Stoke-on-Trent, one of England's most affordable city markets. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Stoke-on-Trent's 1 postcode area (ST1); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.
Everything about Stoke-on-Trent, in one place
A summary of each metric for Stoke-on-Trent, fused across its postcode areas from official UK data. Follow any card to the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.
Across Stoke-on-Trent the typical (median) sold price is £112,500, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (ST1).
See Stoke-on-Trent sold pricesdata.police.uk recorded 694 crimes in the latest month across Stoke-on-Trent's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Stoke-on-Trent has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address.
See Stoke-on-Trent crimeThe representative points across Stoke-on-Trent sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water. Check the exact address.
See Stoke-on-Trent flood zoneThe indicative gross rental yield across Stoke-on-Trent is about 7.6%: ONS mean rent against the HM Land Registry median price. Indicative and area-level, not address-specific.
See Stoke-on-Trent rental yieldWhat are house prices like in Stoke-on-Trent?
Across Stoke-on-Trent the typical (median) sold price is £112,500, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (ST1).
Is Stoke-on-Trent a safe place to live?
data.police.uk recorded 694 crimes in the latest month across Stoke-on-Trent's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Stoke-on-Trent has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address.
Is Stoke-on-Trent at risk of flooding?
The representative points across Stoke-on-Trent sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water. Check the exact address.
What are the EPC ratings like in Stoke-on-Trent?
Across Stoke-on-Trent the modal EPC band is C, with 53.5% of sampled certificates at band C or above, based on the public MHCLG EPC register sampled across the town's postcodes.
A
9.3%
B
4.7%
C
39.5%
D
30.2%
E
7%
F
None
G
9.3%
What are the schools and transport like in Stoke-on-Trent?
School catchments and transport links vary street by street within Stoke-on-Trent. A full HouseCheckup property report shows the catchment-area schools for any address with their Ofsted history, plus the nearest stations and broadband speeds drawn from NaPTAN and Ofcom data. Search an address below for the property-level picture.
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Frequently asked questions about Stoke-on-Trent
Is Stoke-on-Trent a good place to live?
Is Stoke-on-Trent a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, the typical sold price is £112,500, 694 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 1, indicative gross rental yield is around 7.6%. Stoke-on-Trent, one of England's most affordable city markets. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Stoke-on-Trent's 1 postcode area (ST1); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.
What is the average house price in Stoke-on-Trent?
Across Stoke-on-Trent the typical (median) sold price is £112,500, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (ST1). See the Stoke-on-Trent sold-prices pages for the full recent-sales tables and local price trend.
Is Stoke-on-Trent a safe place to live, and is it at flood risk?
data.police.uk recorded 694 crimes in the latest month across Stoke-on-Trent's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Stoke-on-Trent has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address. The representative points across Stoke-on-Trent sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water. Check the exact address. Both are area-level screens. Risk varies street by street, so check the exact address with the HouseCheckup tools.
What rental yield does Stoke-on-Trent achieve?
The indicative gross rental yield across Stoke-on-Trent is about 7.6%: ONS mean rent against the HM Land Registry median price. Indicative and area-level, not address-specific. See the rental-yield pages for the by-bedroom rent breakdown.
Sources
- Price Paid Data & UKHPI, HM Land Registry
- Price Index of Private Rents, Office for National Statistics
- Street-level crime, data.police.uk
- Flood-risk layers, Environment Agency / planning.data.gov.uk
- Energy Performance Certificates, MHCLG
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Rent data: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Flood data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026 (OGL v3.0). Flood Re eligibility based on floodre.co.uk criteria is indicative only; insurers make final decisions. Contains Mining Remediation Authority data © Mining Remediation Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026 (GeoClimate UKCP18 Open). Indicative Atlas of Radon. © Crown copyright UKHSA; contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses. Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales (MHCLG, OGL v3.0)