Stoke-on-Trent: local statistics
Stoke-on-Trent is a unitary authority in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 272,282 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Stoke-on-Trent, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Stoke-on-Trent at £147,377 for July 2026, down 0.8% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the lowest in the West Midlands (regional average £250,880). Since July 2016 prices have risen 48%; the July high in the series was £148,546 in 2025. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Stoke-on-Trent (£32,622) gives a ratio of 4.5. That ratio is the lowest ratio in the West Midlands.
The median full-time employee living in Stoke-on-Trent was paid £650.90 a week before tax in April 2025, or £32,622 over a year. It is the lowest of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands, and 11.0% less than across the West Midlands. Jobs based in Stoke-on-Trent paid a median £696.90 a week, £46.00 more than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £434.50: a change of +50% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Stoke-on-Trent had a life expectancy at birth of 80.7 years; for men it was 77.1 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.2 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.6 more. It is the lowest for women in the West Midlands.
Average Band D council tax in Stoke-on-Trent is £2,183.12 for 2026-27, 5.0% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 2nd lowest in the West Midlands. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,431.40.
The police recorded 110.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in Stoke-on-Trent in the year to March 2026 (30,023 offences in all), the 2nd highest rate in the West Midlands. That compares with 108.6 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 90.2 to 129.0 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In August 2026, 9,055 people in Stoke-on-Trent were on the claimant count, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the West Midlands was 5.3%. That compares with 5.6% a year before. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 5.1% (October 2023) and 7.0% (August 2021).
The ONS counted 8,450 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Stoke-on-Trent in March 2026, 11% more than in 2016. There are 31 per 1,000 residents, the 2nd lowest in the West Midlands.
An estimated 74.5% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Stoke-on-Trent were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 4.7 points); the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 66.9% and its highest 77.8%.
272,282 people lived in Stoke-on-Trent in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of +0.8% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +7.2%; the West Midlands grew by 7.8% over the same years, close to the middle of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands (17th fastest growth). No earlier year in the series was higher.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 254,095 |
| 2016 | 256,168 |
| 2017 | 258,235 |
| 2018 | 258,843 |
| 2019 | 259,181 |
| 2020 | 258,866 |
| 2021 | 258,102 |
| 2022 | 260,709 |
| 2023 | 265,750 |
| 2024 | 270,010 |
| 2025 | 272,282 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £99,867 |
| July 2017 | £101,710 |
| July 2018 | £104,320 |
| July 2019 | £109,334 |
| July 2020 | £111,096 |
| July 2021 | £124,272 |
| July 2022 | £135,772 |
| July 2023 | £136,916 |
| July 2024 | £142,620 |
| July 2025 | £148,546 |
| July 2026 | £147,377 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £434.50 a week |
| 2016 | £445.90 a week |
| 2017 | £465.50 a week |
| 2018 | £477.30 a week |
| 2019 | £500.50 a week |
| 2020 | £511.40 a week |
| 2021 | £518.20 a week |
| 2022 | £554.90 a week |
| 2023 | £589.20 a week |
| 2024 | £608.90 a week |
| 2025 | £650.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,431.40 |
| 2017-18 | £1,471.68 |
| 2018-19 | £1,533.81 |
| 2019-20 | £1,597.91 |
| 2020-21 | £1,660.04 |
| 2021-22 | £1,742.81 |
| 2022-23 | £1,797 |
| 2023-24 | £1,886.16 |
| 2024-25 | £1,978.59 |
| 2025-26 | £2,078.34 |
| 2026-27 | £2,183.12 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 91.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 99.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 110.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 113.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 103.2 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 90.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 96.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 129.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 114.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 108.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 110.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 66.9% |
| 2016/17 | 71.1% |
| 2017/18 | 71.6% |
| 2018/19 | 69.0% |
| 2019/20 | 73.2% |
| 2020/21 | 73.7% |
| 2021/22 | 77.8% |
| 2022/23 | 73.6% |
| 2023/24 | 72.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73.9% |
| 2025/26 | 74.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 80.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.0 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 80.9 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 80.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 80.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 79.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 79.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 79.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 80.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 80.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 7,600 |
| 2017 | 7,875 |
| 2018 | 7,760 |
| 2019 | 7,915 |
| 2020 | 8,020 |
| 2021 | 8,165 |
| 2022 | 8,460 |
| 2023 | 8,370 |
| 2024 | 8,305 |
| 2025 | 8,420 |
| 2026 | 8,450 |
Questions about Stoke-on-Trent
What is the average house price in Stoke-on-Trent?
£147,377 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-0.8% on a year).
What is the average salary in Stoke-on-Trent?
£650.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in Stoke-on-Trent?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.1 years for men and 80.7 for women.
How much is Band D council tax in Stoke-on-Trent?
£2,183.12 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the crime rate in Stoke-on-Trent?
Home Office figures show 30,023 offences in the year to March 2026, or 110.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Stoke-on-Trent?
The ONS claimant count was 9,055 in August 2026, 5.4% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of Stoke-on-Trent?
272,282 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Stoke-on-Trent
Every body that makes decisions for Stoke-on-Trent, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Stoke-on-Trent council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Stoke-on-Trent in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Stoke-on-Trent Central: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- Stoke-on-Trent North: David Williams (Labour) MP
- Stoke-on-Trent South: Dr Allison Gardner (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the West Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Dudley · Shropshire · Solihull · Telford and Wrekin · Walsall · Wolverhampton
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