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Staffordshire has 47 towns of 2,500 or more and 84 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

47graded towns

8grade A− or better

84villages and smaller places

Stoke-on-Trentlargest · 260,560

How Staffordshire compares: its report card →

Gnosall Panorama from St Lawrence's tower - July 2013

#1 in StaffordshireGnosallA⁺

Staint James' Church Barton under Needwood

#2 in StaffordshireBarton-under-NeedwoodA

#3 in StaffordshireUpper TeanA

#4 in StaffordshireCheddletonA⁻

Staffordshire at a glance

What Staffordshire is like

The typical Staffordshire town grades highest on cost of living and hazard risk against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on walkability. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Staffordshire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How Staffordshire’s towns grade overall47 graded towns

A8B24C13D2

8 of 47 (17%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Staffordshire list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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47 towns · ordered by Staffordshire rank

A⁺

Gnosall

Town · 4,039 people · #32 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsACost of livingLowestC⁻Walkability

Barton-under-Needwood

Town · 4,713 people · #131 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeASchoolsLowestC⁻Hazard risk

Upper Tean

Town · 3,244 people · #247 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsACost of livingLowestDWalkability

A⁻

Cheddleton

Town · 4,027 people · #334 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyACost of livingLowestDWalkability

A⁻

Stretton

Town · 4,646 people · #341 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻Cost of livingLowestCSchools

A⁻

Eccleshall

Town · 3,229 people · #374 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻HealthLowestCSchools

A⁻

Perton

Town · 9,302 people · #430 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingB⁺SchoolsLowestC⁺Walkability

A⁻

Rolleston on Dove

Town · 2,902 people · #517 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeASafetyLowestC⁻Hazard risk

B⁺

Alrewas

Town · 2,831 people · #550 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Jobs & incomeB⁺HealthLowestC⁺Walkability

B⁺

Tutbury

Town · 3,674 people · #584 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺SafetyB⁺Cost of livingLowestC⁻Schools

B⁺

Endon

Town · 2,655 people · #613 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺HealthB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestD⁻Walkability

B⁺

Lichfield

Large town · 32,586 people · #646 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsB⁺WalkabilityLowestC⁻Safety

B⁺

Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel

Town · 3,637 people · #657 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskB⁺Cost of livingLowestD⁻Walkability

B⁺

Wombourne

Town · 12,810 people · #707 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻SchoolsBCost of livingLowestCWalkability

Fradley

Town · 3,609 people · #750 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAHazard riskLowestC⁻Walkability

Stone

Town · 17,282 people · #773 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingBJobs & incomeLowestCSafety

Stafford

Large town · 71,695 people · #796 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingA⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁻Safety

Kinver

Town · 4,651 people · #839 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻SchoolsBHealthLowestC⁻Walkability

Penkridge

Town · 8,364 people · #857 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingBHazard riskLowestC⁺Walkability

Loggerheads

Town · 2,523 people · #877 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻SafetyB⁺HealthLowestD⁻Walkability

Madeley

Town · 3,293 people · #886 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsA⁻Cost of livingLowestDWalkability

Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook

Town · 6,798 people · #902 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingBSchoolsLowestC⁻Walkability

Codsall

Town · 11,867 people · #935 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Hazard riskBCost of livingLowestC⁻Schools

B⁻

Burntwood

Large town · 27,891 people · #969 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingB⁺Hazard riskLowestCWalkability

B⁻

Handsacre and Armitage

Town · 4,837 people · #971 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingB⁻SafetyLowestC⁻Hazard risk

B⁻

Fazeley

Town · 7,571 people · #989 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingBHazard riskLowestCSafety

B⁻

Cheadle

Town · 11,403 people · #997 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingBSchoolsLowestC⁻Safety

B⁻

Uttoxeter

Town · 14,024 people · #1,021 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingB⁺WalkabilityLowestCSafety

B⁻

Werrington

Town · 6,012 people · #1,038 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingAHazard riskLowestDSchools

B⁻

Featherstone

Town · 7,096 people · #1,064 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻Cost of livingLowestC⁻Health

B⁻

Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay

Town · 17,647 people · #1,086 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingBHazard riskLowestC⁻Walkability

C⁺

Huntington

Town · 4,715 people · #1,181 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskACost of livingLowestC⁻Walkability

C⁺

Biddulph

Town · 17,490 people · #1,214 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingBHazard riskLowestC⁻Walkability

C⁺

Bignall End

Town · 3,184 people · #1,312 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskB⁺SafetyLowestDSchools

C⁺

Leek

Town · 19,388 people · #1,356 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingA⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁻Schools

C⁺

Burton upon Trent

Large town · 76,264 people · #1,362 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingA⁻WalkabilityLowestDSafety

Brewood

Town · 2,552 people · #1,386 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺HealthBHazard riskLowestDSchools

Talke and Talke Pits

Town · 3,436 people · #1,463 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻Cost of livingLowestC⁻Health

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Large town · 76,511 people · #1,468 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingBWalkabilityLowestDHealth

Rugeley

Large town · 26,149 people · #1,541 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingB⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁻Health

Norton Canes

Town · 8,155 people · #1,561 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskBSchoolsLowestDWalkability

C⁻

Kidsgrove

Town · 15,598 people · #1,698 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingCHazard riskLowestC⁻Health

C⁻

Cannock

Large town · 63,057 people · #1,703 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingBHazard riskLowestC⁻Health

C⁻

Tamworth

Large town · 76,074 people · #1,775 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingBWalkabilityLowestDSchools

Essington

Town · 3,471 people · #1,834 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskBCost of livingLowestDWalkability

Stoke-on-Trent

City · 260,560 people · #1,953 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingBWalkabilityLowestD⁻Safety

B⁺

Keele University campus

Town · 2,607 people

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityAJobs & incomeLowestC⁻Health

Military garrison towns and university campuses keep their grades but aren’t ranked: most residents serve in the forces or are students.

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Staffordshire lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

All Staffordshire rankings →

Best places to live46 towns · #1 Gnosall Best small towns28 towns · #1 Gnosall Most affordable towns46 towns · #1 Stafford Safest towns46 towns · #1 Cheddleton Towns with the best schools46 towns · #1 Gnosall Healthiest towns46 towns · #1 Gnosall Best towns for jobs & income46 towns · #1 Barton-under-Needwood Most walkable towns46 towns · #1 Leek Towns with the lowest flood risk46 towns · #1 Bignall End and 11 more Best towns for the outdoors46 towns · #1 Cannock Most historic towns46 towns · #1 Leek Towns with the most civic life46 towns · #1 Eccleshall Towns with the highest household incomes47 towns · #1 Alrewas and FradleyDescribed, no letters Towns with the lowest council tax47 towns · #1 Stoke-on-TrentDescribed, no letters Towns with the mildest winters47 towns · #1 WombourneDescribed, no letters Towns with the warmest summers47 towns · #1 StrettonDescribed, no letters Towns with the coolest summers47 towns · #1 EndonDescribed, no letters Towns with the fewest frosts47 towns · #1 Newcastle-under-LymeDescribed, no letters Driest towns47 towns · #1 FradleyDescribed, no letters Wettest towns47 towns · #1 LeekDescribed, no letters

Villages and small towns

84 smaller places in Staffordshire

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

58 places under 1,000 people

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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