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A town of 4,646 in Staffordshire, West Midlands. Mortgage-free owners make up 48% of households.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Cost of living is where it shines: the median home sold for £235,000, 4.7 years of area income. Work and incomes are strong (A−): mean household income £53,640; 1.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. What holds it back is schools: primary results beat 13% of towns in England; secondary results beat 54% of towns in England. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, better than 84% of UK towns. Its place in the ranking is #5 of 46 in Staffordshire.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Stretton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Stretton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Stretton’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Stretton.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Before 1919: that is when 3% of homes were built. Of Stretton’s land, 1% lies in conservation areas, below Staffordshire’s towns (5%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. Per 10,000 residents, Stretton counts 11 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
At the 14 primary schools within 3 km, 53% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one school is below. Secondary results at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 46.9, with 45% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Shrewsbury Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 617 | B |
Social housing holds 6% of households, below both Staffordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Just over one in ten households are private tenants. Private rents average £858 a month across the East Staffordshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 79 |
| Semi-detached | £212,000 | 85 |
| Terraced | £177,500 | 26 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violent crime ran at 17.6 per 1,000 residents a year, below Staffordshire’s towns (24.2) and England’s towns (22) alike. Stretton logged 154 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 32 complaints of anti-social conduct. For its size, Stretton records less crime per resident than just over four fifths of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Violence and sexual offences were 56% of the crimes.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 47%, higher than both Staffordshire’s towns (43%) and England’s towns (45%). By car: that was how 84% of commuters travelled at the census. 4% of commuters who live in Stretton also work there. Jobs per working resident: 0.3.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Seeing a GP means leaving Stretton: the nearest practice is 1.5 miles away. Life expectancy here is 86.3 for women and 80.4 for men (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Stretton is Queens Hospital, 1.9 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Stretton | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.7% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Staffordshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (18%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.5%. Typical age in Stretton: 49.1, the median. Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Stretton | Staffordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 29% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Staffordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Stretton. Best known first.
MuseumClaymills Victorian Pumping Stationin town
CastleTutbury Castle3.8 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumNational Brewery Centre2.4 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumSinai Park House3.9 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumTutbury Museum & Information Centre3.5 km outside town, to the northwestTheme parkTheme parkNational Forest Adventure Farm5 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
5 listed buildings in Stretton.
Church of St Mary: Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bridge Farmhouse: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stretton | 4,646 | — | A− | A− | A− | B− |
| Rolleston on Dove | 2,902 | 1.3 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Burton upon Trent | 76,264 | 2.2 | C+ | A | D | D |
| Hilton | 8,269 | 2.4 | A+ | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Willington | 2,717 | 2.8 | A+ | A | B+ | B+ |
| Repton | 2,766 | 3.1 | A+ | A− | A− | A |
| Tutbury | 3,674 | 3.1 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B |
| Etwall | 3,080 | 3.2 | A | B+ | B | B |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results beat 54% of towns in England, and primary results trail 87% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Staffordshire council.
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Town in Staffordshire, England
Stretton is a built-up area of 4,646 people, in the East Staffordshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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