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14,024 residents make their home in this town in Staffordshire, West Midlands.
Cost of living is its strong suit: the median home sold for £253,000, 5 years of area income. Overall, Uttoxeter earns a B−: better than 52% of UK towns, and #28 of 46 in Staffordshire. Fewer journeys need a car: on the way to work, 18% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Police record more crime here than in most towns (C): police record 33.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 8.9 home and vehicle crimes. Only 56% of UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people have more crime per resident. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for jobs & income and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Uttoxeter is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 63 buildings inside Uttoxeter’s built-up area, 4 of them Grade II*.
12% 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 Uttoxeter.
13% live in social housing, lower than both Staffordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Private renters make up 15% of households. From September 2023 to August 2026, 851 homes sold inside Uttoxeter’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £253,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,975 | 344 |
| Semi-detached | £226,000 | 323 |
| Terraced | £178,750 | 136 |
| Flat or maisonette | £116,250 | 48 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Three of its 8 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School’s results beat 94% of schools in England like it. Between them, five primaries and three secondaries teach 2,820 pupils in Uttoxeter.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picknalls First SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 334 | – |
| Thomas Alleyne's High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 941 | C |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 207 | A |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Uttoxeter has 0.8 jobs. Working mainly from home: just over a fifth of workers, below Staffordshire’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (31%) alike. Driving is how 80% of commuters got to work at the census. Work in town: 32% of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Uttoxeter has a median age of 41.9 years. 28% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town, lower than Staffordshire’s towns (21%) yet higher than England’s towns (18%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Uttoxeter | Staffordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Staffordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Uttoxeter logged 770 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 142 complaints of anti-social conduct. Of all the crimes, 55% were violence and sexual offences. There were 9.8 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both Staffordshire’s towns (7.3) and England’s towns (7.8).
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 nearest A&E to Uttoxeter is Queens Hospital, 10.9 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.7% of the town. 2 GP practices serve the town; 94% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Uttoxeter | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 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 · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Uttoxeter counts 63 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 4 Grade II*. Homes built before 1919 account for 12% of the housing. For its size, Uttoxeter has 45 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, above both Staffordshire’s towns (25) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
63 listed buildings in Uttoxeter.
The Manor House: Photo: Adrian Victory-Daly · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bank House: Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Laythropps Almshouses: Photo: John Slater · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coach and Horses Public House: Photo: David Weston · CC BY-SA 2.0
12 notable people were born in Uttoxeter.
Adam Peaty: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 br · Shane Meadows: Julienmorvan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jason Beardsley: TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Thomas Allen: James Bretherton, Public domain · Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner: William Beechey, Public domain · Simon Degge: not known ? Daniel and Samuel Lysons, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 14,024 | — | B− | B+ | C | C |
| Doveridge | 1,760 | 2.2 | — | B | A+ | A |
| Rocester | 1,679 | 3.8 | — | A | C | B− |
| Abbots Bromley | 1,331 | 5.7 | — | C+ | A | B+ |
| Upper Tean | 3,244 | 5.9 | A | A | B+ | B− |
| Hixon | 2,081 | 7 | — | A | B | B+ |
| Cheadle | 11,403 | 7.3 | B− | A | C− | C |
| Weston | 1,056 | 8 | — | A− | A | A− |
Doveridge, Rocester, Abbots Bromley, Hixon and Weston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 44% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C.
GCSE results trail 77% of towns in England, and primary results beat 52% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Band D council tax in Uttoxeter is £2,390 for 2026–27, less than in 60% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Staffordshire, England
Uttoxeter is a built-up area of 14,024 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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