What's the median rent in Basford & Hartshill?

The median monthly rent across Basford & Hartshill is £708.

How well-connected is Basford & Hartshill?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 21 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Basford & Hartshill?

There are 14 schools within 2 km of Basford & Hartshill, of which 25% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3289 m away.

What is the council tax band in Basford & Hartshill?

The most common council tax band in Basford & Hartshill is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,629. Council tax is set by Stoke-on-Trent council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Basford & Hartshill to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Basford & Hartshill to central London is approximately 111 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Basford & Hartshill?

100% of premises in Basford & Hartshill are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Basford & Hartshill?

Basford & Hartshill sits in IMD decile 6 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Basford & Hartshill?

55% of households in Basford & Hartshill are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Basford & Hartshill?

The average property price across Stoke-on-Trent (the local authority covering Basford & Hartshill) is approximately £147,816, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Basford & Hartshill a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.48 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,041.)

Which local areas are part of Basford & Hartshill?

Basford & Hartshill contains 6 local areas: Stoke-on-Trent 018A, Stoke-on-Trent 018D, Stoke-on-Trent 018B, Stoke-on-Trent 018C, Stoke-on-Trent 018E…

What is the average rent in Basford & Hartshill?

The estimated median monthly rent in Basford & Hartshill is £708. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Basford & Hartshill a safe place to live?

Basford & Hartshill has a safety score of 52/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Basford & Hartshill?

25% of schools within 2 km of Basford & Hartshill are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Basford & Hartshill?

Public-transport commute time from Basford & Hartshill to central London is approximately 111 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Basford & Hartshill different from the rest of Stoke-on-Trent?

Basford & Hartshill contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Basford & Hartshill rank in Stoke-on-Trent?

Basford & Hartshill scores 98/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Stoke-on-Trent, see the Cities table on the Stoke-on-Trent page.

Neighbourhood · Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands

Basford & Hartshill

Stoke-on-Trent 018 · 6 sub-areas · 10,020 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Young professionals (82/100)Watch-out: Families (54/100)Liveability 98/100 · Best 5% nationallyCommuter neighbourhood

Basford & Hartshill is a commuter neighbourhood within Stoke-on-Trent — train into Manchester runs in around 55 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.

Median rent

£708+7.1%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

78.2

Above median

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

55 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

25%

14 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

98/100

Best 5% nationally

Population

10,020

6 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Basford & Hartshill?

A snapshot of Basford & Hartshill

2 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £708 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Basford & Hartshill in Stoke-on-Trent

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £708 a month — 36% below the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band A.

Median rentCouncil area

£708/mo

Up 7.1% on last year

−£392 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£844/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,629/yr · £136/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

2.6 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−48% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £654/mo · £327/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£513/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£654/mo£327/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£787/mo£262/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£1,073/mo£268/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£571/mo

Terraced house£715/mo

Semi-detached£755/mo

Detached house£898/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

35%

of take-home

£708/mo per person · take-home £2,036/moTight but workable

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

16%

of take-home

£327/mo per person · take-home £2,036/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

13%

of take-home

£262/mo per person · take-home £2,036/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

17%

of take-home

£354/mo per person · take-home £2,036/moComfortable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£794/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£150,750

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£147,8161.0% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£794/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)5.2%

Years to save 10% deposit2.6 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,183/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,183/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£1,629/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B3%

Households in fuel poverty23.4%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Basford & Hartshill?

Safety scores 52/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 22% below the national average (78.2 per 1,000 residents per year).

Crime / 1k / yr

78.2

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 12 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

52/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

6/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

30.8 /1k

Anti-social behaviour

13.5 /1k

Public order

6.0 /1k

Vehicle crime

4.8 /1k

Criminal damage & arson

5.4 /1k

Burglary

3.1 /1k

Other theft

5.5 /1k

Shoplifting

3.3 /1k

Drugs

1.1 /1k

Theft from the person

1.4 /1k

Possession of weapons

2.3 /1k

Robbery

1.0 /1k

Bicycle theft

0.7 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Basford & Hartshill

Strong transport links — 89/100; nearest rail station is Stoke-On-Trent at around 1677 m; 21 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 55 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

89/100

Top quartile

Best hub commute

55 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

21%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Stoke-On-Trent

1.7 km walk · 55 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Out of metro reach

Nearest metro is more than 5 km away.

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 55 min

London

111 min

Manchester

55 min

Birmingham

67 min

Leedsapprox

139 min

Liverpoolapprox

84 min

Bristol

164 min

Sheffieldapprox

107 min

Edinburgh

279 min

Glasgow

303 min

Cardiffapprox

196 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)21% work from home

Drive51%Public transport3%Walk / cycle20%Work from home21%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Basford & Hartshill

14 schools within a 2 km radius; around 25% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Co-op Academy Glebe, is around 3306 m away.

School scoreHow? →

49/100

Below median

Schools within 2 km

4 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

25%

Of all schools within 2 km

−45.0 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Co-op Academy Glebe

3.3 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School	Academy Converter	Good	747 m
St John's CofE (A) Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Requires improvement	1.1 km
Hassell Primary School	Community School	Good	1.3 km
May Bank Infants' School	Community School	Good	1.7 km
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy	Academy Converter	Good	2.0 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Basford & Hartshill?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs4≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants0≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety0≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas2≤ 2 km
Theatres1≤ 2 km
Museums4≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks2≤ 500 m
Playgrounds0≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)21≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)21≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Basford & Hartshill right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

54/100

Mixed

Schools (25% Good+ within 2 km) and the family-age share fall below what most parents look for here.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

82/100

Great fit

Transport scores 89/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

82/100

Great fit

Liveability 98/100, safety 52/100 and median rent at £708/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

75/100

Great fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~398 m, hospital ~0.9 km), greenspace is walkable, and 17% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

69/100

Good fit

Gross yield 5.2%, capital growth +1.0% YoY, 30% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

80/100

Great fit

Private-rental stock is decent (30% PRS), 33% of households are single-person, with transit a short walk away.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 demographic profile.

Age profile

Under 1819%18–3427%35–4919%50–6419%65+17%

Tenure

Owned55%Private rent30%Social rent9%

Households

One person33%Couple with children16%Lone parent10%Other8%

Property types

Flat13%Terraced35%Semi-detached42%Detached8%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 37/100

Ethnic group

White78%Asian13%Black4%Mixed2%Other2%

Country of birth

UK-born80%Born outside UK20%

Religion

Christian47%Muslim9%No religion33%Other3%

Education and health36% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)36.0%+2.5 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications16.3%

Self-rated good or very good health82.8%

Self-rated bad or very bad health4.8%

Disabled (Equality Act)17.1%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.48 jobs per resident); median resident salary £29,041/year; 5.5% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£29,041/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

5.0%

ONS ILO method — 65% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

137,000

0.48 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 5.0% · 65% economically active · 35% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 5.0% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed61%Unemployed3%Inactive35%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 5.5% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Health & social

Health & social

22.4%

Retail & hospitality

18.7%

Education

7.4%

Manufacturing

10.0%

Professional

4.0%

Construction

3.1%

Tech & ICT

5.0%

Finance

0.5%

Net commute flow: +123,396 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Basford & Hartshill

6 sub-areas and 200+ postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Stoke-on-Trent 018A	£708	99	64	89	View →
Stoke-on-Trent 018D	£708	97	59	96	View →
Stoke-on-Trent 018B	£708	99	50	90	View →
Stoke-on-Trent 018C	£708	90	42	89	View →
Stoke-on-Trent 018E	£708	99	55	86	View →
Stoke-on-Trent 018F	£708	85	8	66	View →

Postcodes covered

In Stoke-on-Trent 018F

ST4 5DS ST4 5DT ST4 5DU ST4 5DX ST4 5JH ST4 5JN ST4 5JP ST4 5JR ST4 5JW ST4 5NA ST4 5NB ST4 5ND ST4 5NE ST4 6QG ST4 6QZ ST4 6RA ST4 6RB ST4 6RD ST4 6RE ST4 6RF ST4 6RG ST4 6RH ST4 6RJ ST4 6RL ST4 6RN ST4 6RP ST4 6RQ ST4 6RR ST4 6RW ST4 6TH

In Stoke-on-Trent 018E

ST4 5DW ST4 7DR ST4 7DW ST4 7EH ST4 7EP ST4 7EQ ST4 7ER ST4 7ES ST4 7ET ST4 7EU ST4 7EW ST4 7EX ST4 7EY ST4 7HB ST4 7HD ST4 7HE ST4 7HH ST4 7HJ ST4 7HL ST4 7HQ ST4 7JH ST4 7JJ ST4 7JP ST4 7JQ ST4 7JT ST4 7JU ST4 7JW ST4 7JX ST4 7JZ ST4 7LA ST4 7LB ST4 7LE ST4 7LF ST4 7LG

In Stoke-on-Trent 018B

ST4 6AA ST4 6AD ST4 6AF ST4 6AH ST4 6AL ST4 6AN ST4 6AP ST4 6AR ST4 6AS ST4 6AT ST4 6AU ST4 6AX ST4 6AY ST4 6AZ ST4 6BA ST4 6BB ST4 6BD ST4 6BE ST4 6BG ST4 6BH ST4 6BN ST4 6BP ST4 6BS ST4 6BW ST4 6DB ST4 6DD ST4 6DE ST4 6DH ST4 6DJ ST4 6DP ST4 6DR ST4 6DT ST4 6DU ST4 6DX ST4 6DY ST4 6ES ST4 6ET ST4 6FB ST4 6HA ST4 6HD ST4 6HN ST4 6HP ST4 6HW ST4 6QN ST4 6QP ST4 6QR ST4 6QS ST4 6QT ST4 6QU ST4 6QW ST4 6QX ST4 6QY

In Stoke-on-Trent 018C

ST4 6AB ST4 6BJ ST4 6BL ST4 6BQ ST4 7FH ST4 7JD ST4 7JF ST4 7JG ST4 7JL ST4 7JN ST4 7LH ST4 7LJ

In Stoke-on-Trent 018A

ST4 6DS ST4 6DW ST4 6DZ ST4 6EA ST4 6EB ST4 6ED ST4 6EE ST4 6EF ST4 6EG ST4 6EH ST4 6EJ ST4 6EL ST4 6EN ST4 6EQ ST4 6ER ST4 6EU ST4 6EX ST4 6EY ST4 6EZ ST4 6FA ST4 6HH ST4 6HJ ST4 6HL ST4 6HT ST4 6HU ST4 6HX ST4 6HY ST4 6JA ST4 6JB ST4 6JF ST4 6JG

In Stoke-on-Trent 018D

ST4 6EW ST4 6FD ST4 6FE ST4 6FF ST4 6FG ST4 6FH ST4 6FJ ST4 6FL ST4 6GA ST4 6JD ST4 6JE ST4 6JH ST4 6JJ ST4 6JL ST4 6JN ST4 6JR ST4 6JW ST4 7AS ST4 7AW ST4 7AX ST4 7AY ST4 7BB ST4 7BE ST4 7BP ST4 7BQ ST4 7BS ST4 7BU ST4 7BX ST4 7BZ ST4 7DA ST4 7DB ST4 7DD ST4 7DE ST4 7DF ST4 7DG ST4 7DH ST4 7DL ST4 7DN ST4 7DQ ST4 7FA ST4 7FG

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Basford & Hartshill?: The median monthly rent across Basford & Hartshill is £708.
How safe is Basford & Hartshill?: Basford & Hartshill has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Basford & Hartshill?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 21 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Basford & Hartshill?: There are 14 schools within 2 km of Basford & Hartshill, of which 25% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3289 m away.
What is the council tax band in Basford & Hartshill?: The most common council tax band in Basford & Hartshill is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,629. Council tax is set by Stoke-on-Trent council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Basford & Hartshill to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Basford & Hartshill to central London is approximately 111 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Basford & Hartshill?: 100% of premises in Basford & Hartshill are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Basford & Hartshill?: Basford & Hartshill sits in IMD decile 6 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Basford & Hartshill?: 55% of households in Basford & Hartshill are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Basford & Hartshill?: The average property price across Stoke-on-Trent (the local authority covering Basford & Hartshill) is approximately £147,816, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Basford & Hartshill a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.48 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,041.)
Which local areas are part of Basford & Hartshill?: Basford & Hartshill contains 6 local areas: Stoke-on-Trent 018A, Stoke-on-Trent 018D, Stoke-on-Trent 018B, Stoke-on-Trent 018C, Stoke-on-Trent 018E…

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What is the average rent in Basford & Hartshill?: The estimated median monthly rent in Basford & Hartshill is £708. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Basford & Hartshill a safe place to live?: Basford & Hartshill has a safety score of 52/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Basford & Hartshill?: 25% of schools within 2 km of Basford & Hartshill are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Basford & Hartshill?: Public-transport commute time from Basford & Hartshill to central London is approximately 111 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Basford & Hartshill different from the rest of Stoke-on-Trent?: Basford & Hartshill contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Basford & Hartshill rank in Stoke-on-Trent?: Basford & Hartshill scores 98/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Stoke-on-Trent, see the Cities table on the Stoke-on-Trent page.

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