Neighbourhood · Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands
Norton
Stoke-on-Trent 004 · 5 sub-areas · 8,454 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (62/100)Watch-out: Young professionals (44/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartile
Norton is a green, lower-density part of Stoke-on-Trent — parks within walking distance of most addresses, a slower weekday rhythm, and a population skewed toward longer-tenure households rather than transient renters. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Norton?
A snapshot of Norton
2 parks and 1 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Transport links are limited — a car or e-bike is a practical assumption for most regular trips; 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 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Norton in Stoke-on-Trent
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Norton?
- The median monthly rent across Norton is £708.
- How safe is Norton?
- Norton 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 Norton?
- 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 53 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Norton?
- There are 10 schools within 2 km of Norton, of which 70% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 672 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Norton?
- The most common council tax band in Norton is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,566. Council tax is set by Stoke-on-Trent council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Norton to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Norton to central London is approximately 150 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 Norton?
- 100% of premises in Norton are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Norton?
- Norton sits in IMD decile 2 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 Norton?
- 58% of households in Norton 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 Norton?
- The average property price across Stoke-on-Trent (the local authority covering Norton) 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 Norton 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 Norton?
- Norton contains 5 local areas: Stoke-on-Trent 004D, Stoke-on-Trent 004E, Stoke-on-Trent 004A, Stoke-on-Trent 004B, Stoke-on-Trent 004C.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Norton
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Norton?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Norton 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 Norton a safe place to live?
- Norton has a safety score of 22/100. 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 Norton?
- 70% of schools within 2 km of Norton are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Norton?
- Public-transport commute time from Norton to central London is approximately 150 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Norton different from the rest of Stoke-on-Trent?
- Norton contains 5 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 Norton rank in Stoke-on-Trent?
- Norton scores 85/100 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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