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Hollybush & Blurton North

Middle area

South Stoke-on-Trent. 6,167 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 75% of people in Hollybush & Blurton North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£177,000
Joint 989th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,970
Joint 2,704th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
75%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Hollybush & Blurton North

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hollybush & Blurton North at a rate of 80.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 138.7 per 1,000 people across Stoke-on-Trent.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences251
Other crime72
Anti-social behaviour65
Criminal damage and arson40
Burglary21
Vehicle crime20
Drug offences12
Shoplifting10
Robbery5
Theft from the person0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Hollybush & Blurton North compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Hollybush & Blurton NorthMiddle
Median sale price33 middle areas, Stoke-on-Trent · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Stoke-on-Trent33 areas from £90,000 to £282,000. The middle area is £158,750. Hollybush & Blurton North is £177,000.
£177,00010th most expensive
Population33 middle areas, Stoke-on-Trent · 2021
Population: every middle area in Stoke-on-Trent33 areas from 5,313 to 10,980. The middle area is 7,878. Hollybush & Blurton North is 5,970.
5,9705th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares33 middle areas, Stoke-on-Trent · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Stoke-on-Trent33 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 25.0%. Hollybush & Blurton North is 75.0%.
75%joint 6th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage33 middle areas, Stoke-on-Trent · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Stoke-on-Trent33 areas from 70.7% to 99.7%. The middle area is 96.8%. Hollybush & Blurton North is 98.3%.
98.3%12th highest

Is Hollybush & Blurton North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hollybush & Blurton North at a rate of 80.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 138.7 per 1,000 people across Stoke-on-Trent.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hollybush & Blurton North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (251), other crime (72) and anti-social behaviour (65).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Stoke-on-Trent

These figures are published for the whole of Stoke-on-Trent, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Stoke-on-Trent and not Hollybush & Blurton North alone. See Stoke-on-Trent

Average house price
£150,112
Down 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,622
13th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.6×
Joint 28th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
33.6
21st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Hollybush & Blurton North in brief

The median price paid for a home in Hollybush & Blurton North was £177,000 in 2025.

Hollybush & Blurton North had 5,970 usual residents at the census.

About 75% of people in Hollybush & Blurton North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Hollybush & Blurton North, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.