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Goldenhill & Sandyford

Ward

North west Stoke-on-Trent. About 6,552 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 23% of people in Goldenhill & Sandyford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,267
Joint 3,799th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
23%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Goldenhill & Sandyford compares

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

Goldenhill & SandyfordMiddle
Population34 wards, Stoke-on-Trent · 2021
Population: every ward in Stoke-on-Trent34 areas from 4,435 to 17,064. The middle area is 6,294. Goldenhill & Sandyford is 6,267.
6,26717th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares34 wards, Stoke-on-Trent · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Stoke-on-Trent34 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 21.5%. Goldenhill & Sandyford is 23.0%.
23%17th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage34 wards, Stoke-on-Trent · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Stoke-on-Trent34 areas from 76.0% to 99.8%. The middle area is 96.8%. Goldenhill & Sandyford is 96.8%.
96.8%17th highest
Claimant rate34 wards, Stoke-on-Trent · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Stoke-on-Trent34 areas from 1.4% to 8.8%. The middle area is 5.8%. Goldenhill & Sandyford is 3.7%.
3.7%joint 6th lowest

Is Goldenhill & Sandyford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Goldenhill & Sandyford at a rate of 111.7 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, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Goldenhill & Sandyford.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (242), anti-social behaviour (129) and other crime (105).

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 ward, so they describe all of Stoke-on-Trent and not Goldenhill & Sandyford 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
Goldenhill & Sandyford in brief

Goldenhill & Sandyford had 6,267 usual residents at the census.

About 23% of people in Goldenhill & Sandyford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Goldenhill & Sandyford, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Goldenhill & Sandyford, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.