Council areaWest Midlands, England

House prices in Staffordshire Moorlands

Homes in Staffordshire Moorlands sold for a median of £228,500 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,697 standard sales.

That makes it the seventh cheapest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £255,000.

Median sale price£228,5002,697 standard sales
Middle half of prices£173,000 to £305,000
Change since 2016+49%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Staffordshire Moorlands, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,005£330,000£260,000 to £415,000£3,120/m²from 36 sales
Semi-detached1,004£210,000£177,000 to £250,000£2,808/m²from 48 sales
Terraced592£155,000£132,000 to £195,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes96£117,500£90,000 to £171,000Too few

Detached houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in Staffordshire Moorlands, at 37% and 37% of sales.

Terraced houses stand out against the West Midlands as a whole: a median of £155,000 here, 25% less than the £206,000 across the region.

Almost every sale here was freehold: only 5% were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £153,000
  2. 2017: £162,000
  3. 2018: £164,000
  4. 2019: £170,000
  5. 2020: £187,000
  6. 2021: £200,000
  7. 2022: £215,000
  8. 2023: £213,000
  9. 2024: £225,000
  10. 2025: £228,500
  11. 2026, January to August: £227,500
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 49%, from £153,000 in 2016 to £228,500 in 2025, close to the 50% rise across the West Midlands as a whole.

Postcode districts in Staffordshire Moorlands

District medians are close together, from £207,500 in ST13 (Leek) to £255,000 in ST9 (Stoke-on-Trent).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Staffordshire Moorlands, placed at the centre of its postcodes and labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.
Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. ST9Stoke-on-Trent, 313 salesMedian price £255,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  2. ST10Stoke-on-Trent, 733 salesMedian price £237,000Price per square metre £2,857Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  3. ST11Stoke-on-Trent, 305 salesMedian price £226,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −6%
  4. ST8Stoke-on-Trent, 565 salesMedian price £215,000Price per square metre £2,589Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +5%
  5. ST13Leek, 780 salesMedian price £207,500Price per square metre £2,914Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in ST8 (Stoke-on-Trent), up 5%, and fell most in ST11 (Stoke-on-Trent), down 6%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Salt Avenue, Blythe Bridge (ST11)22 sales
  • Willow Drive, Cheddleton (ST13)22 sales
  • John Street, Biddulph (ST8)21 sales
  • Park Lane, Knypersley (ST8)20 sales
  • Nicholson Road, Cheadle (ST10)16 sales
  • Rushton Lane, Blythe Bridge (ST11)16 sales
  • Congleton Road, Biddulph (ST8)16 sales
  • Uttoxeter Road, Blythe Bridge (ST11)14 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Ladderedge, Leek (ST13, £310,000), Park Lane, Knypersley (ST8, £296,500) and Cheltenham Avenue, Cheadle (ST10, detached houses, £275,000).

The cheapest were High Street, Tean (ST10, flats, £93,000), Grove Street, Leek (ST13, terraced houses, £135,000) and Picton Street, Leek (ST13, terraced houses, £145,000).

Living in Staffordshire Moorlands

Crime

56 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Lower than 78 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

77% of homes can get it

Lower than 88 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

69% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 66 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,338 a year in Staffordshire Moorlands for 2026 to 2027

Lower than 72 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the West Midlands

Median sale price of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Staffordshire Moorlands and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Wyre Forest£257,000
  2. Tamworth£248,000
  3. Nuneaton and Bedworth£244,000
  4. Birmingham£240,000
  5. Dudley£240,000
  6. East Staffordshire£240,000
  7. Telford and Wrekin£235,000
  8. Coventry£230,000
  9. Staffordshire Moorlands, this council area£228,500
  10. Cannock Chase£227,000
  11. Walsall£227,000
  12. Wolverhampton£223,000
  13. Sandwell£220,000
  14. Newcastle-under-Lyme£200,000
  15. Stoke-on-Trent£160,000

About these figures

Staffordshire Moorlands's figures come from 2,697 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages).

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.