Is Brown Edge a good place to live?

Living in Brown Edge, Staffordshire: house prices, crime, schools and the practical details to check before you move.

On this page
  1. Brown Edge at a glance
  2. Location and population
  3. Sold prices
  4. Crime and safety
  5. Schools
  6. Flood mapping
  7. Broadband
  8. Energy performance
  9. Planning and heritage
  10. Air quality and deprivation
  11. Nearby towns
  12. Questions
  13. Data sources

Brown Edge at a glance

Brown Edge is in Staffordshire, West Midlands, England. Its recorded local authority is Staffordshire Moorlands. The median recorded sold price was £250,000, based on 23 sales (12 months to July 2026). Gigabit-capable broadband was available to 75.9% of premises (January 2026). Whether it suits you comes down to the home and neighbourhood: compare the property you can afford, the schools relevant to your household and the checks needed at the exact address.

Median sold price
£250,000
23 recorded sales
Recorded incidents
60.5
per 1,000 residents
Gigabit availability
75.9%
of premises

Sources and periods vary by measure. See the source register · How we use the data

Where is Brown Edge, and who lives here?

Brown Edge is in Staffordshire, West Midlands, England. Its recorded local authority is Staffordshire Moorlands.

Brown Edge: regional locator mapApproximate location of Brown Edge in Staffordshire, using the stored town centroid and a generalised land outline. This is not a town-boundary or flood-risk map.Brown Edge
Approximate town location · not a boundary or flood mapMap sources
Location and geography
County / areaStaffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
Local authorityStaffordshire Moorlands
PopulationNo controlled Census result

Office for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025. Source details

The controlled population release does not cover every built-up area. We do not present an older population estimate as a new Census result.

How much do homes sell for in Brown Edge?

The median recorded sold price in Brown Edge is £250,000, based on 23 transactions in the published 12-month window. This is not a current asking-price estimate or a measure of affordability relative to income.

For a nearby reference, Endon’s median was £325,000 across 27 sales—£75,000 above Brown Edge in the same source period. These are different mixes of homes, not a like-for-like valuation. See nearby comparisons

Median recorded sale
£250,000
Recorded sales in the period
23
Median sold price by property type
Detached£291,000
Semi-detached£235,000
Terraced
Flat / maisonette
View recorded price changes
Changes in the recorded median, not like-for-like home values
One-year change-1.7%
Five-year change11.6%

A change in the mix of properties sold can move the median. These are nominal comparisons, not a forecast or an inflation-adjusted price index.

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Recent registered transactions
DateProperty typePostcodePrice
9 July 2026Semi-detachedST6 8TA£250,000
27 May 2026DetachedST6 8TA£325,000
22 May 2026Semi-detachedST6 8SQ£203,000
1 May 2026Semi-detachedST6 8XR£220,000
27 April 2026DetachedST6 8QX£218,000
27 April 2026Semi-detachedST6 8QU£312,500
23 April 2026Semi-detachedST6 8RU£350,000
6 March 2026DetachedST6 8UD£860,000
6 March 2026DetachedST6 8RA£205,000
23 February 2026TerracedST6 8QN£185,000

Property-type samples may be smaller still. The mix of homes sold affects medians; these are not like-for-like valuations.

HM Land Registry · 12 months to July 2026. Source details

Is Brown Edge safe? What the crime data shows

Kerbside does not classify Brown Edge as safe or unsafe. The published 12-month Police.uk dataset records 60.5 incidents per 1,000 residents, including antisocial behaviour. Reporting, policing, visitor numbers and the source coverage all affect the figure.

Police-recorded incidents and antisocial behaviour
Total incidents in the period180
Incidents per 1,000 residents60.5
Population denominator2,974
Violence and sexual offences per 1,00022.9
Antisocial behaviour per 1,0007.4
Burglary per 1,0002.4
Vehicle crime per 1,0003.0
Robbery per 1,0000.3

The categories shown are a selection, not the whole total. The rate uses the recorded source denominator above, not the newer Census count. Town-wide rates hide differences between streets and neighbourhoods. The population denominator is below 5,000, so this town is not included in the national comparison.

Home Office / Police.uk · July 2025 to June 2026 · 12 months. Source details

How are schools rated in Brown Edge?

13 of 16 schools with a recorded overall grade have a Good or Outstanding grade (81.3%). These are historical grades from inspections between 2019 and 2023, not new inspections in the source-download year.

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Schools and their recorded historical overall grades
SchoolPhaseHistorical grade
New Ford AcademyAcademy converter · ST6 1PYPrimaryAges 3–11Outstanding13 June 2023
St Marys Catholic AcademyAcademy converter · ST6 8EZPrimaryAges 3–11Outstanding30 November 2021
Greenways Primary AcademyAcademy converter · ST9 9NYPrimaryAges 3–11Good9 October 2019
Hillside Primary SchoolCommunity school · ST2 7ASPrimaryAges 3–11Good21 March 2023
Jackfield Infant SchoolAcademy converter · ST6 1ETPrimaryAges 3–7Good29 November 2022
Milton Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led · ST2 7AFPrimaryAges 3–11Good25 January 2022
Moorpark Junior SchoolAcademy converter · ST6 1ELPrimaryAges 7–11Good5 October 2022
Norton-Le-Moors Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led · ST6 8BZPrimaryAges 3–11Good28 September 2022
Smallthorne Primary AcademyAcademy converter · ST6 1PRPrimaryAges 3–11Good14 November 2023
Sneyd AcademyAcademy converter · ST6 2NSPrimaryAges 3–11Good20 June 2023
St Anne's CofE (VC) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school · ST6 8TAPrimaryAges 4–11Good1 October 2019
Haywood AcademyAcademy converter · ST6 7ABSecondaryAges 11–19Good19 April 2023
The Excel AcademyAcademy converter · ST1 6LGSecondaryAges 11–16Good25 November 2021
North Road AcademyOther independent special school · ST6 2BPAges 5–16Requires improvement2 March 2023
Sporting Stars AcademyOther independent school · ST2 7ASAges 14–19Requires improvement26 October 2023
Birches Head AcademyAcademy converter · ST2 8DDSecondaryAges 11–16Inadequate3 October 2023
Holden Lane AcademyAcademy converter · ST1 6JSPrimaryAges 3–11No usable overall gradeDate not supplied

A historical grade does not establish catchment eligibility, available places or suitability for a particular child. Source extraction dates are not inspection dates.

Department for Education · Historical overall grades 2009–2024 · GIAS 2026-09-01 + Ofsted 2026-07-31. Source details

What flood risk is mapped in Brown Edge?

0.00% of Brown Edge’s mapped land is in Flood Zone 3. Flood Zone 2 excluding Zone 3 covers 0.00%. Separately, 3.12% has at least a 1% annual chance of surface-water flooding in the source model. These are land-area measures, not a property-level assessment; do not add the two models together.

River and sea planning zones

Share of mapped town land · Flood Map for Planning
Flood Zone 30.00%
Flood Zone 2, excluding Zone 30.00%

Environment Agency · Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones, revision 20 May 2026. Source details

Surface-water flooding

Share of mapped town land · present-day RoFSW model
High modelled likelihood1.83%
Medium modelled likelihood1.29%
Low modelled likelihood3.41%

Environment Agency · NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509. Source details

Land coverage is not the percentage of homes expected to flood. Areas outside mapped bands are not guaranteed flood-free. Check the actual address before a purchase.

What broadband is available?

75.9%

of premises have gigabit-capable broadband available.

Fixed broadband availability
Gigabit-capable75.9%
Full fibre66.2%
Superfast · 30 Mbps or more98.2%
Premises without decent broadband0.0%
Premises in the dataset1,181

Availability is not measured speed or a guarantee of a particular package. Ofcom’s “decent broadband” measure is at least 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload.

Ofcom · January 2026. Source details

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How energy-efficient are homes in Brown Edge?

The dataset includes 381 domestic properties with a usable latest certificate. 30.2% are rated C or above.

Domestic EPC records
Mean energy-efficiency score62 · Band D
Rated C or above30.2%
Mean recorded CO₂ emissions4.7 tonnes / year
Properties represented381
View the EPC band distribution
Share of included properties by EPC band
Band A0.0%
Band B7.9%
Band C22.3%
Band D48.8%
Band E14.7%
Band F3.7%
Band G2.6%

The latest certificate per property within the source’s ten-year validity window is used. These are assessed properties, not every home. Emissions are estimates, not measured household use.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG domestic EPC register August 2026. Source details

Planning activity and local heritage

What do planning figures show?

The Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority received 439 applications in the published annual period. 76.3% of recorded decisions were approvals.

These are local-authority totals, not applications inside the town boundary. Approval rates use decisions as their denominator, not applications received. They do not predict approval for an individual proposal.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG PS1/PS2 year to Mar 2026. Source details

Listed buildings

There are 4 listed-building records mapped to the town.

Mapped Historic England records
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II4

For a particular property, check the official listing and the council’s conservation-area boundaries. A town count does not establish whether an address is designated.

Historic England · Listed buildings Sep 2026; conservation areas Jul 2025. Source details

Air quality and deprivation

What does the air-quality model show?

Area-weighted background concentrations · 2024
PM2.5 annual mean6.6 µg/m³
PM10 annual mean9.9 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) annual mean7.1 µg/m³

An annual background estimate is not today’s air quality or pollution beside a particular road. It cannot establish an individual’s exposure.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Defra PCM 2024. Source details

How should deprivation data be read?

Small-area deprivation context
Population-weighted mean IMD decile8.0
Constituent areas in deciles 1–30.0%
Constituent areas in deciles 8–1050.0%

Lower deciles indicate greater relative deprivation. The town mean is not an official national town rank or a judgement about individual residents; conditions vary within each town.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (corrected v2). Source details

Which towns are near Brown Edge?

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Nearby places · geographic distance, not travel time
TownDistanceMedian sold priceSales
EndonStaffordshire0.9 miles away0.9 miles£325,00027
Stanley (Staffordshire Moorlands)Staffordshire1.5 miles away1.5 miles
BiddulphStaffordshire2.7 miles away2.7 miles£214,000198
Biddulph MoorStaffordshire3.1 miles away3.1 miles£245,00020
LongsdonStaffordshire3.3 miles away3.3 miles
Harriseahead, Mow Cop and NewchapelStaffordshire3.7 miles away3.7 miles£231,00057
RudyardStaffordshire3.9 miles away3.9 miles
WerringtonStaffordshire4.1 miles away4.1 miles£230,00077
Wetley RocksStaffordshire4.3 miles away4.3 miles
Stoke-on-TrentStoke-on-Trent6.2 miles away6.2 miles£162,5002,314

Distances describe geographic proximity, not a road journey or a public-transport connection. Price comparisons use the same published source period and require at least 20 sales; a dash means no eligible comparison, not a zero price.

Office for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025. Source details

More questions about living in Brown Edge

Is Brown Edge a good place to live?

Brown Edge is in Staffordshire, West Midlands, England. Its recorded local authority is Staffordshire Moorlands. The median recorded sold price was £250,000, based on 23 sales (12 months to July 2026). Gigabit-capable broadband was available to 75.9% of premises (January 2026). Whether it suits you comes down to the home and neighbourhood: compare the property you can afford, the schools relevant to your household and the checks needed at the exact address.

Where is Brown Edge?

Brown Edge is in Staffordshire, West Midlands, England. Its recorded local authority is Staffordshire Moorlands.

How much do homes sell for in Brown Edge?

The median recorded sold price in Brown Edge is £250,000, based on 23 transactions in the published 12-month window. This is not a current asking-price estimate or a measure of affordability relative to income.

Is Brown Edge safe?

Kerbside does not classify Brown Edge as safe or unsafe. The published 12-month Police.uk dataset records 60.5 incidents per 1,000 residents, including antisocial behaviour. Reporting, policing, visitor numbers and the source coverage all affect the figure.

How are schools rated in Brown Edge?

13 of 16 schools with a recorded overall grade have a Good or Outstanding grade (81.3%). These are historical grades from inspections between 2019 and 2023, not new inspections in the source-download year.

What broadband coverage is available in Brown Edge?

In Brown Edge, 75.87% of premises have gigabit-capable coverage and 66.20% have full-fibre coverage. Availability at an individual address and the package a provider will sell there may differ.

What do EPC records show for homes in Brown Edge?

Across 381 recorded domestic properties in Brown Edge, 30.18% are rated C or above. The source keeps the latest certificate per property within its ten-year window; this does not represent every home or certify current running costs.

What mapped flood risk is shown for Brown Edge?

0.00% of Brown Edge’s mapped land is in Flood Zone 3. Flood Zone 2 excluding Zone 3 covers 0.00%. Separately, 3.12% has at least a 1% annual chance of surface-water flooding in the source model. These are land-area measures, not a property-level assessment; do not add the two models together.

Where the data comes from

Dates below distinguish the period represented by the data from when the source was collected and published here. How we use these sources

Locator mapStored town centroid · Natural Earth land outline

The point uses the town location retained by the controlled base-geography publication, including its documented legacy-centroid fallbacks. It is approximate and does not delineate the statistical boundary, flood risk or individual properties. Base-geography source

Generalised land outline: Natural Earth 1:50m countries, simplified for display; public domain. The map does not load third-party tiles or tracking.

Built-up areas and administrative geographyOffice for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025
Data version
ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025
Source published
29 April 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
annual
Towns with a published result
7,099

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 57acc0a8-b401-48c6-aab6-bbf71f0f8653. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Price Paid DataHM Land Registry · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data 2021-2026 through July 2026
Data version
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data 2021-2026 through July 2026
Source published
28 August 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
monthly
Towns with a published result
6,150

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: b636c9b0-ad56-425a-864a-6c1c2b7b13ac. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Police.uk street-level crimeHome Office / Police.uk · 2026-06
Data version
2026-06
Source published
29 July 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
monthly
Towns with a published result
6,260

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 4d94afb3-682c-4003-9eef-f006b8451ce9. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Get Information About SchoolsDepartment for Education · GIAS 2026-09-01 + Ofsted 2026-07-31
Data version
GIAS 2026-09-01 + Ofsted 2026-07-31
Source published
1 September 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
monthly
Towns with a published result
5,070

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: bfa454a5-2429-4fcf-9562-02ab8aec64e4. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Connected Nations fixed broadbandOfcom · Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026 (January 2026, v2)
Data version
Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026 (January 2026, v2)
Source published
7 July 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
annual
Towns with a published result
6,250

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 1de793a3-4b49-451e-b8e6-a53dabe9ff24. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Energy Performance CertificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG domestic EPC register August 2026
Data version
MHCLG domestic EPC register August 2026
Source published
1 September 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
quarterly
Towns with a published result
6,336

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: fbe075dd-3890-4075-adcc-1af0da0943e5. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Flood Map for Planning - Flood ZonesEnvironment Agency · Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones, revision 20 May 2026
Data version
Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones, revision 20 May 2026
Source published
20 May 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
as needed
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: e315db85-8651-4532-b88f-b0f6233390a3. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Risk of Flooding from Surface WaterEnvironment Agency · NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509
Data version
NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509
Source published
17 September 2025
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
as needed
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 5ebbae90-38ab-4f73-abc7-b515beec4ae8. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

District planning application statisticsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG PS1/PS2 year to Mar 2026
Data version
MHCLG PS1/PS2 year to Mar 2026
Source published
19 June 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
quarterly
Towns with a published result
7,094

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: ef472acd-f430-4e09-a212-b3576567ee57. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Listed buildings and conservation areasHistoric England · Listed buildings Sep 2026; conservation areas Jul 2025
Data version
Listed buildings Sep 2026; conservation areas Jul 2025
Source published
2 September 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
monthly
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: b6109497-cc70-4816-bd75-8bbd151d2bca. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Modelled background pollution dataDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Defra PCM 2024
Data version
Defra PCM 2024
Source published
30 September 2025
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
annual
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: a9cb6fbd-3b88-4fc0-90b9-e3f8d751e96e. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

English Indices of DeprivationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (corrected v2)
Data version
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (corrected v2)
Source published
17 November 2025
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
approximately every five years
Towns with a published result
3,793

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: b9817fd7-2109-4c23-937f-7b5bc28b0d53. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.