# Burton upon Trent

Town in East Staffordshire, West Midlands.

Burton upon Trent is a town in East Staffordshire, West Midlands. Median sale price £205,152 in 2025. Recorded crime 97.4 per 1,000 people. About 81,316 people.

Town. Code E63002256. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire)

Burton upon Trent is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Burton upon Trent add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £205,152** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Burton upon Trent was £205,152 in 2025. 264th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-upon-trent#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 76,264** (2021). Burton upon Trent had 76,264 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 144th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-upon-trent#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 6%** (2022). About 6% of people in Burton upon Trent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-upon-trent#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.8%** (January 2026). In Burton upon Trent, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-upon-trent#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002256) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 6% of people in Burton upon Trent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63002256) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,111 homes were sold in Burton upon Trent in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002256) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Burton upon Trent.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002256) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Burton upon Trent had 76,264 usual residents at the census.

## How Burton upon Trent compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Burton upon Trent | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £205,152 | 14th cheapest | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 76,264 | 14th most populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 6% | joint 12th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.8% | 26th lowest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Burton upon Trent safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Burton upon Trent at a rate of 97.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 637 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Burton upon Trent.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,444), other crime (1,502) and anti-social behaviour (1,034).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Burton upon Trent was 90.4 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Burton upon Trent, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Burton upon Trent has no single figure. Of its 41 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Burton upon Trent

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [East Staffordshire 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029466) | 2,309 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.1% |
| [East Staffordshire 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029454) | 1,545 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| [East Staffordshire 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029457) | 1,276 | 19.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [East Staffordshire 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029434) | 1,618 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
| [East Staffordshire 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029435) | 1,495 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.5% |
| [East Staffordshire 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029436) | 1,838 | 133.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 69.9% |
| [East Staffordshire 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029437) | 2,772 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.2% |
| [East Staffordshire 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029438) | 1,435 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
| [East Staffordshire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029426) | 2,343 | 121.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.1% |
| [East Staffordshire 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029427) | 1,777 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.6% |
| [East Staffordshire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029428) | 2,454 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| [East Staffordshire 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029429) | 1,483 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| [East Staffordshire 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029445) | 2,598 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.3% |
| [East Staffordshire 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029446) | 2,181 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.1% |
| [East Staffordshire 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029447) | 1,800 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.7% |
| [East Staffordshire 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029448) | 1,891 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.8% |
| [East Staffordshire 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029468) | 1,657 | 147.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.0% |
| [East Staffordshire 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029469) | 1,791 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| [East Staffordshire 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029470) | 1,606 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.2% |
| [East Staffordshire 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029471) | 1,758 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.0% |
| [East Staffordshire 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029472) | 1,576 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| [East Staffordshire 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029407) | 1,655 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [East Staffordshire 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029408) | 2,387 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.7% |
| [East Staffordshire 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029409) | 2,059 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| [East Staffordshire 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029410) | 1,743 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [East Staffordshire 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01032896) | 1,432 | 429.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.6% |
| [East Staffordshire 011G](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01032897) | 1,604 | 171.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.7% |
| [East Staffordshire 011H](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01032898) | 1,274 | 516.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 73.7% |
| [East Staffordshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029418) | 2,024 | 27.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| [East Staffordshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029419) | 1,561 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| [East Staffordshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029420) | 1,678 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [East Staffordshire 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029413) | 1,433 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| [East Staffordshire 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029414) | 1,722 | 112.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [East Staffordshire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029415) | 1,653 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [East Staffordshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029416) | 2,465 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| [East Staffordshire 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029417) | 2,106 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| [East Staffordshire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029449) | 1,695 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.9% |
| [East Staffordshire 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029450) | 1,588 | 100.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| [East Staffordshire 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029451) | 1,778 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.7% |
| [East Staffordshire 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029452) | 1,601 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.9% |
| [East Staffordshire 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029453) | 1,531 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |

## Your MP

- [Burton and Uttoxeter](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/burton-and-uttoxeter): Jacob Collier (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire)

## Postcode districts covering Burton upon Trent

[DE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de13), [DE14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de14), [DE15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de15)

## Middle areas in Burton upon Trent

[Branston](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/branston), [Burton Brizlincote](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/burton-brizlincote), [Burton Central](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/burton-central), [Burton Eton Park](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/burton-eton-park), [Burton Horninglow](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/burton-horninglow), [Burton Shobnall](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/burton-shobnall), [Burton Stapenhill](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/burton-stapenhill), [Burton Winshill](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire/burton-winshill)

## Towns near Burton upon Trent

[Swadlincote](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swadlincote), [Hilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hilton), [Ashby-de-la-Zouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashby-de-la-zouch), [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby), [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lichfield), [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth)

## Burton upon Trent in brief

Burton upon Trent is a town in East Staffordshire, West Midlands.
About 81,316 people lived in Burton upon Trent in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,152 in 2025 across 1,111 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 97.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Burton upon Trent was £205,152 in 2025.
Burton upon Trent had 76,264 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in Burton upon Trent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Burton upon Trent, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002256
- Constituency: [Burton and Uttoxeter †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/burton-and-uttoxeter)
- Council: [East Staffordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 23.62 km²
- People, mid-2024: 81,316*
- Neighbourhoods: 41
- Output areas: 230

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Swadlincote](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swadlincote), [Hilton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hilton), [Ashby-de-la-Zouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashby-de-la-zouch), [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby), [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lichfield), [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth)

## Latest updates for Burton upon Trent

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002256

## How to cite

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