Kingsley
Village · 921 residents
57Good
Good · better than 2 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 45 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Environment scores 73, well above the typical 60
- Affordability scores 72, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Infrastructure scores 35, below the typical 60
- Food & drink scores 38, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Kingsley
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Kingsley a good place to live?
Kingsley scores 57/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (80) and environment (73).
It scores lowest on infrastructure (35) and food & drink (38).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Kingsley in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Kingsley
Kingsley sits well off any main road rhythm — stone and brick cottages, farmhouses, a scatter of detached homes, and not much passing traffic. It's the kind of place where you notice a car because it's unusual, not because there's a jam. With a population barely into the sixties and density a fraction of the regional average, this reads as proper countryside rather than commuter overspill, and the age profile — pushing 49 versus a national median of 40 — tells you most of your neighbours have been here a while rather than just arrived.
The practical picture is straightforward if a little sparse. St Werburgh's CE Primary, rated Good, covers the immediate schooling need, though it's the only school the village itself offers, so secondary years mean travelling out. There's no rail station attached to Kingsley, and the connectivity grade — a C, out of step with the A-grade safety and environment scores around it — is the honest tell here: broadband is decent (nearly two-thirds full fibre) but you're relying on the car and a handful of bus stops to get anywhere with a shop bigger than a village store. On the housing side, this is freehold territory through and through — every sale in the local sample was freehold, mostly semi-detached and detached family homes, which is what a "for sale" board here actually means: a proper house with a garden, not a flat share. Prices sit a little above the wider Staffordshire Moorlands district, and comfortably below the national average, which is part of why the affordability grade comes out as an A even as the housing grade itself is a still-solid B.