Ladderedge
Suburb · 410 residents
61Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 91, well above the typical 60
- Affordability scores 82, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 41 per 1,000 people a year against 100
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 10% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Health scores 21, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Ladderedge
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Ladderedge a good place to live?
Ladderedge scores 61/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (91) and affordability (82).
It scores lowest on health (21) and food & drink (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Ladderedge in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Ladderedge
Ladderedge is the kind of place where the detached houses sit on their own ground and nobody's extension overlooks anyone else's garden. It reads as settled rather than transient — the median age here is nudging 48, well above the national average, and that shows in the pace of the place as much as anything else. This isn't a suburb built for passing trade; there's no real high street to speak of, just houses, hedgerows, and space.
The property market backs that reading up. Detached homes dominate the sales here, freehold is the overwhelming norm, and the £260,000 median sits close to the national figure but noticeably above the wider Staffordshire Moorlands district — around 18% above it, in fact, which tells you this pocket carries a premium over its own parent area. It's not a stretch for the region, but it's not the cheap end of it either. Schools are a mixed picture: Horton St Michael's CofE First School carries a Good rating, and the presence of Horton Lodge Community Special School speaks to a place that supports a range of needs, though the data doesn't give a named Outstanding option to point to here. Ofsted scores across the area average out around the national norm rather than above it — solid, not exceptional.
Green space is genuinely part of the offer — 35 hectares of it, in a single substantial block, which for a population of only 410 people is a generous ratio most suburbs would envy. There isn't a restaurant scene to describe, and the crime figures, while low in absolute terms, are worth sitting with for a second: violence and sexual offences make up the largest share of a small number of incidents, and burglary sits third — for a place this quiet, that combination is the one grade in this piece worth noticing, since safety still scores strongly overall despite it. Connectivity is decent rather than outstanding — full fibre reaches about two-thirds of properties — and the broader signals, from affordability to environment, all land comfortably above the national picture; this is a top-decile area by both income and deprivation measures, one of the better-off corners of the region.