3,472
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 52%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
28 · 3.9 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£238,000
Median property price
162
Postcodes
Overview of Mercian
Coordinates52.6438, -1.7110
Postcodes
162
Population (Census)
7,123
Households (Census)
3,472
Recorded crime · May '26
28 · 3.9 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Mercian
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.60 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.60 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Mercian
Property sales · Mercian
HM Land Registry · Mercian
Average price
£259,031
YoY: +4.7%
Median price: £238,125
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
May '24 – Apr '26Apr '26: 3 sales · avg £264,333
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£356k£264k£172k
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Mercian
Crime trends · Mercian
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1791
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
11
YoY +83%
ASB
630
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
4
YoY -33%
Vehicle Crime
840
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY -75%
Burglary
630
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Criminal damage
320
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Demographics in Mercian
Ethnicity
White Brit.91.8%
Other White4.1%
+ other · 4.1%
Religion
Christian52.2%
No religion42.0%
Not answered4.7%
+ other · 1.2%
Age groups
50–6419.6%
35–4917.6%
65–7412.4%
25–3412.3%
75–848.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.1%
Households
With dependent children86.9%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over13.1%
Schools in Mercian
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy
Staffordshire · B79 8EF
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–7
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School
Staffordshire · B79 8EN
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Coton Green Primary School
Staffordshire · B79 8LX
Not judged
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Mercian
Postcodes in Mercian
B79 7AHB79 7BUB79 7DTB79 7EPB79 7ERB79 7EWB79 7FFB79 7FHB79 7GNB79 7SDB79 7SEB79 7SFB79 7SGB79 7SHB79 7SJB79 7SQB79 7SSB79 7STB79 7SUB79 7SWB79 7SZB79 7TAB79 7TBB79 7TFB79 7THB79 7TJB79 7TLB79 7TNB79 7TPB79 7TRB79 7TSB79 7TUB79 7TXB79 7TYB79 7TZB79 7UAB79 7UBB79 7UDB79 7UEB79 7UFB79 7UGB79 7UHB79 7UJB79 7ULB79 7UPB79 7UQB79 7URB79 7USB79 7UTB79 7UUB79 7UWB79 7UXB79 7XAB79 7XBB79 7XDB79 7XEB79 7XFB79 7XHB79 8BEB79 8BNB79 8BQB79 8BSB79 8BTB79 8BUB79 8BWB79 8BXB79 8BYB79 8BZB79 8DAB79 8DBB79 8DDB79 8DEB79 8DFB79 8DGB79 8DHB79 8DJB79 8DLB79 8DNB79 8DQB79 8DSB79 8DTB79 8DWB79 8DZB79 8EAB79 8EBB79 8EDB79 8EEB79 8EFB79 8EHB79 8EJB79 8ELB79 8ENB79 8EPB79 8ERB79 8ESB79 8ETB79 8EUB79 8EWB79 8EXB79 8EYB79 8EZB79 8FDB79 8FEB79 8FFB79 8FGB79 8FHB79 8FJB79 8FLB79 8GAB79 8GBB79 8HPB79 8HSB79 8HWB79 8HXB79 8HZB79 8JAB79 8JBB79 8JDB79 8JEB79 8JF