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14% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. With 5,238 residents, it is a town in Buckinghamshire, South East.
Health outcomes beat most towns (B+): life expectancy 82.2 for men, 83.8 for women. Its weakest is schools — primary results beat nearly a third of towns in England; secondary results beat 26% of towns in England. It takes 5.8 years of household income in the Buckinghamshire council area to buy the median home, at £403,750. Overall, that makes a B−, better than 55% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #33 of 39 in Buckinghamshire. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Winslow does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Winslow is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 79 buildings inside Winslow’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Winslow.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 2 of them, Grade I 1. Winslow’s listed buildings include Winslow Hall, Grade I. For its size, Winslow has 151 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, above both Buckinghamshire’s towns (77) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
At the 3 primary schools within 3 km, 58% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 41.6, with 40% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Winslow’s one primary and one secondary have 1,064 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Church of England SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 383 | C− |
| Sir Thomas Fremantle SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 681 | C |
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 3.5% of the town. The nearest A&E to Winslow is Milton Keynes Hospital, 8.4 miles away. There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 5.6 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Winslow | Buckinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 86% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.5% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Winslow logged 306 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 42 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violent crime ran at 24.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Buckinghamshire’s towns (18.3) and England’s towns (22). 45% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
68% of households are owner-occupiers. Social housing holds 14% of households, below Buckinghamshire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £1,475 a month across the Buckinghamshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £518,995 | 125 |
| Semi-detached | £377,145 | 85 |
| Terraced | £301,000 | 72 |
| Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 38% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Household income came to £64K a year before tax, below Buckinghamshire’s towns (£72K) but above England’s towns (£55K). 85% of commuters drove to work at the census. Work in town: just over a tenth of resident commuters. Among 16 to 64s, 2.7% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Winslow has a median age of 45.8 years. Children under 15 make up 17%, below both Buckinghamshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%).
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Winslow | Buckinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.1% | 4.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 37% | 39% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Buckinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
79 listed buildings in Winslow, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Laurence: Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Keach's Meeting House and Graveyard Walls: Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The George: Photo: Steve Daniels · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Winslow War Memorial: Photo: Jon S · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow | 5,238 | — | B− | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 2 | — | C+ | A+ | A |
| Steeple Claydon | 2,530 | 4.3 | C+ | C+ | B | A− |
| Stewkley | 1,421 | 5.1 | — | C | B | A |
| Newton Longville | 1,877 | 5.2 | — | B− | A− | A |
| Quainton | 1,311 | 5.2 | — | C+ | A+ | A− |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 5.5 | A | B | C+ | A |
| Calvert | 1,434 | 5.5 | — | C+ | B+ | A− |
Great Horwood, Stewkley, Newton Longville, Quainton and Calvert have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 6.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Winslow Hall.
GCSE results trail 74% of towns in England, and primary results trail 68% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Winslow has 3 state schools; places are handled by Buckinghamshire council.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £403,750, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £215,000, terraced houses £301,000, semi-detached houses £377,145 and detached houses £518,995. Household incomes are higher than in 77% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades B−.
About the middle for its size: 55% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
Town in Buckinghamshire, England
Winslow is a built-up area of 5,238 people, in the Buckinghamshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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