Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 6,585 residents, it is a town in Cambridgeshire, East of England.
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Housing is within reach: a typical home costs £353,000 and rent runs £1,057 a month. Jobs & income is another plus: mean household income £72,779; 1.9% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Hazards are a real consideration (D): 6.2% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Pupils here do less well than most: primary results beat 23% of towns in England; secondary results beat 43% of towns in England. The overall grade comes out at B+, #37 of 50 in Cambridgeshire. Set against the rest, it does better than two thirds of UK towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Brampton 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 Brampton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Brampton’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1852.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brampton.
Private renters make up 17% of households, lower than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). The social rented sector houses 13% of households. Half of the 323 standard sales inside Brampton’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £353,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £455,000 | 133 |
| Semi-detached | £330,000 | 121 |
| Terraced | £273,750 | 54 |
| Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Secondary results at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 45, with 43% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. There is one school here; it is shown below. 56% of pupils at the 6 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton Village Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 609 | D |
Seeing a GP means leaving Brampton: the nearest practice is 2.2 miles away. 86% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, higher than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (84%) and England’s towns (82%). At the census, 4.2% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2021 | Brampton | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.2% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The violent crime rate is 26.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Over the year to August 2026, 326 offences were reported in Brampton, along with 70 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences made up 52% of the total.
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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Brampton counts 0.4 jobs per working resident. 83% of commuters drove, above both Cambridgeshire’s towns (72%) and England’s towns (70%). Home was the main workplace for two in five workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Brampton’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. 6% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (16%). Listed buildings per head: 53 for every 10,000 residents of the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Degrees are held by nearly two in five adults, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (37%) and England’s towns (34%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Brampton | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.7% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 39% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cambridgeshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Brampton. Best known first.
FortBuckden Towers2.3 km outside town, to the southwest
CastleHuntingdon Castle2.1 km outside town, to the east
MuseumThe Cromwell Museum2 km outside town, to the east
Abbey or prioryHinchingbrooke House800 m outside town, to the east
AttractionThe Chinese Bridge2.5 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
35 listed buildings in Brampton, 2 of them Grade I.
Pepys House: Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain · Church of St Mary: Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Black Bull Public House: Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Base of village cross, opposite the Grange: Photo: Richard Humphrey · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton | 6,585 | — | B+ | A− | C+ | B |
| Buckden | 2,757 | 2.1 | B | A− | B | B |
| Huntingdon | 25,603 | 2.4 | B− | A | D | C− |
| Godmanchester | 7,714 | 2.6 | A− | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny | 1,385 | 2.9 | — | A | A− | B |
| Alconbury | 1,464 | 3.4 | — | A | B+ | B+ |
| Alconbury Weald | 1,222 | 3.5 | — | A− | D | A− |
| Great Paxton | 1,003 | 4.4 | — | A− | A+ | B+ |
Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny, Alconbury, Alconbury Weald and Great Paxton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Mary. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
GCSE results trail 57% of towns in England, and primary results trail 77% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cambridgeshire council.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £353,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £215,000, terraced houses £273,750, semi-detached houses £330,000 and detached houses £455,000. Household incomes are higher than in 93% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades A−.
Town in Cambridgeshire, England
Brampton is a built-up area of 6,585 people, in the Huntingdonshire 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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