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4,318 people call this town in Cambridgeshire, East of England home.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Its strongest subject is cost of living: the median home sold for £295,000, 4.7 years of area income. Getting around depends on the car (D): 8% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, ranking #36 of 50 in Cambridgeshire. On that grade it does better than 67% of UK towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety, B for health, B for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 2 things Warboys 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 Warboys is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Warboys’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
12% 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 Warboys.
70% of households own their home. Private rents average £1,057 a month across the Huntingdonshire council area. Half of the 197 standard sales inside Warboys’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £295,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £400,000 | 87 |
| Semi-detached | £270,000 | 49 |
| Terraced | £227,500 | 49 |
| Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | 12 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the one primary school within 3 km: 57% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). There is one school here; it is shown below. The town’s primary school has 302 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warboys Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 302 | C |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 33% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took nine in ten commuters, above both Cambridgeshire’s towns (72%) and England’s towns (70%). There are 0.4 jobs in Warboys for each resident in work. Also worth knowing: households take home £65K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest A&E to Warboys is Hinchingbrooke Hospital, 7.2 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 88% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 4.4% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, near Cambridgeshire’s towns (4.4%) and lower than England’s towns (5.2%).
| Census 2021 | Warboys | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.4% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Police figures for Warboys’s built-up area: 157 crimes and 38 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Of all the crimes, 65% were violence and sexual offences. For its size, Warboys records less crime per resident than nearly two thirds of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Warboys’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 12% of the total, about level with Cambridgeshire’s towns (12%) and below England’s towns (16%). Per 10,000 residents, Warboys counts 63 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
20% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.2% of residents. Line up the people of Warboys by age and the one in the middle is 42.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Warboys | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.7% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 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 Warboys. Best known first.
Abbey or priory · National TrustRamsey Abbey Gatehouse (National Trust)4.4 km outside town, to the northZooZooJohnson's Zoological Gardens800 m outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumRamsey Rural Museum4.5 km outside town, to the northZooZooThe Raptor Foundation4.3 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumHeritage Centre4.3 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
27 listed buildings in Warboys, 1 of them Grade I.
28, Church Road: Photo: Chris Stafford · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The White Hart Public House: Photo: Hugh Venables · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warboys | 4,318 | — | B+ | A | B | B |
| Bury | 1,750 | 2.7 | — | A | B+ | B+ |
| Ramsey | 5,727 | 3.3 | C | A | D | C− |
| Somersham | 3,349 | 3.7 | A | A | B+ | A− |
| Wyton | 1,248 | 4.3 | — | A+ | A− | A− |
| St Ives | 16,818 | 4.9 | A− | A | C+ | B |
| Bluntisham and Colne | 2,790 | 5 | A | A− | A | A− |
| Houghton | 1,368 | 5.3 | — | B− | A− | A+ |
Bury, Wyton and Houghton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.6 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Primary results trail 73% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cambridgeshire council.
Band D council tax in Warboys is £2,568 for 2026–27, more than in 80% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Cambridgeshire, England
Warboys is a built-up area of 4,318 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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