Conwy grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 21% of UK towns, and #22 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is walkability (B): 15% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is hazard risk (D): 3.3% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £242,000 in the last three years, 5.5 times what households in the Conwy council area earn in a year.
This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Conwy is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Conwy.
History
220 listed buildings, 7 of them Grade I
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conwy has 220 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 7 Grade I, 4 Grade II*. It is part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site. Conwy has 140 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, above both Clwyd’s towns (30) and Wales’s towns (18).
Conwy skews older, with 27% of residents 65 or over, more than Clwyd’s towns or Wales’s towns
Conwy sits above both Clwyd’s towns (23%) and Wales’s towns (21%) on this measure. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.8% of the population. Conwy has a median age of 48.7.
48.7median age
ConwyClwydWales
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar17%
Degree level35%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenWalesMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Safety
Conwy has more crime per resident than 68% of UK towns
Police recorded 916 crimes inside Conwy’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 283 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 54% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.
31violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearCSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 57% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual497
Damage & arson82
Public order71
Shoplifting70
Other theft53
Vehicle crime44
Other crime33
Burglary29
Anti-social283
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.
31
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
10.7
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
15.6
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
Bad health is less common in Conwy than in Clwyd’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 5.5% of residents
In the comparison, Conwy comes below both Clwyd’s towns (6.5%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%). The nearest A&E to Conwy is Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, 13.4 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
81%good or very good healthC+Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 81%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 6%
Census 2021
Conwy
Clwyd
Wales
Good or very good health
81%
79%
78%
Bad or very bad health
5.5%
6.5%
7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)
20%
22%
22%
80
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
83.4
life expectancy at birth, women
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use ONS’s small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
Harold Lowe: E.J. Vanderbilt, Liverpool, Public domain · John Gibson: Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Public domain · John Williams: Thomas Pennant, Public domain · Charles Orme: Mr Rick Blaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rosa Lee: Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), CC BY-SA 4.0
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Dwygyfylchi and Mynydd Marian have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Conwy
How many listed buildings are there in Conwy?
220 on Cadw’s list, 7 of them Grade I and 4 Grade II*. That is 5.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Conwy Castle. Part of it is in the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site.
Does Conwy flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Is Conwy safe?
About the middle for its size: 43% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C.
About Conwy
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Conwy is a built-up area of 15,706 people, in the Conwy 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
Population
15,706 (Census 2021)
Council
Conwy
County
Clwyd
Region
Wales
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.6 km²)
ONS code
W45000035
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) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, 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.
