Denbigh grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 20% of UK towns, and #23 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is cost of living (B+): median sale £200,000, 4.5 years of area income; rent £718 a month. Its weakest is safety (D): 49.5 violent and sexual offences and 12.7 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 8%.
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 Denbigh is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Denbigh.
History
A town of 191 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.
Denbigh’s listed buildings include Burgess Gate, Grade I. Per 10,000 residents, Denbigh counts 237 listed buildings, higher than both Clwyd’s towns (30) and Wales’s towns (18). One registered park or garden lies locally.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Schools
8 state schools in Denbigh
Denbigh’s four primaries and two secondaries have 1,789 pupils between them. Below are two of them, each with why it was picked. Two of them are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.See all 8 schools →
Safety
Denbigh has more crime per resident than nine in ten of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people
There were 23.7 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both Clwyd’s towns (15) and Wales’s towns (10.4). Police figures for Denbigh’s built-up area: 693 crimes and 165 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 56% of recorded crime.
49.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearDSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 8% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual390
Public order74
Damage & arson55
Shoplifting53
Other theft48
Other crime22
Burglary15
Drugs13
Anti-social165
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.
49.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
12.7
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
23.7
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
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.
Health
Life expectancy in Denbigh is shorter than in 84% of UK towns
4 GP practices serve the town. The nearest A&E to Denbigh is Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, 6.8 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6% of the town.
79%good or very good healthC−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 79%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 6%
Census 2021
Denbigh
Clwyd
Wales
Good or very good health
79%
79%
78%
Bad or very bad health
6%
6.5%
7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)
23%
22%
22%
77.5
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
81.2
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.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
HousingCost of living grade B+
For cost of living grade, Denbigh gets a B+
Social housing holds 21% of households, higher than both Clwyd’s towns (16%) and Wales’s towns (18%). The median sale, £200,000, comes from 290 standard sales inside Denbigh’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Home ownership stands at 62% of households.
£200Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Denbigh£200K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£270,000
111
Semi-detached
£195,000
87
Terraced
£127,250
92
62%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
£718
average private rent a month, Denbighshire council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
19% of commuters in Denbigh go to work without a car, more than in Clwyd’s towns and across Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 17% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For 35% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. 17% of workers worked mainly from home, below Clwyd’s towns (19%) and Wales’s towns (24%) alike. Jobs per working resident: 0.9. About 28% of its commuters stay in Denbigh for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Denbigh, above Clwyd’s towns and Wales’s towns
The age that splits Denbigh in two is 43.5. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town. Also worth knowing: 32% of adults hold a degree.
43.5median age
DenbighClwydWales
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications18%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level32%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenWalesMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Shefali Chowdhury: Shefali Chowdhury, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rhoda Broughton: Helen C. Black Photograph by Barrauds Ltd., London, Public domain · Ieuan Wyn Jones: National Assembly For Wales / Cynulliad Cymru profile, CC BY 2.0 · Amber Davies: W!ZARD Radio Media, CC BY 3.0 · Geraint Jarman: GanMed64, CC BY 2.0
Bodelwyddan, Dyserth and Meliden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Denbigh
How many listed buildings are there in Denbigh?
191 on Cadw’s list, 7 of them Grade I and 18 Grade II*. That is 9.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Denbigh Castle.
Does Denbigh flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Is Denbigh expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £200,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £127,250, semi-detached houses £195,000 and detached houses £270,000.
About Denbigh
Town in Clwyd, Wales
Denbigh is a built-up area of 8,072 people, in the Denbighshire 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
8,072 (Census 2021)
Council
Denbighshire
County
Clwyd
Region
Wales
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.7 km²)
ONS code
W45000098
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.
