Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,422 in Clwyd, Wales.
Hope grades C+ overall against UK towns: better than 39% of UK towns, and #11 of 39 in Clwyd. Its strongest subject is cost of living (B+): median sale £215,000, 4.6 years of area income; rent £807 a month. Its weakest is walkability (C−): 9% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
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.
The 3 things Hope does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Hope is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 22 buildings inside Hope’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 5 scheduled monuments.
26% 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 Hope.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
On this, Hope is below both Clwyd’s towns (39%) and Wales’s towns (41%). 89% of commuters drove to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Its two schools are below. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abermorddu C.P. SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 173 | – |
| Castell Alun High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,283 | – |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
In the comparison, Hope comes above both Clwyd’s towns (2%) and Wales’s towns (0%). Hope’s listed buildings include Church of St Cyngar, Grade I. Hope has 22 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
For Hope, that is above both Clwyd’s towns (66%) and Wales’s towns (65%). 13% of households rent privately.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £330,000 | 78 |
| Semi-detached | £180,000 | 59 |
| Terraced | £148,975 | 34 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Hope sits below both Clwyd’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%) on this measure. Women here live to 83.2 on average and men to 77.6 (2019–23). These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
| Census 2021 | Hope | Clwyd | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 79% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Police recorded 200 crimes inside Hope’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 57 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 55% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.
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
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 24% are 65 or over, against 10% and 23% across Clwyd’s towns. 33% of residents 16 and over have a degree-level qualification (Clwyd 29%, Wales 31%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Hope | Clwyd | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 6.5% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 29% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Clwyd and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Hope. Best known first.
Castle · CadwCaergwrle Castle100 m outside town, to the south
CathedralWrexham Cathedral4.8 km outside town, to the south
Historic housePlas Teg1.7 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumWrexham Archives4.8 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumStori Brymbo2.2 km outside town, to the southFortFortReplica Roman Fort200 m outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
22 listed buildings in Hope, 1 of them Grade I.
Bridge End Bridge: Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Sarn House: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
4 notable people were born in Hope.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 4,422 | — | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Llay | 4,666 | 2 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Bradley | 1,316 | 2.5 | — | B | A− | C− |
| Gwersyllt | 7,112 | 2.6 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
| Leeswood | 1,948 | 2.6 | — | A− | B | C+ |
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | 2.8 | A | C+ | A | A+ |
| Higher Kinnerton | 1,731 | 2.9 | — | C | A+ | A+ |
| Brynteg | 9,229 | 3.2 | C− | B+ | C− | D |
Bradley, Leeswood and Higher Kinnerton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
22 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade I and 2 Grade II*. That is 2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Cyngar. It also has 5 scheduled monuments.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £215,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £148,975, semi-detached houses £180,000 and detached houses £330,000.
About the middle for its size: 62% 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 Clwyd, Wales
Hope is a built-up area of 4,422 people, in the Flintshire 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) · 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.
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