A town of contrasts. Crime is low: police record 14.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 7.7 home and vehicle crimes. Grange-over-Sands grades B− overall and ranks #1 of 23 in Cumbria. It comes out better than 53% of UK towns. Fewer journeys need a car: 18% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Where it falls short is cost of living (D−): the median home sold for £276,235, 6.1 years of area income. Natural hazards weigh more here: 1.3% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools, B for health and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Westmorland and Furness, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Grange-over-Sands is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grange-over-Sands.
Who lives here
An older town: 47% of people in Grange-over-Sands are 65 or over, more than in Cumbria’s towns and across England’s towns
People aged 15 to 24 are 5.6% of the population. Children under 15 make up 7.4%, lower than both Cumbria’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%). Line up the people of Grange-over-Sands by age and the one in the middle is 63. 44% of adults hold a degree.
63median age
Grange-over-SandsCumbriaEngland
Ages · share of residents
47%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications13%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar14%
Degree level44%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
ONS Census 2021 · Cumbria and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
SchoolsB−
Grange-over-Sands’s schools fall behind 51% of towns in England on results
Its only school is listed below. Grange CofE Primary School’s results beat 77% of schools in England like it. GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: 46% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 49.8.
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
HousingCost of living grade D−
More households own their home in Grange-over-Sands than in Cumbria’s towns or across England’s towns: 78%
Social renters account for 8% of households. 13% rent privately, below Cumbria’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. Private rents average £816 a month across the Westmorland and Furness council area.
£276Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Grange-over-Sands£276K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£392,250
98
Semi-detached
£277,471
43
Terraced
£230,000
33
Flat or maisonette
£159,000
92
78%
of households own their home · England 61%
13%
rent privately · England 21%
£816
average private rent a month, Westmorland and Furness council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
History
More of the land in Grange-over-Sands is conservation area than in Cumbria’s towns or England’s towns: 49%
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grange-over-Sands has 33 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade II*. 27% of its homes were built before 1919, close to Cumbria’s towns (28%) and above England’s towns (16%). Scaled to its population, that is 82 listed buildings for every 10,000 people in the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Safety
Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Grange-over-Sands records less crime per resident than 85% of them
44% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 1.1 reports per 1,000, lower than both Cumbria’s towns (3.5) and England’s towns (7.8). Grange-over-Sands logged 140 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 5 complaints of anti-social conduct.
14.2violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearA−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 85% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: less 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 & sexual62
Damage & arson23
Other theft14
Public order12
Burglary8
Vehicle crime7
Shoplifting6
Other crime4
Anti-social5
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.
14.2
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7.7
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1.1
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.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C+
Work tends to be further away for Grange-over-Sands: 34% commute under 5 km, below Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took four in five commuters, above both Cumbria’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%). Average household income comes to £42K a year before tax. 19% of commuters who live in Grange-over-Sands also work there. Among 16 to 64s, 1.3% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
Disability is more common in Grange-over-Sands than in Cumbria’s towns or across England’s towns: 23% of residents
The nearest A&E to Grange-over-Sands is Royal Lancaster Infirmary, 11.9 miles away. At the census, 78% of people in Grange-over-Sands called their health good or very good, lower than both Cumbria’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (82%). One GP practice serves the town; 94% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
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.
Nearby attractions
Holker Hall and 4 more in and around Grange-over-Sands
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Grange-over-Sands. Best known first.
Allithwaite, Arnside, Silverdale, Milnthorpe and Warton (Lancaster) have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Grange-over-Sands
How many listed buildings are there in Grange-over-Sands?
That is 3.3 times the typical UK town for its size.
Does Grange-over-Sands flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
About Grange-over-Sands
Town in Cumbria, England
Grange-over-Sands is a built-up area of 4,047 people, in the South Lakeland 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
4,047 (Census 2021)
Council
South Lakeland
County
Cumbria
Region
North West
Area
0.7 sq mi (1.8 km²)
ONS code
E63000475
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.
