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This town in Gloucestershire, South West has a population of 12,007.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): a typical home costs £295,000 and rent runs £1,085 a month. The drawback is safety: police record 38.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 8.9 home and vehicle crimes. Against UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has more crime per resident than 56%. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #24 of 48 in Gloucestershire. It comes out better than 56% of UK towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools, B for jobs & income, B for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Gloucestershire Police published 29 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The thing Brockworth 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 Brockworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Brockworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Brockworth. Best known first.
CathedralGloucester Cathedral4.8 km outside town, to the northwest
CastleGloucester Castle4.8 km outside town, to the west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreyfriars, Gloucester4.6 km outside town, to the northwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBlackfriars4.8 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumMuseum of Gloucester4.5 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumGloucester Waterways Museum4.9 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brockworth.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Gloucestershire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (16%). Brockworth’s listed buildings include the Church of St George, Grade I. Per 10,000 residents, Brockworth counts 12 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
59% of pupils at the town’s 3 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Castle Hill Primary School’s results beat 85% of schools in England like it. Of its 5 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. GCSE results at the 5 secondary schools within 3 km: 47% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 47.2.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coopers Edge SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 403 | D |
| Henley Bank High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 916 | B |
| Castle Hill Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 211 | A |
19% of households rent from a council or housing body. The median sale, £295,000, comes from 695 standard sales inside Brockworth’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Owners make up nearly two thirds of households, lower than Gloucestershire’s towns (68%) yet higher than England’s towns (61%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £400,000 | 194 |
| Semi-detached | £293,000 | 257 |
| Terraced | £270,000 | 175 |
| Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | 69 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences were 63% of the crimes. Police figures for Brockworth’s built-up area: 267 crimes and 87 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 17.9 reports per 1,000, above Gloucestershire’s towns (9.1) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
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.
85% of Brockworth’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, higher than both Gloucestershire’s towns (83%) and England’s towns (82%). The nearest A&E to Brockworth is Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, 3.4 miles away. At the census, 4.2% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2021 | Brockworth | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.2% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Unemployment benefit claims came to 2.8% of 16 to 64s in 2026, above Gloucestershire’s towns (2.2%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. At the census, 82% of commuters went by car. Of the commuters living in Brockworth, 12% work in the town itself. For 31% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. 14% of residents are 65 or over, below both Gloucestershire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (18%). The middle age in Brockworth is 35.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Brockworth | Gloucestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 14% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.4% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gloucestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
14 listed buildings in Brockworth, 1 of them Grade I.
Brockworth Court: Photo: Sharon Loxton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Outbuilding and Horse Engine House, Circa 15 Metres North of the Tithe Barn at Brockwell Court: Photo: DIaNyf8q · CC0 · 73, Ermin Street: Photo: DIaNyf8q · CC0 · Six Monuments in the Churchyard of the Church of St George 6 to 10 Metres South of the Chancel: Photo: DIaNyf8q · CC0
4 notable people were born in Brockworth.
Simon Pegg: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nick Brown: Nikos D. Karabelas, CC BY 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockworth | 12,007 | — | B | A− | C− | C |
| Upton St Leonards | 1,132 | 1.6 | — | C | A− | B+ |
| Shurdington | 1,888 | 2.5 | — | B | B+ | B− |
| Gloucester | 118,562 | 2.9 | C− | C+ | D | C− |
| Churchdown | 13,480 | 3.2 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Longford | 2,536 | 4.1 | A− | A | B | B |
| Painswick | 1,833 | 4.1 | — | C+ | B+ | A+ |
| Cheltenham | 115,941 | 5 | B− | C | C− | B− |
Upton St Leonards, Shurdington and Painswick have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−. Burglary was rare, with 8 reports in the year.
Band D council tax in Brockworth is £2,361 for 2026–27, less than in 65% 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 Gloucestershire, England
Brockworth is a built-up area of 12,007 people, in the Tewkesbury 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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